Heading East- Part II

On Saturday morning, we headed back to Mount Pleasant (about a 2 1/2 hour drive). We had a birthday celebration planned for GG's 80th birthday! Grandpa's sister, Aunt Jan, and her family came in from Louisiana and GG's brother and his family came in from Arlington! We had a wonderful lunch and lots of cake and desserts! Ainslee found lots of ways to entertain herself in and out of the house!
I believe this might have been Grandpa's rocking horse!

Aunt Jan took Ainslee on LOTS of walks to look for kitties. Anytime Ainslee saw Aunt Jan she would immediately sign "kitty"- meaning take me outside to look for them! Aunt Jan was nice enough to oblige, even though it was super hot outside!

They found one!

Grandma played on the porch with her. We filled a tub with water and bath toys to keep her cool!

Look who decided to join her! She was thrilled!

She kept trying to bring the kitty water to drink, but the cup has holes in the bottom of it :)

Grandpa turned on the sprinkler for her to play in and she loved it!

He also let her have cookies right before bed! I tried not to care too much about her sleeping/eating habits on the trip. Aren't grandparents supposed to spoil them?! :)

Of course, that was followed by a shared glass of milk :)

Another walk with Grandma and Aunt Jan

Ainslee loved sitting in this chair that was GG's parents! It was just the right size for her to get into all by herself.

After all that running around, she finally stopped to cuddle with GG!

We had a great time in Mount Pleasant and enjoyed celebrating with GG all her family!

This was one of our last stops on the way home. We stopped at every Bass Pro, Gander Mountain, and Cabella's all along our trip. We just let Ainslee run a muck all around the stores to burn off some of her energy. She especially loved the fish tanks and picking out lures in the fishing section :) Here she is with Daddy at Cabela's.