Vacation - To Anderson SC, October 24, 2008

The next morning seemed like any other morning, except that Grandma, Grandpa were at our house and instead of getting ready for school, we packed two cars and drove away. I am a very good traveler, especially when Nana is the back seat of our “SUV”, aka sport utility van with me. She is so funny and plays and reads and makes funny faces with me. We even got to watch “Finding Nemo” which has lots of pretty colors in it.

On Thursday we drove to a place called Anderson South Carolina where Joey, Lisa and their two puppy dogs (Tate and Hayden) live. We had plans to meet them (not Tate and Hayden) at the Outback Steakhouse for dinner. Mommy and Daddy were very excited about eating at Outback and had already decided what they were going to order. I think that’s funny, but I guess if you have a favorite thing to eat, you should order it (like how I love animal crackers and how I loved Ritz crackers on our trip to Colorado). By the way, Ritz Crackers are “dead to me” now, I am on to new things. We had a good time at dinner. Joey and Lisa are so funny! I sat between Mommy and Lisa and kept them very busy because I am a tall girl and like to grab plates, knives and other people’s food. I did eat my own broccoli and some grilled cheese sandwich, but there is so much to do at restaurants! I also got some crayons but still prefer to eat them versus draw with them. I went for a few walks around the restaurant and then it was time to go. We took a short trip to Lisa and Joey’s house to see the puppies, it was very fun! They had the funniest thing in their house, it was the head of a deer standing on the wall (I could not see the rest of the body) and it sang and moved back and forth. I must say, I have not seen a deer up so close and I have never heard them singing either. The puppies loved me! They jumped (and almost knocked me down in their excitement) and licked and ran around. After a little bit I told everyone that I was ready for bed. Because Nana, Mommy, Daddy and I were all in one room, Mommy and Nana went out for a bit while I stayed with Daddy (and in theory was to go to sleep). This plan did not work out that well, as I just could not get to sleep. So Daddy walked with me, shh’d me, sat on the bed with me and rubbed my back trying to help me sleep. He even sat in the bathroom reading the newspaper so I could have all of the lights off in the room. When Nana and Mommy returned, they got ready for bed quickly, turned off the lights and we all went to sleep. I guess I just wanted everyone to go to bed at the same time. I did not wake up in the middle of the night like I sometimes do but I was up early! After we got ready, Nana, Mommy, Daddy and I went to breakfast at Lisa and Joey’s. We had a great time visiting again then were off on the last leg of our trip to Hilton Head.