Nauvoo - Day 3

Day 3 --

Nels went to the temple with Melissa's older kids to do baptisms.  How neat is that?

I got the kids ready and Melissa and I had some time to just chat.  

After everyone got back, we headed downtown Nauvoo for more touring.  

Our first stop was listening to the young performing missionaries sing and do a little skit.  They are so talented!!

We went to the Gunsmith, Tinsmith, Post Office and another stop to the pioneer past times.  Kira was happy to hold her horse again.

Sofie found a horse too.

Noah liked this straw hat.

Uncle Karl is so good with the kids.  He made them laugh all the time.

My handsome boy!

Sister selfie!

Big brother helping out with the stroller.

Karl was a magnet for these kids.  They loved to be by him.

He was such a good sport!!

After lunch at Grandpa John's and souvenir shopping, we went to the Red Brick Store.

Then we went to the cemetery for the Smith family.  Notice the key on the bracelet Sofie is wearing?  This is important for later.  Also, that is one of my favorite Sofie smiles.

Resting a moment.

Here's Abi in front of the Joseph Smith Mansion House.

The mansion was locked because you had to have a Community of Christ tour guide to open it.
But Sofie insisted that her key should be able to open the door.  And when it didn't this little girl had a meltdown.  A very cute meltdown.

We enjoyed touring the Lucy Mack Smith house and Sister Swensen gave us a tour of the Cultural Hall.  We tried to do the ox ride, but they were closed.  So we went to Annie's Custard for a cool treat.

Here's a picture of Nathan and Isak.  These two became sweet friends.  Nathan was so kind and fun to Isak.  He taught Isak how to play card games and taught him some multiplication, which Isak thought was super awesome.  They did everything together and it was so fun to watch.

Here's a picture of Tyler and Noah.  Tyler is awesome.  He decided to make it his mission to become Noah's friend.  A big challenge, since Noah is pretty temperamental and doesn't warm up to others easily.  Tyler was patient and kept trying and trying.  His efforts paid off though, by day 3 Noah was starting to come around.  Tyler learned that Noah likes to be teased with roaring.  As you can see, Noah has his arms out to roar at Tyler.  😀

I just love this moment when both Sofie and Noah are playing with Tyler.

And then giving Tyler some love.  😍

Early mornings and late nights were making our toddlers tired and grumpy, so we left Melissa's family for an early dinner and bedtime.  On the drive to dinner both Sofie and Noah fell asleep.

We ate at Pizza Hut and then put the kids to bed as soon as possible.
It was a two bedroom condo with a living room, dining room and kitchen.  Noah did not want to sleep with the other kids, so he slept on the floor in our room.  Here he is all snuggled on the floor.  This boy was so tired that he slept until 10 a.m. the next morning!!!  That's never happened before!!

Melissa's family went to the program put on by the young performing missionaries.  They said it was amazing.  I'm sad we missed it, but our kiddos definitely needed the sleep!