Off To Hot-Lanta

Well, after oversleeping on a very foggy morning, Tanner and I managed to get on the road. Only after taking a phone call from Lifeway saying that they will be sending UPS today to pick up our order overages. Well, here I am racing around trying to find some tape to seal the box. Finally found some and set the package on the porch with a sign to send back to Lifeway.

Our trip to Atlanta was to take my sister, Joyce, so that she could babysit her grandson, Ethan, while Traci (her daughter) and her husband, Paul, went to a Chamber of Commerce dinner on Thursday night. Their day babysitter has a second shift job and they have never left Ethan with anyone else. Oh, by the way Ethan will be 2 in April. He and Tanner are 6 months apart in age.

Well, after creeping in the bad fog to Roebuck, we managed to pick up Joyce and of course we had to stop by Hardees for breakfast. We finally got on the road to Atlanta around 9:45 a.m. Our original time of departure was supposed to be 8:30 a.m.

Our trip was uneventful to Atlanta - there was very little traffic and Tanner enjoyed watching Wizard of Oz over and over until we arrived. The DVD player did screw up once and I had to pull over on I-85 and fix it.

Before getting to Traci's, we stopped at Super Target. Joyce had to have her 2% milk. Traci has Skim and Regular milk. Naturally, I had to get Tanner some candy to shut him up. I got him some Reese's Pieces just to shut him up. Ironically, he ate very few of them.

Well, we arrived at Traci's house at 1:30 p.m. After unloading the car, we just flopped on the couch waiting for Traci to get home from teaching school. She gets home around 2:45 p.m. Tanner busied himself with Ethan's trains and his police car. When Traci arrived with Ethan, Tanner was so excited. He had someone to play with. He finally realized who the Ethan was that we were talking about.

Ethan has a huge playroom (used to be Traci's formal dining room) and he has every toy imaginable. Especially Thomas the Train. Seems, he and Tanner wanted to play with the same train - "James." Joyce had brought a chocolate cake and chili for supper. Traci left Ethan with us and went to the grocery store to pick up some other items. Ethan didn't even miss her. He was enjoying spending time with his Nanny and playing with Tanner. By the way, neither of the boys had a nap.

Well, for supper we had hot dogs, tater tots, chocolate cake and ice cream. Wonderful!!! After supper, Traci remembered that her hair dryer had died, so off to Target she and Paul went. It's not often they get to go out alone. While they were out, they picked up Tanner a "James" train along with a new train for Ethan to eliminate any future squabbles.

Our visit really messed up the Helton family bedtime schedule. Ethan is usually in bed by 8:30p. Well, the boys didn't get into the tub until around 9:00 or later. (I'll try to figure out how to post pictures.) Afterwards, it was umping time on Tanner's and my bed. They were having a ball. I guess we all finally went to bed around 11:00 p.m.

Nothing overly exciting, but we had fun! It's been since last October that we saw the Helton's. Oh, for the ones that don't know - Traci is expecting another little boy in April. I told Paul and her to look at Tanner and Ethan and you would have their family in another 2 years.

Well, more on my trip later. I know you can't wait to find out what happened on Thursday!