Aunt Anita Comes to Visit

Aunt Anita took a fast trip away from Chicago to come visit us Tuesday and Wednesday. Amara was asleep when she got here last night but we kept Alaric up as late as his eyes would let him to play with Aunt Nita. Bri, Anita, and I stayed up late talking politics, family, etc.

This morning, Anita was thrilled to get Amara out of bed and snuggle as much as she could! We went into Champaign to the mall to take in the kid friendly "stuff" Here is Alaric on a mixer truck. There was a mixer truck, a bus, a roller coaster, a train, a Jeep, and a fish. You put 75 cents in and they bounce and jiggle for 30 seconds. We made the mixer truck bounce once but Alaric didn't even need it. He just hung out on these "rides" for 45 minutes. The mall also has this great "soft play" area that has awesome stuff for little ones to climb on but it was right next to these rider toys so Alaric wasn't interested.
We ate lunch in the foodcourt and Alaric was so excited that his Aunt Nita bought him his own cup of fries and two rami's of ketchup!
The carousel in the food court was the hit of the day...Anita and Alaric rode it three seperate times!
Amara did great at the mall too- even taking a nice nap in her stroller. When we got back home, Anita fed her and we all played outside in the sandbox. It's a chilly October day but the sun was shining and it was so nice to be outside. Anita loves her little princess!

Once both kids were down for their afternoon naps, Anita headed back to Chicago to try and beat traffic. She's swamped at work and won't be able to come back here until February so we are so glad she got to spend a few fun hours with the kids! We miss you already, Aunt Nita!