#12-19 Stamford playground and Mall 11-12 and 13, 2012

We were lazy on Monday.  Laurie had to go into the office and work so Rachel, the kids and I just stayed in the apt until afternoon.  Each one of the kids had a nap, at different times of the day.  So we watched the workmen that are building the park below the apartments. 

Hey Gramma, I’ve got this rolling over from my back to my tummy down, now how do I get back over?
By the time we got dressed and both the kids up at the same time it was almost 3 pm.  So we decided to take the stroller and walk to the playground on the other side of the park.  Adele would only stay in the double stroller for about 10 minutes!  Then she wanted in her Mommie’s front pack.
Eldon had a great time at the playground as you can see below.

		Stamford playground VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

By the time we left it was almost dark, so we cooked dinner and watched TV for the evening.  I’m sure Laurie liked having her dinner ready when she arrived home from work.
Laurie took the next day off.  She worked on the computer from the apt in the morning and then we walked the three blocks to the mall where they have a really neat inside play area for the kids.  They slept for a while so we did get to do some shopping.  The play area is right near the food court, so it was lunch at the mall for all of us.

		The Mall play area VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

All the structures in the play area were large plastic flowers and vegetables.  Eldon love the corn where he could crawl through and climb on top of.  And sliding down the watermelon slice was fun. He also liked to climb on the big carrot with help from his Mom.  Our little Adele is in the big flowers.

Tomorrow we leave for Los Angeles.  At least we don’t have to leave at 6 am like we did coming to NJ.  But all is not going to be easy!
United Air Lines has a computer glitch and our flight out of White Plains has been cancelled!  Thank goodness for Laurie and her travel experience.  She has a driver delivering us to the airport and calls as we are on the way, telling us that she has us booked on a flight out of Newark, NJ instead of White Plains. This is about an hours drive from Stamford instead of 30 minutes and we have to go right through part of NYC.  So off we go again not having our seats together, but at least on the same flight.

The scenery on the trip to Newark was spectacular.  All these pictures were taken from the back seat of the SUV that was taking us to the airport.  It’s a good thing our driver knew the back way to get across the George Washington Bridge so we didn’t get all tied up in traffic.  Here it is, The GW bridge!

Once we are over the bridge, we are home free it’s a quick trip to the airport.  We get there in plenty of time to check our bags, and even get a bite to eat.  This is a non stop flight and we are able to trade seats with Rachel’s seat mate so we all could sit together.  Yeah!  It ended up being a long flight and we arrive at 4:30 pm (rush hour).  Frank was there to pick me up, and Rachel got her shuttle back to the van.  She did get home before Frank and I made it to the desert.  Of course, we stopped in Downey, CA and had BBQ ribs at Chris and Pitts.  Yummmm.  It was a long day, a long flight, and a long drive home!  With the time zone change I think I was up about 18 hours or more!
Frank kept busy while I was away.  He drove me to LAX, then drove to Carlsbad to visit Diane (daughter) and family for the weekend.  Then drove back to the desert on Monday, then to Loma Linda on Tuesday for a Dr appt, back to the desert and the next day drove to LAX to pick me up.  He said in the 5 days I was gone he put 850 miles on the Suzuki!  He was tired of driving!  We both rested the next day.