DAY SEVEN: Cleveland, OH to Niagara Falls, NY
My children were thrilled to wake up in the morning, and in an instant remembered that Leah was sleeping next door. Maddie hurried and got dressed and then made her way over to their room to "check it out." After we were done getting ready we all headed over to McDonald's for some breakfast. I am pretty sure there were some tantrums by our children and other misbehaviors, but all in all it was fun to begin to get to know our new friends better.
Our beautiful wrong turn while trying to make it to the Kirtland visitors center.....I seriously love all the greenery :)
Our next stop was in Kirtland, Ohio to sight see a bit. Now I say "a bit" loosely because that basically means stop and see some church sights while the kids ran wild. By this time we realized that tours were pretty much impossible for us and that going inside church buildings were pure torture on all of us. I was lucky enough to take Mr E into the tail end of the Kirtland tour just in time for the Newel K. Whitney Store. It was lovely and I enjoyed every bit of it. Eli was remarkably good as well and toward the end when he got tired of sitting I managed to bribe him with my phone :) After finishing up the tour and smelling some pretty flowers it was time to hit the road for us!
Mr E
Newel K. Whitney store
--the tiny little bed that was used by an employee in the store. I could not believe how skinny it was!
Then it was back in the car for more driving fun. We had some more texts back and forth before finally arriving in Niagara Falls that afternoon. The drive went without incident and even featured several of these, lucky us?!
Funny, not so funny moment of the day: Finding out that somehow M and R booked a room at the same hotel as us with a pool, only to find out there are two hotels under this name in different locations in the same city. Freaky coincidence huh? It was only after we tried to coordinate going for a swim that we realized we were not in the same hotel. Lucky for us they decided to come over to our pool for a little dip in the outdoor pool. Let's just say I am a big old fat Arizona sissy when it comes to swimming in pools. My idea of a wonderful swim would be water at 85 degrees or above. So needless to say the water was a bit chilly for me.
Favorite memory in the pool: watching Leah dip under water like a pro, and also the laughter and giggles out of that cute little girl while splashing in the pool
Least favorite memory in the pool: having my kids scream bloody murder when their eyes hurt from the alternate chlorine/salt water solution in the water. Then having to go running into the hotel lobby dripping wet to their bathroom to splash my children's eyes out. After two episodes of this, I smarted up and whipped out our swim goggles and persuaded my kids to wear them.
Once we were all cleaned up, we headed over to the Niagara Falls touristy area and ate at the overpriced food court. My kids loved this random picture moment horse and argued over who's turn it was to climb on the beast. Plenty of pictures were snapped and Miss M was pretty pouty when we forced her to share her turn with the brothers. aren't we so mean?
By the time we made it to the Falls it was dusk and our kids were worn out and tired with a capital T. It took all adults to make it safely through our Niagara Falls sightseeing that night. It was beautiful to watch the "light show" where they alternately shine different colors of lights over the rushing water. My kids were even captivated for a moment by this. Maren was nice enough to capture one picture of all of us, which basically explains how crazy we felt that night!
Eli, Tiffany, Jesse, Robby and Maddie
{I give complete credit to Miss Maren for snapping these two pictures that night on her super nice camera!}
Is it horrible to say that we {I} more than looked forward to putting kids to bed that night? Because it is 100% true. I was tired, they were tired, and that was that. Jesse dropped me off at the hotel with three very tired, nearly asleep kiddos and headed off to do some much needed laundry? The kids went to bed well and I nodded of to sleep shortly after them....
Our next stop was in Kirtland, Ohio to sight see a bit. Now I say "a bit" loosely because that basically means stop and see some church sights while the kids ran wild. By this time we realized that tours were pretty much impossible for us and that going inside church buildings were pure torture on all of us. I was lucky enough to take Mr E into the tail end of the Kirtland tour just in time for the Newel K. Whitney Store. It was lovely and I enjoyed every bit of it. Eli was remarkably good as well and toward the end when he got tired of sitting I managed to bribe him with my phone :) After finishing up the tour and smelling some pretty flowers it was time to hit the road for us!
Then it was back in the car for more driving fun. We had some more texts back and forth before finally arriving in Niagara Falls that afternoon. The drive went without incident and even featured several of these, lucky us?!
Funny, not so funny moment of the day: Finding out that somehow M and R booked a room at the same hotel as us with a pool, only to find out there are two hotels under this name in different locations in the same city. Freaky coincidence huh? It was only after we tried to coordinate going for a swim that we realized we were not in the same hotel. Lucky for us they decided to come over to our pool for a little dip in the outdoor pool. Let's just say I am a big old fat Arizona sissy when it comes to swimming in pools. My idea of a wonderful swim would be water at 85 degrees or above. So needless to say the water was a bit chilly for me.
Favorite memory in the pool: watching Leah dip under water like a pro, and also the laughter and giggles out of that cute little girl while splashing in the pool
Least favorite memory in the pool: having my kids scream bloody murder when their eyes hurt from the alternate chlorine/salt water solution in the water. Then having to go running into the hotel lobby dripping wet to their bathroom to splash my children's eyes out. After two episodes of this, I smarted up and whipped out our swim goggles and persuaded my kids to wear them.
Once we were all cleaned up, we headed over to the Niagara Falls touristy area and ate at the overpriced food court. My kids loved this random picture moment horse and argued over who's turn it was to climb on the beast. Plenty of pictures were snapped and Miss M was pretty pouty when we forced her to share her turn with the brothers. aren't we so mean?
By the time we made it to the Falls it was dusk and our kids were worn out and tired with a capital T. It took all adults to make it safely through our Niagara Falls sightseeing that night. It was beautiful to watch the "light show" where they alternately shine different colors of lights over the rushing water. My kids were even captivated for a moment by this. Maren was nice enough to capture one picture of all of us, which basically explains how crazy we felt that night!
{I give complete credit to Miss Maren for snapping these two pictures that night on her super nice camera!}
Is it horrible to say that we {I} more than looked forward to putting kids to bed that night? Because it is 100% true. I was tired, they were tired, and that was that. Jesse dropped me off at the hotel with three very tired, nearly asleep kiddos and headed off to do some much needed laundry? The kids went to bed well and I nodded of to sleep shortly after them....
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