Thanksgiving Break

Since Craig had the week off for Thanksgiving we decided to take a short trip to Bowling Green, KY.  It is just under a 4 hour drive from Memphis.  We took off on Sunday and stopped in Nashville for lunch.  We hit up the Pancake Pantry, which was just as good the second time.  I got the sweet potato pancakes with a cinnamon maple syrup, they were amazing.  Brooklyn enjoyed them as well.

Monday morning Craig got up early to go to the Corvette Factory.  You had to be at least 8 years old to go, so Brooklyn and I hung out at the hotel.  Craig said it was amazing watching the assembly line and the whole process of putting together a corvette.  He said that if he ever buys a corvette he is going to go back to the factory where he can help finish the engine and drive the car off the assembly line.  That afternoon we drove about an hour north to Mammoth Caves National Park.  We took a short tour of one part of the caves.  They said that they have found 400 miles of caves so far and they just continue to find more all the time.

 We didn't get very good pictures in the caves because you couldn't use your flash

The entrance to the part of the cave we toured, The Frozen Niagara

 The main entrance to the caves

 

That evening Brooklyn got to experience her first snow.  It was coming down pretty good for most of the evening, but luckily it didn't stick to the roads.

 

 



Tuesday morning after Brooklyn's first nap we packed up and headed to the Corvette Museum.  It was really cool to see how the Corvette had changed over the years.  There was literally Corvette everywhere you looked.  It was pretty sweet seeing the new 2014 Stingrays up close.

 

 

 

We then drove home straight from the museum.  Luckily Brooklyn decided to take a 2 1/2 hour nap on the drive home so we were able to get home without stopping.  She didn't sleep her best ever while we were there, but that is probably mainly due to the fact that she moves all over when she sleeps and she kept running into the sides of her pack 'n' play.  Overall it was a great quick trip and another place that we can check of the list.

 

 

For Thanksgiving dinner we got together with some friends from school.  The Rothlisberger's were generous to offer up their house for dinner.  There were 12 adults and 9 kids and way too much food.  It is always fun to get together and Brooklyn was in heaven with so many other kids running around.  She just sat in the living room and played with toys and watched the other kids run around while we ate dinner.  At one point she got one of the other kids sippy cup which was full of chocolate milk.  I'm not sure how long she had been drinking it before I got there, but I'm sure she feels jipped with the water and formula that she gets to drink. Sadly I did not get any pictures, Brooklyn looked adorable. 

 

It has been a great break and has been so nice to have Craig around.  Sadly he has to get back to school on Monday and will be pretty busy with studying for finals the next couple of weeks.  We are already looking forward to his Christmas break.