"My Trip to North Carolina" by Lucas Hlavaty

Last week mom and I got to go on an airplane to visit my Mimi and Papa at their house in someplace called North Carolina. Mom says I have been there before, but I don't really remember that. Anyway...I was a super good kid on the plane...played with my new quiet book and took a LONG nap. (Mom was really extra excited about that for some reason).

When we got there, Mimi picked us up at the airport and took us back to her house. I stayed there for a WHOLE week and got to play in their yard EVERY day!  Their yard is WAY better than mom and dad's. Here are some of the fun things that I did while I was there...(except for the Nature Center...mom says there are too many pictures of that one, so we will have to do a different post about that trip later).

Mimi and Mommy took me to the park where I played in the sand and climbed. It didn't have swings, though, so we didn't stay for too long.

We went to eat at Mommy's favorite BBQ place, The Q Shack. Yum!  I had macaroni and pork.

Every night, me and Papa went for a walk around the house. I got to get sticks and rocks and stuff to carry and throw. Super fun!

I helped Papa water the flowers. I carried the hose for him so that he could do...

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  GETTING WET IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!

Papa has a tractor mower. I was kind of scared at first...I thought he was chasing me!

Then I got to ride on it, so that was pretty cool. Turns out it isn't so scary after all!

Papa and Mimi bought me this cool outfit on their cruise. I'm so cute. (And I can do this cool trick with my milk cup, too!)

Mimi read me books every day. She says its neat to read me the same books she read my mommy. Also, she had Quick as a Cricket at her house!!!! Mom took our copy back to the library (dumb!) so I was sure glad to find another one.

Aunt Ann came over to visit lots of times. She taught me how to say EEEWWWW really loudly, how to drum on the sofa, ran in the sprinklers with me, and helped me blow bubbles. She is the coolest.

Mimi has the coolest drawer in her bathroom...it is filled with brushes that feel good on your face, these colored pencil things that are really fun to stick in your ears, and something called lipstick that works like a crayon.  I also got to take baths in her cool bathtub.

Papa and I watched Golf, which I also know how to say now.

Mostly, I spent the week getting wet outside. Mommy thinks I'm a pretty cute water baby.

Here I am out on the porch with my watermelon, trying to figure out how I can turn on this hose and get wet again!!!

Me and Papa are two peas in a pod. We like to sit and work on crossword puzzles while we hold our lapboards. We are so cool, it's amazing!

All in all, I had a really fun trip. The airplane home wasn't as fun because I was tired and cranky and mom would not let me run around and yell. I missed my Daddy a lot, though, so I was SOOOOOO happy to see him at the airport. I am glad that I will get to see my Mimi and Papa again at the beach in August.