Chattanooga Choo-Choo!!

Chattanooga - Part 4

As you may have seen from our last three posts, we went on several excursions while we were in Chattanooga. But in all honesty, the most fun we had was staying right in our hotel!! We stayed at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo which has plenty of entertainment all on its own!

The girls were very excited about the pools and the waterfalls!!

 The indoor pool was one that I remember swimming in when I was a kid (ps - Josh's face is awesome here).

 Back in the day, we used to slide down that giant rock....they now have blocked it off....probably a good choice!!

 Josh and the girls getting in the hot tub!!

Of course, we had tons of fun on the trains!! The girls got free "engineer caps!"

 (note Ella's duck-face)

 My little engineers!!

We also played in the arcade...

 ,,,,,rode on the horsies.....

 ....and we walked down tons of little "train alleys."

Since Josh is a history-buff, we also had to stop at EVERY.LITTLE.MONUMENT so he could read all about the history of the city. I mean, come ON....

 The Choo-Choo restaurant was DELICIOUS, so we ate there about twice a day. Clairy kept giving her notorious "cheese-face" to the waiters....

 Here's the big girls trying to sneak into the bar to hear the Johnny Cash impersonator. (He was pretty fantastic.)

 We also just played outside and enjoyed the sights....

 Every time we run and play, someone generally gets a boo-boo (but the girls always know that Daddy can fix it) :)

We visited the Model Museum, which is basically a large model of the city of Chattanooga. I thought it was really neato!!

The girls also loved it....

 ....and Josh just found it THRILLING.... 

After we checked the boo-boo's one more time....

....we hopped aboard a trolly to travel downtown for a bit.

We winded up eating at a YUMMY bar-b-q place in the city. It was the perfect place for the girls to practice their dance moves:

When we returned, we headed straight for the candy shop...

 Ella felt MUCH better about her boo-boo's while enjoying her massive sucker (these giant pops stayed with us for HOURS). 

Even at nightfall (which was lovely....the pictures don't do it justice), the girls ate their suckers. It was really cool watching all the torches light!!

I love Ella's face here....I think she was having a major sugar-rush...

Needless to say, they were a little WIRED that night. But I guess that's our faults for providing the 1-lb. suckers....

I will leave you with my favorite picture from Chattanooga that was actually taken with my lame phone.

Such a sweet 3....little angels!!

Until next time, Chattanooga!!!

CHOO-CHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Chattanooga Corn Maze!!

Chattanooga - Part 3

Right after visiting Rock City (see last post), we traveled down the mountain to visit the Chattanooga Corn Maze. It had a very festive-"Fall-y" entrance!!

 Love the "See Rock City" barn!!

 Nora attempted to fix a scarecrow's head....

 Josh pointing to Rock City. "We were just there!!"

 My kinda place.....

 The girls had a lot of fun in the pumpkin patch playground:

 We also played a little cornhole....Josh actually ringed it right here!! (He could probably never do that again!) 

 The girls also had fun on the obstacle course....

 The gift shop had some groovy stuff.... 

 ....like SCORPION SUCKERS!!!

 The petting farm was the favorite of the day....

 The girls enjoyed the bunnies the best!! 

 ....they enjoyed ALL of the animals!! 

 Twinsies!!!

 My kinda pig....

 The animals were so very sweet....that was highlight of the day!! 

 Next up was the hayride!!

 We had tickets to walk through the corn maze, but after the hayride gave us a "preview" of how big it was, we reconsidered. I would probably still be lost in there somewhere.....

 The hayride was Clairy's favorite!! 

 I wish I had a picture of her face....she was smiling ear to ear!! :)

So, while the corn maze was beautiful to look at......

....I have accepted the fact that this is about all the "corn maze" I can handle!!

Cheers to Fall Fun!!!