Prescott Weekend

This weekend we decided to escape the heat and head up to Prescott for a couple of days. My Uncle was in town from California and we wanted to see him.

We drove up early Saturday morning. The drive up was uneventful. It is about a 2 hour drive and Ava watched her Dora video. Noah slept all of 35 minutes and then just hung out until we hit Prescott Valley and then he started to fuss. They have about an hour and 45 minute driving limit.

Once we got up there, we just hung out. The family was coming over for dinner. Mike and I decided that we would go downtown during their nap to the Prescott Brewing Company for a beer. Everyone came over that evening and we had good food and family time. Ava enjoyed having some extra attention. She kept calling for great grandma to come play with her. She even hugged her before she left and made grandma's year!!!

Sleep that night was as expected, CRAP! I slept in one room with Ava and Mike slept in another with Noah. Noah woke up 3 times. I guess he decided that it would be fun to talk and make noises from 3-4 am, but he ended up sleeping until a little past 6am.(I also think that the fact that he is getting all his top 4 teeth at the same time didn't help the matter either.) Ava woke up once, but didn't fall asleep for an hour after we went to bed.

Sunday morning, we got up and Mike and I went for a walk in my mom's neighborhood. We walked over 2 miles up and around the hills. Boy, were we sore the next day.

We went down to the Square after Noah's morning nap and walked around the craft fair. I made the mistake of telling Ava that we would get candy down there and from the moment we got in the car until we got to the cotton candy booth, all she said is "I want some candy".
Here we are downtown.

We headed home after walking around for an hour for both the kids to take a nap. After their nap, we went to my Uncle's house to see his chickens. Ava was all excited, but was hesitant once we got there. They fed them an ear of corn.

She was also excited to see my Aunt Judy's coo-coo clock. She didn't know what to think of it when it went off, but I think she enjoyed it.

We enjoyed some afternoon wine and....

watched Ava play...

She was watering the plants and had her stethoscope on

That afternoon, Mike and the kids played.. Tickle time and everyone wanted in on the action.

Noah was getting tired and ready for bed for the evening and doing his usual, singing and talking while eating my shirt. (The kid loves to suck on clothes)

We went outside to enjoy the cool weather with a fire in the fire pit.

It was a great way to end our time there. We got up early Monday morning, went for a walk, packed up the kiddos and headed home to the heat!!