Brian was able to leave work early and we got on the road around 2 pm. I held off on putting Carter down for a nap and he fell asleep in the car almost immediately. He slept for an hour and then just chilled for an hour looking out the window. After that, Carter had some new toys that kept him entertained. And Rylan slept for the first three hours of the drive. It was SO NICE!
Rylan was fussy when he woke up so we stopped for dinner. We didn't want to waste too much time so we fed both boys while eating Chick-fil-A in the car. We gave Charlotte a pee break, got gas, and got back on the road.
After about 15 minutes, we hit some traffic because of a lane closure. It took us 45 minutes to go about 5 miles. Rylan was not happy about that at all. He screamed most of that time. We stopped at the next rest area after getting out of the traffic, fed Rylan again, walked the dog, and continued on.
Luckily Rylan fell asleep after that and slept the last 2 hours of the drive. Carter was a little harder to keep happy, but he wasn't too bad.
We got to Brian's parents' house in Cary around 9 pm. We unpacked the car as quickly as we could (we had a lot of stuff) and got the kids to bed by 10 pm.
It was awesome that Rylan slept so much in the car, but that meant that he was up early on Saturday. He was up for the day at 4:30 am. I let Brian get up with him because I was completely worn out and figured that since we were on vacation and Brian didn't have to work, we could share in the fun of Rylan's altered schedule.
Carter discovered the piano on Saturday morning ...
And this giant stuffed dog ...
After breakfast, we went to an amazing playground that is only a few minutes from Art and Cinda's house called Kids Together (link) at Marla Dorrel Park. This was the coolest playground we've ever been too. There were several distinct play areas separated by trees and bushes. The playground seemed to just blend into the landscape. The equipment was all in great condition and was fun.
Carter really liked playing in the sand with these scoops. I've never seen these before but they were everywhere we went in NC.
After playing, we took a short walk on the greenway that leaves the park.
Here's Art pushing the BOB ahead of us ...
The greenway crosses US-1 via a brand new pedestrian bridge. Carter enjoyed watching all the "go's" below us ...
Here's a picture of the bridge I took later in the day ...
Carter fell asleep in the stroller on the way back to the car. He only took about a 10 minute nap but it was enough to mess up his schedule for the day.
We went back to Art and Cinda's house for lunch (which was hamburgers, fries, and milkshakes from Cookout - yummy!) and then we tried to put Carter down for a nap. It didn't work.
We didn't bring too many toys for Carter to play with when we weren't in the car, but Brian found a box of his old cars and Carter was content for our entire visit.
As soon as he got up or we came home from whatever we were doing, he'd go straight to that box and start playing.
On Saturday afternoon we went to The Streets at Southpoint, a mall in Durham. Carter finally took a nap on the drive out there. Brian's parents bought Carter his winter shoes - a pair of fur-lined Crocs. They had also bought Carter his red and orange Crocs that he wore all summer.
After shopping and a stop at the house, we went to dinner at Noodles. Rylan was great and slept through dinner which is always nice. The boys got baths when we got back to the house and we got them to bed at a descent time. Brian and I were worn out so we didn't stay up all that much later.
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