Mother's Day Take II

This year for Mother's Day, rather than a wrapped gift, I told the Crew I preferred a fun activity, out-and-about, together. We decided on a historic tour of old mansions. We envisioned it a little different than it was--hard wooden seats in a hot bus with iffy a/c and a very determined 80-something gal who only took us to the homes of people she knew personally. 

We thought maybe we'd get to go in some homes or at least be allowed to speak (nope, against the rules!) Oh my goodness, we laughed so much on this tour. "I know you can't see the house, because of all these giant, old trees, but I've just GOT to tell you a story about it." Us: looking at foliage and sweating for two hours. Lol!!! 

We were practically contortionists, bending and twisting, ducking and peering, trying to catch a glimpse of the structures our guide (when she wasn't giving driving directions through the microphone to our incredibly patient bus driver) described. At one stop, the bus pulled up right in front of the biggest oak tree you've ever seen. It was perfectly framed out the window of a younger couple who got the giggles, the silent giggles. The guy took a picture with his phone of the tree. Idk hashtag:best tour ever . . . hashtag:such a beautiful house . . . hashtag:did I get on the right bus? All you could do was laugh (very quietly ;) 

We actually did learn quite a few interesting facts and we did see some pretty cool mansion exteriors. I didn't realize so many famous people lived in this area in the days of old (many of them unhappily with tragic ends, but you know, they were here). As it turns out, the a/c above the kids worked perfectly well and they were cool and contented throughout the ride. Oh and we all had our picture taken for a magazine; I guess we'll have to keep a lookout for it, if only I could remember the name, ha!

After the tour, we took our Easter gift card from Grandma J to The Olive Garden for dinner. Even though it was before 5 p.m., there was a line and a wait! Super weird! We were all so hungry that when we did get seated and that meal hit the table--no photos were taken--just this waiting in the hallway pic of the kids (Caelan chose to sit by us) beforehand. 

I would say, it was a good Mother's Day celebration, gotta love the laughs!