That seems to be Madison's newest expression. She'll then teach you afterwards that it means hello and goodbye. She says it a lot lately, and today she said it loudly as we arrived at Ba-Ba and Nana's house once more.
It was an easy drive down to Florida today, although we did start later than usual. Daddy took the car in this morning to make sure it was healthy enough for the trip, and Mommy got things ready on her end, finishing up her packing.
The weather was ideal, although there were a few patches of rain here or there. No traffic at all, hardly. This morning we went through Atlanta, and Madison saw the Olympic torch from 1996. Actually, there are two torches - one is closer to the road and only a sculpture. The other one she saw as well, the real deal.
Right afterwards, she asked the world-famous question: "Are we there yet?" It wasn't exactly phrased that way, but you get the gist. She said, "Are we at Ba-ba/Nana's house?" The humor in this question is in the repetition. Kids ask that question over and over again throughout a longer drive. This hasn't happened at all with Madison - until today. It was funny. And, of course, by laughing at her, this sort of encouraged her to do it some more. So... we heard the question about a squillion times today.
We stopped at the Florida Welcome Center, as is our usual custom - and had ourselves some free orange juice. This is a great tradition that goes back a LONG ways for us. I think I remember doing this as a kid too - along I-95, during those great treks to Florida.
After calculating a bit, we decided against going to the Kennedy Space Center tomorrow, as that would make things pretty rushed. Instead, we'll head over to Cape Canaveral and chill. We'll get to spend more time here with Ba-ba and Nana, and also sleep in a bit. If we have time, we'll head to the beach with Madison - it'll be her first time with ocean water waves, so we're all a bit excited about that.
In the meantime, it was time to rest: Daddy put up his feet on the new furniture in their house, and watched the Olympics for a while. A long while, actually - there's something quite addictive about the Games!
It was an easy drive down to Florida today, although we did start later than usual. Daddy took the car in this morning to make sure it was healthy enough for the trip, and Mommy got things ready on her end, finishing up her packing.
The weather was ideal, although there were a few patches of rain here or there. No traffic at all, hardly. This morning we went through Atlanta, and Madison saw the Olympic torch from 1996. Actually, there are two torches - one is closer to the road and only a sculpture. The other one she saw as well, the real deal.
Right afterwards, she asked the world-famous question: "Are we there yet?" It wasn't exactly phrased that way, but you get the gist. She said, "Are we at Ba-ba/Nana's house?" The humor in this question is in the repetition. Kids ask that question over and over again throughout a longer drive. This hasn't happened at all with Madison - until today. It was funny. And, of course, by laughing at her, this sort of encouraged her to do it some more. So... we heard the question about a squillion times today.
We stopped at the Florida Welcome Center, as is our usual custom - and had ourselves some free orange juice. This is a great tradition that goes back a LONG ways for us. I think I remember doing this as a kid too - along I-95, during those great treks to Florida.
After calculating a bit, we decided against going to the Kennedy Space Center tomorrow, as that would make things pretty rushed. Instead, we'll head over to Cape Canaveral and chill. We'll get to spend more time here with Ba-ba and Nana, and also sleep in a bit. If we have time, we'll head to the beach with Madison - it'll be her first time with ocean water waves, so we're all a bit excited about that.
In the meantime, it was time to rest: Daddy put up his feet on the new furniture in their house, and watched the Olympics for a while. A long while, actually - there's something quite addictive about the Games!
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