Chattanooga--"The Cold Wars"--No Training Wheels!

Late in February Papa and Mommy took the kiddos on a special overnight trip to Chattanooga, TN.  We stayed at the Choo-Choo hotel in an old train car converted to a hotel room!  Papa slept in peace in his spacious car - Mommy and kiddos took an adjoining car and bunked up for the bitterly cold night!  (Chattanooga had snow the following night...).

The main reason for our trip was to visit the Children's Museum, which we did the next morning.  Everyone had a wonderful time exploring the museum and didn't want to leave at 2:30 for the drive home.  :-(

Digging for Dinosaur Bones

 Ben's Favorite - the Water!

 Busy Bees

Papa & Little Miss "C" in their bunny masks & ears.  Papa gets big points for this one!

Of course, like all good Americans we discussed George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in February, too.  Ben got in the car after school one day and said, "Mom...today we talked about the Log Man.  He had a black beard and a hat!"  So to "top" it off we made some Lincoln hats/beards at our house for a photo op.

 During our trip to Chattanooga "the cold" started.  The kids each had their own version of it, followed a few days later by Mom and about a week later by Dad.  Then Ben started all over again....so the beginning of our March has been less than exciting!

Little Miss "C" appeared on St. Patrick's Day fully outfitted for the occasion!  Love this girl...  Oh, and speaking of her - tonight she rode her bike for the 1st time without training wheels!!!