Holiday Vacation Toddler Style!

Their first time in a hotel, this was their perch where they looked at all the tall buildings.

After leaving my brother's house we headed to downtown Mobile to our hotel. This is the boys first time to stay in a hotel so it had to be documented of course! They loved it! Harrison called the elevator the "alligator" it was funny. Joel's Mom, Ronnie, his brother Matthew, Julia and the girls came down to. It was just a mini-getaway that ended up being a lot of fun and maybe a tradition. We went to eat Friday night on the causeway at The Steamer, then on to Bellingrath Gardens to see the Christmas light display. I highly recommend this for everyone, it was great and not what I had expected, I can't wait to go back in the Spring to see the flowers blooming. It was soooooo cold, I didn't bring the boys any gloves and had to run in Target to get them some and guess what color the very LAST two pairs were......PINK. So they rocked the pink gloves and stayed warm.

Despite the looks, they had a GREAT time and loved the lights (and stayed warm :)

The next morning we all walked across the street to the Mobile Explorium. This place is so cool and another place I highly recommend.

This was a harp that had no strings, it used lasers to detect what string you were pulling. This is Kali, Harrison, Hudson is playing and Paw paw.

We played with all the hands-on games and played in the toddler exhibit called "The Wharf" and then went upstairs to the Bob the Builder exhibit which was so cool. Bob happened to stop by! Hudson did NOT like him and Harrison knew who he was and we were able to give him a hug and say hi (this is a big step for us!)

At Bob's workshop we hammered with his tools, built a stone wall, slid down the slide, drove all the characters machinery and lots of other fun stuff. To wrap it up we went to the IMAX and they watched the whole thing, it was about wild animals and they sang and danced - super cute. It was a great vacation, all the kids did surprisingly well, no melt-downs! We had great company and hope to do this more often!