A few weeks ago, the kids and I took a trip to Pittsburgh for a couple of days. Some of our good friends from residency moved to Pittsburgh when we moved to Columbus last summer and we were so excited that we'd only be 3 hours away from each other. Unfortunately, our year in Columbus is almost over and we still hadn't seen each other since we all left La Crosse last June. We decided to make firm plans a few weeks earlier and the kids were so excited to see their friends. (Matt stayed in Columbus to continue to studying for his upcoming board exam---another reason it was great timing for the kids and I to get away!)
The kids travelled great and we got to Pittsburgh on Thursday afternoon around 3pm--just in time to pick Audra up from school and head over to that park. It was a beautiful day and the kids played together wonderfully! It was as if we hadn't even left La Crosse--they just picked up right where they left off.
(This slide was amazing! It's built in to the ground and there are scraps of cardboardlying around that the kids just grab and ride down on!)
This was how Wyatt and Gabe walked the entire way home from the park--hand in hand! It was so precious to see them having so much fun together and reminded Steph and I of how blessed we were when we lived in resident housing in La Crosse.
Audra loved showing Sadie her 'Barbie' game on the computer
But Sadie was most interested in 'baby Kaden'--have I mentioned how much she LOVES babies?
On Friday, we headed to the Pittsburgh Zoo. The weather was perfect and I have to say, it never gets old seeing amazing animals LIVE and in person!
Hand in hand again at the zoo---I can't even express how much fun these two had together!
....getting tired and waiting for the boys to be done riding on those scooter things.....
We got home from the zoo around 2pm and the kids crashed. They all took great naps and then as soon as they woke up, we headed to the Pittsburgh Pirates game (w/o Audra who wasn't interested in the baseball game and opted to go to a friend's house instead).
And lucky for us, it was $1 dog night, so we ate pretty cheap! I love the look on Gabe's face as he looks at Wyatt--mouths full of hot dogs!
Saturday morning, we told the kids we were going to go ride on the carousel in downtown Pittsburgh. But on our way, we surprised them and stopped by this super cute bakery with amazing cupcakes!
And I have to say it was our lucky weekend b/c the token machine was broken at the carousel, so the kids got to ride for free all morning long! And boy did we take advantage! I think they rode on every horse/animal on that thing!
Wyatt was a bit unsure of the carousel at first since this was my kids' first time on one, but after that first ride, he didn't want to leave!
We had such an amazing time in Pittsburgh seeing friends and seeing a new city! I am only sad that we hadn't gotten together more during this year. Neither of our kids have any great friends where we currently live and getting together made us long for our days in La Crosse when we shared a backyard and the kids played together daily! We had no idea how wonderful we had it there! But we are planning on getting together at least one more time before we move to the twin cities, so we are excited to have them here in Columbus!! Can't wait!
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What a fun trip! I'm glad you got to go visit them:) I agree with you, even though we were only there for one short year, we had no idea how good we had it there. We talk all the time about how we wished we could have done our entire residency in La Crosse!
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