It feels like we did six million high energy activities today when really we didn't do much of anything. I suppose taking two two-year-olds anywhere would feel like an expedition (we all thought of Hadden and Jennifer many times today). We only got Dennis away from downtown Gatlinburg yesterday by promising a trolley ride today and we made good on our promise. We rode the trolley into town from City Hall to go eat at the Pancake Pantry. Dennis excitedly reported these planned activities many times until we actually completed them. We got in the car and he said "Mommy we are going to ride the trolley" and then when we got on the trolley he told Chloe "Chloe, we are going to eat pancakes!". He did stand up briefly on the trolley and attempt to walk the aisle, all while repeating in a singsong voice "tickets, please!" to the other passengers.
Brunch was exciting, of course, and then we took them shopping around for a little while. We had hoped this would wear them out enough for naps, and for a few glorious moments, Dennis slept in the car. He woke up immediately upon our arrival at the cabin, though, and did not go back to sleep. Instead, he spent an hour and a half having two-sided conversations in his pod. We heard that Chloe actually had a very good nap back at their camper. They enjoyed playing together tonight while David cooked Ellen's birthday supper, but things weren't as harmonious as yesterday (the magic has worn off some), and we had some sharing issues and a few pushing episodes, like they are subconsciously in some canine-type territorial battle over Little People or Thomas trains. They did enjoy a bath together in the huge jacuzzi with their Mommies joining them in swimsuits, and they sacked out afterward while we spent some time out in the cold weather in the hot tub. Nice. I question how one outing could wear me out SO much, though! Must be all the cold and rain here. One more day of that before it gets nice out (which should happen just before we head home).
The trolley was the hit of the day today, for sure.
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