My parents under the grapevines.
We then made our way to a local vineyard, toured the city of Sonoma via trolley car, tasted grapes straight from the vines, had a picnic in the park and drove through Napa. That evening we made our way to the indoor pool located at our hotel. We had managed to keep MK out of the Hilton pool due to the fact that it was outdoors and it was COLD. This one, being an indoor and heated pool, was not so easy to keep her away from. We did not have any floating devices so Ryan and I took up residence on either side of the pool anticipating the saving of MK - we knew she would jump in and not think twice about it until it was too late. Like little ducks in a row, C jumped in first from the steps, then P, and, as we were telling MK for the umpteenth time not to jump in, she takes her best jump ever and sinks to the bottom. Lucky for her, and us, she has two wonderful brothers who quickly plucked her from the water and landed her safely back on the steps. Phew! Lesson 6 learned.....even though the child is looking at you while you talk and nodding like he/she understands what you are saying while you talk, the child is a child and is going to do what he/she wants to do (hence the jumping in).
Day 6 - Wine Country. When Ryan and I first started planning our trip west, we both sat down and discussed the things that we really wanted to see during our visit. For me it was the redwoods. For Ryan it was wine country. Being that we had our three little ones in tow, our sites in wine country were different than what they would have been sans children. That being said, our first stop was Train Town Railroad. I knew this would make Pryce's day and it did....he was on cloud nine. We boarded a miniature train ride and toured the grounds. The train made one stop, a makeshift town. The town had a jail and of course the boys were all about being prisoners. They named the prison Alcatraz - imagine. Their crime consisted of stealing from the church (sigh) - the church was located directly beside the prison. C had to stay in jail longer, he apparently had stolen more....whatever the case, I love their imaginations and the excitement they show during their pretend play. Of course, I suggested that maybe they steer clear of being prisoners and try being the lawyers to help the prisoners or the engineers that design the prison - why would they want to do that, they asked....too much fun being the bad guy! All was fun and games until little Pryce took a fall....this time it was his knee. I heard that all too familiar scream, those cries of hurting and there was my little man with blood streaming from his knee. P only cries if he is really hurt....otherwise, he jumps up looking for me to tell him he is alright and all is good. If he cries, then he is really hurting. Thankfully, though, C was there to assist P with forgetting his injury.....C walked over to him later that day during a break and said, "gosh, we could be running around playing Star Wars if you weren't hurt....I would even let you be whoever you wanted to be." It wasn't too long following that invitation that P was up and running again, swollen bandaged knee and all.
We then made our way to a local vineyard, toured the city of Sonoma via trolley car, tasted grapes straight from the vines, had a picnic in the park and drove through Napa. That evening we made our way to the indoor pool located at our hotel. We had managed to keep MK out of the Hilton pool due to the fact that it was outdoors and it was COLD. This one, being an indoor and heated pool, was not so easy to keep her away from. We did not have any floating devices so Ryan and I took up residence on either side of the pool anticipating the saving of MK - we knew she would jump in and not think twice about it until it was too late. Like little ducks in a row, C jumped in first from the steps, then P, and, as we were telling MK for the umpteenth time not to jump in, she takes her best jump ever and sinks to the bottom. Lucky for her, and us, she has two wonderful brothers who quickly plucked her from the water and landed her safely back on the steps. Phew! Lesson 6 learned.....even though the child is looking at you while you talk and nodding like he/she understands what you are saying while you talk, the child is a child and is going to do what he/she wants to do (hence the jumping in).
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