Monday morning we left early for our first family road trip. We drove to Orlando to see Matt's granparents and what Micah fondly calls Old Grandpa and Old Grandma. A tradition started by Matt and his siblings for their great grandparents. It took us about 4 hours to get there mostly because of a few stops along the way. We had an amazing lunch that Grandma made which I find remarkable since these two are over 85! Then we presented them with their Christmas present and Grandma surprised us by having presents for us too.
The first one that was given to Micah was this fun Christmas hat.
The second one was a Christmas puppy. Micah opened one for Beatrix too.
This is Old Grandma opening ours to her. We got her a picture frame that has room for three pictures. I put some of the wonderful pics that my friend Karyn took of our family when Beatrix was born. She loved them!
Grandma holding a sleeping Bea.
After everyone took "naps" and Micah watched the video that I brought for him to watch during quiet time, Micah and I went on a walk around their neighborhood looking for aligators in the pond and throwing rocks in the water. Then when we got back to the house Grandpa came out and we picked oranges from the trees in his back yard.
It was really special to watch. Here grandpa is holding a branch lower so that micah could reach them. We peeled one right then and there and I am not kidding they were the sweetest oranges I have ever had. He gave us two bags of oranges, a bag of tangerines, a bag of ruby red grapefruit and a bag of pinecones that Micah collected. We are going to cover some of them in peanut butter and seeds for our birds.
Here he is with some of the fruits of our labor. It was much chillier in Orlando then what we are used to in South Florida. It was a chilly 42 degrees when we left that night!
Micah was very well behaved and had a lot of fun with them, even though they admitted that his soft voice was hard for them to hear. They loved watching him play with his toys.
Old Grandma and Micah snuggling together watching Little Einsteins. Micah was trying very hard to explain it all to her. It was a wonderful trip and Matt and I left with a renewed desire to try to get up to see them more! It was great for them and us too.
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