Sam playing with her new Tinkerbell Flashlight (one of several x-mas gifts from Santa)
Sam and her cousin Kameran taking a break from Hide and Seek
My friend, Barb, reading to the kids.
The human McGowins ventured to Mississippi for X-mas. It was our longest road trip with kids to date. We (Joseph) drove approximately 10 hours each way while I entertained the kids. Sam collected three cow watches from "Chick Fil-A" (two red, one blue) and made some friends on various indoor playgrounds, also at Chick Fil-A. Seth tolerated most of the drive; we were lucky. Our time with Joseph's family was fantastic. Sam's hide-and-seek skills and coloring skills improved tremendously over our journey. My 37th birthday was during our stay in Mississippi and i celebrated with a vanilla latte at a local coffee shop and breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Our waitress decided I was looking a little pale so she decided to dump a bowl of gravy on my chair and feet. I have yet to wash the dried gravy off my shoes.
Previous to the Christmas holiday we received a visit from my friend, Barb, from Chapel Hill. She brought her 5-yr-old son who Samantha absolutely loved. We all checked out the top ten gingerbread houses from the National Gingerbread House competition, which were displayed at the Grove Park Inn. This was our visit visit to the "Inn".... soooo cool, but way too crowded for me. The lobby alone was packed with guests and schleps like me.
As for the canine McGowins, we utilized an in-home pet sitting service, which I highly recommend. Bailey, Jedi, Gracie, and Ella enjoyed Christmas with their new BFF, in the comfort of own home.
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