More good weather and time at the park!
We ended the week with a trip up to Sioux City to see Grandma and Grandpa Wissink, Auntie Rachel (Uncle KB was out of town), and Kyan and Kobe. Jeremiah traveled very well for the 3 hour trip there and also on the way home! Some of the highlights of our trip:
Friday Jeremiah and I went to the school where I used to teach to visit the teachers and staff (Hi to all my Unity friends-- it was GREAT seeing you all!!!). Oh, and then we had lunch at The Pizza Ranch-- YUM!
Then Friday night I met my good friends Stephanie and Natasha in Orange City for Mexican food (in Dutch-ville? Yep.), chatting, and LOTS of laughs! SO GREAT hanging out with yous girls again!
We're a fun bunch!
We really just wanted our picture taken, but the lady just kept bringing out props! How do you say no to a sombrero?
Jeremiah enjoyed more outside playing and exploring at Grandma and Grandpa's house!
Look at him-- he's going to be such a good daddy someday. He LOVED pushing his little puppy in that stroller!
Saturday we all went to a place called Play All Day. Pretty much every kid's dream, I think! Jeremiah loved it (once he got over his uneasiness... apparently it was MUCH too similar to the church nursery).
He played in the little ball pit...
Built a castle with daddy...
Checked in with Grandpa...
Played with Auntie Rachel...
I'm sorry. Wait a minute. How did he get this big and independent?!?!?!
RELIEF! Still Mommy's boy!
And we also took Jeremiah on a little field trip. We visited the dairy where Adam used to work so that Jeremiah could meet some cows for the first time! He is such a dog and animal lover, so he obviously was very excited to meet the baby cows! We first stopped in the Maternity Barn, but then mommy accidentally say a cow giving birth and quickly put a stop to that tour. Then we headed over to the calf farm, where the much cleaner, cuter baby calves live (which is where the video was taken).
It was a great trip, full of friends and family time. And now we are back home, gearing up for the week. Tomorrow it's back to school.... can't say that I'm thrilled about that. Spring Break is always bittersweet-- it's GREAT to have a week off, but it's just a tease! It gives you a taste of summer vacation, and then you are reminded that summer vacation is a long ways off (with NO days off between now and then...). But I'm trying to think positively-- 1. The weather is warming up, so recess duty won't be SO INCREDIBLY FREEZING out on that windy prairie! 2. The weather is warming up, so maybe the COLD air blowing from the vent in my classroom will actually feel good! 3. We are done with conferences for the year and have approximately 8 weeks to go. 4..... ? I'm still working on anything more. I'll miss spending each day with Jeremiah, that's for sure!
I just love his reaction to the calves! We'll have to play the video for Josie tomorrow. It made Cheryl and me laugh out loud--we'll see how Josie reacts. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jeremiah,
ReplyDeleteGrandma and I just watched some of your videos. I liked the one with the baby cows. I laughed every time you laughed. I liked when you danced, too, and I danced on Grandma's lap. I didn't like the bath one so much because your Mommy was saying NO too much. Tell her to just let you drink the bath water. :) Love, Josie