A trip to College

Dear Parker,

This weekend you and I took a solo trip to visit your Aunt Sally at college.  I was a little nervous about traveling with you by myself because I had never done it.  You, however, were great and made it relatively easy.

We left Friday night for your Aunt Stacy's.  You were so funny in the car.  We sang and danced for almost the entire 3 hour journey.  It was exhausting, but so fun.  You thought driving through all the small towns was amazing and you kept pointing things out and asking, "what's that?"  You kept asking where your Aunt Stacy was and I kept telling you that she was at her house waiting for us.  When we were getting close, Stacy called and we went through it AGAIN.  This time, when we finished, you said, "We're not their yet.  We're coming."  For the remainder of the drive, you just kept saying, "We're coming!"  Too cute.

Saturday, we got up and headed for Berea, OH.  We got there and hung out in Sally's dorm.  You thought her dorm room was awesome.  You especially loved that her bed was "in the sky."  We went to lunch and then to the football game.  You kept asking, "Where my Aunt Sally?"  Sally was with the band, so we found the band and watched them warm up.  You LOVED watching the band.  Later that night when we were driving to dinner, you even said, "I liked Sally's band!"  It got us talking to you about what instrument you wanted to play in the band and you said you wanted to play the trumpet.  AND - this morning at Aunt Stacy's, she was showing you old BHS band videos and you started marching along.  (I secretly love all of this!)

After hanging out at the hotel for the evening, we went back to Baldwin Wallace to get a campus tour from Sally.  You liked walking around the campus and particularly enjoyed the music building.  You liked peering in the rooms and were amazed that were so many pianos.  You even went into an instrument locker!  Silly Bits!

You had a great time with your Aunts and Grandparents.  When we got home, you asked your Mom if you could play her trumpet.  She, of course, let you and you were even able to make a little bit of a noise.  You had a pretty good buzz going, but it was often not on the part of your mouth where the mouthpiece was.

I had an awesome weekend with you.  I love you so much and wish that we didn't have to go to school tomorrow.  You are amazing.
I love you, Parker.
Mommy