my trip to alaska (by Riley)

Hi everybody. This is Riley. Mama and Daddy usually do all the writing here. I'm going to do this one though. I want to tell you about the fun trip I took!

Mama and Daddy told me that we were going to see Grammy and Poppa. They live really far away in a place called Alaska. To get there we would get to go on an airplane!

Mama and Daddy told me I've been on an airplane twice before, but I don't remember because I was too small. I knew that this would be really fun though.

First, Mama and I looked out the window. We saw all sorts of interesting new things! There were trucks and planes and a lot of people walking around outside the plane:














Every time the plane went up or down I got to eat! Here I am having a bottle when we left Boston:














When we were in the air there wasn't much to look at outside. But I had toys and books and Mama and Daddy wanted to play with me! Here I am playing:

I love Ducky














I had some of my stacking cups too. Ducky is sitting in one.














I love toys!














We actually got to go on two planes! During the first plane ride they gave us cookies! Here Mama is feeding me my cookie:














During the second plane ride Mama and Daddy wanted me to take a nap. It was just way too exciting for that though! I made sure that they didn't nap either. I didn't want them to miss anything.

Toward the end Daddy read me a book:














I also got to eat one of my favorite snacks...Sushi Nori! (It's toasted seaweed, whatever that means. I love it!)














The plane rides were really fun. I was so excited I couldn't sit still for a moment! We had to get off the plane when we got to Alaska though. It was sad. There were so many people on the plane I hadn't met yet! I couldn't wait to go on a plane again.

Next we got to see Grammy and Poppa. They came with their minivan to get us at the airport. Here I am in the back seat:














We went to their house. I had lots of fun there! The first thing we did was play with toys! They bought me a special truck. Here I am playing on it with Poppa:














I loved the truck. I could sit on it and sometimes push with my feet a little and it had a phone. Sometimes I held on and walked behind it. The best part was that it made a lot of different noises. My favorite was the fire truck siren! All the noises were good though.

Grammy got me a really cool book. It has great big eyes on it that stick out through all the pages! Here's Grammy reading it to me:














Poppa loves blueberries. I do to! He always gave me some when he ate them:














One night some friends of Mama's came over. They had a boy too! His name is Ransom. We played together. It was really fun to pass the truck's phone back and forth. We also played with a ball under the kitchen table:





























The next day Poppa took me to McDonald's for ice cream. It was OK (very cold!), but I liked my seaweed better:





























When we got home Grammy blew bubbles for me in the kitchen. I love bubbles!














One day we went to a cool place called the Arctic Roadrunner for lunch. I got to eat all kinds of good stuff there. Here I am trying some of Mama's root beer float. I loved it!














One of the best things I got to do in Alaska was to turn lights on and off. I even learned how to say light! Here's a video!


The last day in Alaska was really fun. First we went and watched jets take off near the airport:














Then we went to Grammy and Poppa's church where they have all sorts of fun stuff. First I went on a big slide with Daddy:














It was kind of scary though. Maybe I'll like it more when I'm bigger. Next I got to go on a slide that was more my size:














Then I got to go into rooms where they had all sorts of cool toys. I'd like to go to that church every day!














After I played for a while we had to leave. It was sad, but the best part of the day came next. I got to go see Poppa's plane! Here are some pictures of me in the plane with Poppa:












































Next I got to swing. I love the swings! This swing was even more cool because it was at a lake where planes were taking off!














The last new thing I got to do was ride on Poppa's four wheeler. I think I'll like that better when I'm bigger too:

Finally it was time to go back home. We got to go on a plane again though! This time the plane ride started really late at night. Mama said it was 12:50 am. I had some sleep before we left, so I was ready to stay up all night! I love plane rides!

Since I can walk now I played some standing in front of the seats:














The man who worked on the plane said I was so good at flying that I earned my 'wings.' Here's a picture of me wearing them:














Pretty soon the plane was getting ready to land. That means that I got to eat! I had a bottle and some seaweed:





























Soon we were back in Boston. Here's a picture of me while we waited for our friend Miss Alicia to pick us up:














Pretty soon we were on our way back to our house. I was pretty tired by now since I didn't sleep much in the plane (it was too exciting!) Daddy took this picture of me when we got back home:














It was a really great trip. I can't wait to go to Alaska and visit Grammy and Poppa again. I hope we go soon!

Riley