Traveling with Little Ones

I shared in the last post about us going to Germany.  We weren’t planning to have a vacation this year, but since we had to be in Germany we decided to tie in two days to go hiking.  We actually ended up adding a 3rd day since we didn’t do anything to celebrate our 5th anniversary. 

The weather in Germany was cold and rainy.  The forecast called for rain on the days we were supposed to hike as well.  We had nothing planned except to hike, and there wouldn’t have been anything else to do if it rained.  The kids were going to be on our backs in backpacks, so it wouldn’t work to hike in the rain with them (except Sienna would have something that could go over her backpack for rain).  So, I prayed that God would not allow it to rain on us for our first day of hiking.  He answered that prayer.  It was a mostly cloudy day, but it did not rain.  It was disappointing that it was overcast because the view would have been spectacular had it not been for the clouds.  I can’t complain, though, because God answered my prayer.  I told Gary that I would pray specifically about the following day, so I asked God to not allow it to rain and for there to be some sunshine.  Once again He answered.  And, again on the 3rd day of hiking.  There were just a few drops of rain at the end of our hike on the last day, and as we drove back to the pension it began to rain.  And, we left the next day, driving back to Hungary in the rain.  I’m so thankful that God cares for us and loves us so much to give us such blessings as being able to have 3 days of vacation hiking without rain.  There are so many “big” concerns going on all around the world, but He also cares about the little things in our lives such as this. 

I want to share a few stories and some pictures from our time traveling. We took our pack-n-play with us along with this tent that my mom gave us.  Ethan loved being in the tent, and it was nice that we could zip it up so he didn’t get out unless we unzipped him.  The room at the first place was so small, there actually wasn’t room for both of them in the room with us, so the hotel gave us a second attaching room for free.  That was really nice not having them in the same room with us.  I feared that he would wake her Sienna since she goes to bed earlier than him, and he often wakes her up.  But, she must have gotten used to him because he didn’t wake her up during our travels except once when he screamed from having a bad dream, and then she went right back to sleep.  This picture was taken at the last place we stayed.  You can see how close they were to each other.  If you haven’t been to Europe then you may not know that it’s common for a double bed to be two twin beds put together.  Sometimes you can find a place that will have one big sheet that just covers the two mattresses, and in a few cases you may find a place that has a real thin big mattress that covers the smaller ones and then has a large sheet over it.Amazingly, Sienna usually smiles despite how rough Ethan is with her.  He moves her arms and legs around rather roughly, but she really likes that a lot.  Sometimes his hugs are a bit too much.This is one of the few pictures that I actually have of the two of them where they are both looking at the camera, and probably the only picture where they are both lying next to each other.