Arizona, Day 3

All too soon, it was time to pack up and make the long drive back home.

But not before getting in one last cuddle and fake sleep out by the pool.

And one last “mommy barely made it in” picture with the 3-second timer. It was definitely time to go at this point though as the cleaning people were waiting out front for us to vacate the premises.

But Daddy had a few surprise stops in store for us before we actually started the long drive home.

The first stop was this mini train museum.

We were pretty sure this guy would enjoy seeing all the trains.

But it turned out we all rather enjoyed ourselves.

Although she required being toted around for much of the time.

How come ordinary things in miniature are just so fascinatingly cute?

They were totally over posing for pictures by this point. Not their dad though.

Thankfully there was a whole outside area where we could let em loose and run amok. Running amok is what my four monkeys do best.

Also there was this human size mini train that ran around the whole border of the park. See my big boy? He has issues with looking directly at the camera and smiling a not-cheese smile even though I never tell him to say “cheese”. Chandler’s engagement photo session comes to mind here. Know what I’m talking about? No?

He’s my one who makes me have to work for a real smile. But when he does, it’s oh so worth it.

This my little girl. Love her.

One go around the merry-go-round.

And one last bit of monkey business.

Before it was on to lunch and then cupcakes from this cute little cupcake shop. Because incidentally, this was also my birthday.

Mmm, mmm good.

Then when Phil realized it’d be near eleven pm when we finally made it home did he declare it high time we hit the road.

This picture is precisely why I choose to take pictures over video. Because, my friends, while pictures may speak a thousand words, they actually are completely SILENT. Unlike the live version of this boy right here.