Both didn't fall asleep until we were 10 minutes away from our destination. Seriously. It's a 3 1/2 hour trip and they fell asleep after 3 hours and 20 minutes. So, it didn't make for a very pleasant arrival for Jacob. He said his tearful, tired hello's and then headed off to bed. Andrew's lack of a nap paid off for me, though. He slept from 9:30 that night until 6 the next morning! Woo-Hoo. 8 1/2 hours of uninterrupted sleep...glorious!We celebrated Bart's birthday. He turned the big 5-1. Brian got to gorge himself on deep-fried seafood and Jacob got to enjoy carrot cake, doughnuts and mint chocolate ice cream. Neither of them gets these delectables very often so needless to say they ate enough to last them for some time. I learned that Texas Pete Chili doesn't have meat in it, so I had two awesome chili dogs. Yum! Andrew? He didn't get anything special to dine on this time...but soon enough.....Oh, upon seeing Andrew, my Grandmother described him as "thick." I suppose that's a pretty accurate description.
Jacob enjoyed himself playing with truck, cars and trains. Big surprise, huh? We planned to surprise him with the electric train set that Grandma and Grandpa had. 
It blows smoke and makes noises. I tell you, I expected the kid's heart to burst out of his chest.
It didn't. Why? Because after Brian and Bart finally got the thing put together, complete with a hurried trip to the store for some C batteries, the thing went around the track once and then broke. Yep. It broke. Wouldn't go no mo. So, Jacob spent the rest of the weekend manually moving the train around the track. How devastating!
Jacob still isn't sure about the beach. He was more amenable to it this trip than in previous trips but he still isn't ready for the all out sand-in-your-pants romp in the ocean. Someday.
The trip home? More of the same. I swear these 2 didn't fall asleep until we were in Greensboro. Weird. Oh, well. Jacob and I did have fun goofing off in the backseat while Andrew squawked. Good times.
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