Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Niagra Falls trip

What a busy month we have had. So glad it is September and time to slow down. Oh wait. School starts. How many days until Christmas vacation?

The beginning of August our cousins from the West Coast came to visit. Jaclyn and Jordan stayed the weekend with us. It was great to see the cousins interact and play because they see each other very little.

We took them to Niagra Falls on Saturday. I think the last time we went was when Emma was 1 1/2 and Olivia has never been so it was a treat for all of us. I was amazed how close a person could get to the river and there was NO guardrail! The water was moving so fast!


We stayed on the American side and took a ride on the maid of the mist. Thankful I didn't spend time blow drying my hair straight that morning...


I swear Olivia is going to be walking down the aisle one day sucking her thumb!!




We went to Hard Rock Cafe for lunch. While waiting for our food to be served to us the girls had lots of questions about who was who in our family. So, we made a family tree for them to see a visual of all of Grandma and Grandpa Polo's children and grandchildren.



Haha...just noticed some random stick figures below Jaclyn and Jordan and Emma. We must have been discussing future cousins and second cousins. (O:

While at Hard Rock we loaded the kids up on cafeinated sugary drinks (sorry Jeanette! Jordan seemed so comfortable ordering a Mountain Dew with her lunch!) only to have 4 wired children shortly after. So....they spent 10 minutes after lunch chasing each other around in this grassy area that we found.


Always time for a group hug with the world's greatest Grandma!
I need one of these SKittle walls in my house!


We walked over to the other side of the river to the Cave of Winds only to find a 1 hour wait, so we skipped that. But we did explore a bit and the kids found a great tree to climb!
Emma and Olivia pooped out from walking so Jaclyn and Jordan gave them a lift! Thanks Cousins!



And, we are done. Heading back to the car with the coolest Aunt ever! Still waiting for that cool Aunt to have the girls over for a sleepover/pajama party. (O: