James took the boys out on the lake Wednesday morning. They had a blast doing everything with Ba, and really enjoyed all the field trips, too.
Here is a quick synopsis of our week:
Sunday when we arrived they played out back in the hose. Freddie got down to his skivvies. It was that warm. James made us pizza in his outdoor pizza oven for dinner. Yum!
Monday Sammy and Ba drove the tractor and moved rocks, in addition to other farm chores. He loved it. Sammy repeatedly talks about driving the tractor all by himself. Then, James, Jacob, Sammy and Freddie spent the rest of the afternoon in the creek.
Tuesday James took the boys fishing and they did more farm work. My mom and I went into town to have our hair done :) That night we had a party in their outdoor kitchen. The kids loved this - James grilled burgers and dogs in the huge outdoor fireplace and then we roasted *many* marshmallows and made s'mores. James, Jacob and Sammy camped out in a tent in the backyard.
Wednesday the boys went out on the lake and had lunch at Gaston's Resort. Sammy came home with trick candy (not the eating kind - watch out if he comes up to you and offers you some!) and Freddie a fart whistle. lol My mom and I did yoga and played a bunch of games on the Wii while Jack napped.
Thursday the guys went caving. More pictures and details to come from Jacob! Mom and I did more yoga, then I caught her up on Glee's second season while Jack napped, then the three of us hung out outside in the sunshine and toured her beautiful flower beds. My mom made chickpea chili for dinner. I am going to get the recipe and share it with my vegetarian friends up here because it rocked.
Friday, sadly, we loaded up the car and started our drive home. There were tears shed nearly the entire drive to Branson.
Thanks so much to my parents for having us! It was truly a magical spring break for our family - the stuff that memories are made of.
We love you!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Spring Break in Arkansas, 2011
Spring in Arkansas!
We had the best weather for spring break in Arkansas! It was unseasonably warm but none of us were complaining. We reveled in it and I am pretty sure we all want to go back.
Thanks to Nana and Ba for being such wonderful hosts! Sammy was sad to leave, to put it mildly.
It's-a bubble time
Spring break in Arkansas. It was actually a little too hot for Freddie to be wearing those pants - notice his red face? (but he loves them - thanks, Papa, for stitching them up!)
Jack at Denny's
The first stop of our first road trip of 2011. This is the Denny's off the highway in Clear Lake, Iowa. Giant gold stars to all three of our kids for being such good car travelers. We drove from Minneapolis to Monkey Run, Arkansas, for spring break, March 19-26.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
more of cute Jack at the hospital
more cute pictures from the hospital on flickr. follow the link under the picture!
Jack at the hospital
Jack had surgery to put tubes in his ears this morning. He was *such* a trooper and was happy, chirpy and flirty until he woke up from anesthesia, when he was finally freaked out, but according to our nurse he was quick to settle down.
On Tuesday when I took him for his pre-op his ears were extremely swollen, red and full of puss so our pediatrician put him on two days of intensive antibiotics to get the swelling down enough for the ENT doc to put the tubes in. It worked !! and the ENT doc said he sucked out a bunch of thick mucus while he was in there.
His ears have been draining bloody mucus all day but he seems to be recovering a-okay.
Sorry to those who are grossed out because I wrote about mucus and bloody mucus (like Jack's dad). :p
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