Silly Monkey.

Saturday we went to visit MM's grandmother (Mama J) in Concord with Magi, Poppo, Alan, and the boys. What a nice, fun-filled, tiring day it turned out to be! We met that morning and made way to Concord. Once in Mama J's condo, the kids had a blast playing hide n go seek and looking at all the baby pictures on the walls. Then it was of to Gary's BBQ for a yummy Kannapolis lunch. BBQ, hot dogs, fries, slaw, hush puppies -- and topped it off with banana pudding!!! We caught word of our cousin Dana coming in to town for an overnight visit - and was arriving by train shortly after lunch! So - off we went to the train station to meet Uncle Steve and Aunt Verna. The kids had a blast playing with the whistles and jr. conductor hats Amtrak gave them while waiting. Then the train came! There was Dana and her daughter Hanna! Talk about family reunion! We visited for a while then all went our separate ways...

Charlotte was already exhausted by then - but we had more in store! After driving around Kannapolis to see the updated area and Poppo's old high school, we dropped Mama J off and we were heading to Monkey Joes!! Monkey Joes is a fabulous kids "center" full of inflatable slides and bouncy things! They have parent areas you can sit and watch or an arcade for the bigger kids as well. What a blast! I was worried Charlotte wouldn't be able to go down some of the slides (b/c she couldn't climb to the top) but she had the help of her trusty cousins Nick and Alex! After they showed her how to do it once, she mastered it! You couldn't stop her... she went up (and down) every item in there! I highly recommend Monkey Joes for a fun-filled, easy to do, tire the kids out afternoon! Here are a few pics from the day!