Grandpa's Road Trip

Earlier this month we decided to buy an old car from my parents in order to shorten Drew's commute. For the past year or so, he has been biking to the Park and Ride, and then taking the bus to school. Sometimes on the way home he would have to wait for 2 or 3 buses to find one that had an open bike rack. Needless to say, he was getting pretty frustrated. The grad school schedule is a beast to begin with. We seriously considered moving to a smaller apartment downtown, but ended up deciding to stay put. Finding better transportation was the compromise.

Luckily my dad had just acquired a used car from a friend, and he was willing to go on a 24 hour road trip, by himself, just to bring it to us. He must love us or something. ;)

So far, Drew's really loving the freedom of having a second car. He still just drives to the park and ride and takes the bus much of the time, but even that saves him at least 20-30 minutes a day. Also, it means he can wear jeans to work again instead of basketball shorts everyday. Hallelujah!

Not to mention the real bonus here . . .

we got to spend a day with Grandpa!

He was only with us for about 24 hours, but he managed to fit in a lot of quality time with the kids, including multiple trips to the park and a date with Lilly to a trampoline place.

We started it all off by letting Henry open an early birthday gift.

He was pretty excited, since he LOVES cars right now. He will sit and push them back and forth on the ground and say, "vrrrrooomvrrroom." Lilly was also a big fan of Henry's gift.

 

We spent some time at the All Abilities park, mostly following Lilly while she zoomed around on her bike.

And we had a lot of fun playing at our neighborhood park, too. Henry already knows the way . . .

While I was taking this picture, I told Henry not to put his mouth on the bar, and Lilly thought I said he had something in his mouth. She jumped in to help before I could stop her, but she was so serious about saving her brother from choking that I couldn't even be mad about her sticking her fingers in his mouth.

Future ER nurse, perhaps? ;)

Henry is always trying to climb on Lilly's bike, so we let him have a turn on the way home.

He was totally thrilled!