2016 Vacation – Day 2, Part 1
We had breakfast at the hotel before heading to the Iowa Children’s Museum. The kids had a blast with airplanes, creative play, and engineering. Great suggestion from my friend Steph!
Tag: weekend
2016 Vacation – Day 1
Today we left for a long weekend family vacation – something we have not done in a long time (with just our immediate family.) A friend of ours (Shecklet #3’s godfather) lives in St. Louis and we haven’t seen him in 4 1/2 years. The timing finally worked for us to make a trip down to see him. We decided to make a stop in Iowa City overnight so the kids could swim and visit the children’s museum tomorrow. We’re all looking forward to getting out of town and having some fun!
Valleyfair 2016
Grandpa Dave and Grandma Patti took us to Valleyfair as part of Grandpa Dave’s work outing. Shecklet #2 couldn’t get enough of the Corkscrew – he and Jake went on it 4 times in a row! It was a hot day, so we tried out Thunder Canyon (minus Shecklet #4 because she wasn’t tall enough.)
Xmas in MG 2015
Lots of laughs and fun memories made today. It was our niece’s first Xmas, which made it even more special.
Shecklet #4 received pink “sheeters” just like Nana. Her big sister also received a purple pair. Papa had to work hard to get the lenses out of the frames! The girls had a lot of fun helping everyone else open their gifts. And the boys waited very patiently as we took turns pulling surprises out of our gift bags.
Delicious!
We had donuts from Hans Bakery yesterday after Family Formation and part of Shecklet #3’s came home in the bag that was originally my maple-bacon long john. As she was finishing up her raised glazed doughnut, she had this to tell me…
Shecklet #3: “Mom, do you know what?!?”
Mom: “What?”
Shecklet #3: “These are pieces of bacon and they are delicious!”
Overnight with T&K
Uncle Tony and Auntie Kristin invited Shecklet #1 over to spend the night at their house as part of his birthday present. From the looks of the photos that Kristin sent, he had an awesome time! They took him to Toys R Us where he selected a LEGO set, they played at the park, took Teddy (their dog) for a walk as well as played with him, made homemade pizza, and got to open an enormous art kit present from Kristin’s mom. (She is always so sweet to think of my kids!)
Sunday Night Science
I’ve been pinning things to a “Fun for Kids” Pinterest board and was able to finally do one of the activities with the kids tonight. Jake was the photographer, so I also have photo documentation of what we did. We decided to try making slime. The kids all selected a glitter color and we made 4 batches.
Everyone thought it was one of the coolest things they’ve played with. Even Shecklet #4 enjoyed it. So much so, she broke out her hilarious giggle (that Jake was able to capture on video.)
Post-birthday/First Communion day
The whole family slept in this morning. It was a treat to be able to get up and have a leisurely day around the house. Shecklet #1 assembled the weather station he received for his birthday. Later, the 4 kiddos played with the saint dolls that a group of ladies (myself included) painted. (They turned out pretty fantastic if I do say so myself!)
Twins Win!
My SIL won the office ticket lottery for today’s Twins game. She brought my FIL, Jake and me. Best seats I have ever had at a sporting event! (Complete with a too-close-for-comfort foul ball hit by the catcher, Suzuki.)
At the end of inning 6, we switched spots with Jake’s cousin & family (they were there to celebrate a birthday :)) Pretty sure they enjoyed the seats as much as we did. (The birthday boy even got a souviner game ball!) The field looks so different when you’re that close to the action.
In the driver’s seat
Shecklet #4 was over-the-moon excited to help her daddy move the car from the driveway to the street.
