Tutu Tucson

Over the weekend we went to Tucson to visit our Arizona cousins! This was Bea and Camille's first trip out there and Camille's first plane flight. They were both perfect on the way over. On the way back was a bit of a different story. I know they were just irritable because they were both tired. It was a long day for everyone.

Our first day there it was fun to see the kids warm up to each other. Beatrice loved it! Saturday morning she woke up wondering if she would get to see her 'friends' again, she later started calling them her cousins, and she also wanted to wake Tutu up. Every morning she did that. It reminded me of when I was little and wanted to do the same thing.

Friday night the kids ended up in Tutu's room unattended and one of Camille's diapers got flushed down the toilet! It was the funniest thing. I walked in there to get something and Gracie says: 'We flushed one of Camille's diapers down the toilet and it worked.' I said: 'That's because it doesn't happen on the first flush, it happens on the second one.' That might have been the wrong thing to say because all the kids then ran to the toilet and flushed it again! They said that it still worked but I could see the water rising. It was so cute and it reminded me of all the shenanigans I got into with my cousins.

The kids had so much fun just playing, swimming, setting up a pretend store and playing boys against girls. One of my favorite memories is when Gracie was going to get her swim suit on and as she was walking down the hall she was saying: 'Tinkerbell is my favorite' (her suit had Tinkerbell on it.) Bea was fast on her heels, her little head down and she said: 'I like Tinkerbell too.' They both disappeared in Tutu's room and when they came out they both had their swim suits on. Grace had helped Bea get her suit on!

Sunday we went to the Children's Museum. The kids had so much fun. Bea loved the dinosaurs and shopping area. There was so much to do there that it was hard to pull the kids away from one section and move on to the other.

It was a lot of fun just to get away and just hang out. Thank you to my Arizona family for such a great time! I love you guys!