Teagan and Declan: Corning Cousin Visit

Another weekend, another roadtrip. That's how we roll. The weekend after Boston we road tripped two hours to cousin Alysa's in Painted Post/Corning. Grammy Sue came with and we picked up Alysa and went to lunch in downtown Corning. We all enjoyed some lunch at the open air side of the restaurant - the weather was perfect. After lunch we decided to venture to the Corning Museum of Glass - it was the first time Matt or I had been.

We signed up for some glass projects and then did a (shorter than we would have otherwise liked due to cranky kids) stint through the museum. First up was Teagan's frame making session. Matt helped her decorate her frame and I tried (unsuccessfully) to get Declan to nap in the carrier. After that we shuffled to an outdoor setup for glass blowing, where 3 of the 4 adults had signed up to make a blown glass ornament. We picked colors and suited up with fancy booties (and by we I mean everyone else, since my tired kids would have flipped their shiz if I had left them to blow glass at that point). It wasn't very interactive - you get to pick your colors and blow into a tube when they tell you, and someone else does all the rest of the work, so I didn't feel like I had missed out. After that we headed to our favorite stop, Peaches 'n Cream for some ice cream. Declan shared with me, and when ours was empty he started hitting up everyone else for bites. My heart melted into a puddle on the ground when Teagan was so sweet about sharing hers. "Come here Buddy, have some more...open wide" - I die. We went back to Alysa's to visit for a bit and decided to hit the road to get the kids home for bed. The trip home was luckily uneventful so all in all it was a successful trip! We are already planning another get together with Alysa - a hike at Watkins Glen or a girls day at the outlet mall.