Jeremiah loves going to the Splash Park MUCH more than playing in his own pool! Usually after we arrive around 10, Jeremiah wanders around the pool and plays a bit (I learned my lesson the first time we went-- I now bring buckets and trucks for him to play with!).
After he plays and wanders around for about an hour, we go sit in the shade and eat lunch!
Yes, Doggie enjoys the Splash Park, too!
After lunch, I change J into his clothes and we head back home and usually he is asleep before we get there. He goes down for his nap and sleeps for a good 2.5-3 hours! Also this summer we have fit in some trips to Hy-Vee, Target, the park, and the library.
This week was a bit different-- I am taking a class through Iowa State and the National Science Foundation. It started on Wednesday and ends this Tuesday. The class is called "Plants in Society" and I have learned far more about monocots, dicots, plant reproduction (we actually watched a movie called "Sexual Reproduction of the Floral Kind." I'm not kidding.), and biorenewables than I ever thought possible! It is actually pretty interesting, and surprisingly enough I have learned a lot and will have some new ideas for my classroom in the fall. Oh, and I actually get PAID to take the class (which is WHY I even agreed to do it)!
On Wednesday (my first day of class), Jeremiah went to daycare, and then Grandma and Grandpa Wiers came to spend Thursday and Friday with him! He loved all of his time with "Bapa" and I'm sure he loved his time with Grandma, too, but he just doesn't say it! :) Unfortunately I took very few pictures while G & G were here (well, I was in class for 2 of those days!). But some of the highlights were:
--Thursday night we went to a Calvin Alumni gathering at Principal Park and enjoyed the first 4 innings of an Iowa Cubs game! Then it started raining and hailing and they called the game (which turned out okay for us because we had a tired little boy on our hands!). It is always fun to get together with other fellow Calvin grads who live here in Central Iowa.
--Grandma and Grandpa did this with Jeremiah A LOT:
Apparently they each read "Old Macdonald Had a Farm" SEVERAL times.
--Friday night we hit Olive Garden for dinner-- YUM!
--This morning we checked out the Ankeny Farmer's Market. It's a lot smaller than the Des Moines one, but there is still some great stuff there! Plus, Jeremiah got to see some miniature horses!
Unfortunately, after that it was time to say good-bye to Grandpa and Grandma. :(
Jeremiah was pretty sad when they left... but then Adam decided to mow the lawn, and that cheered him right up! He just LOVES to watch daddy mow! This is what we do while daddy mows:
We sit on the front porch and watch and practice saying "mowing."
Tonight we enjoyed a fun BBQ at Jeremiah's daycare provider's house. I think this is such a great idea-- we are able to meet and get to know the families and Jeremiah's little friends. And J had a blast!
Looks like a fun start to the summer! Hear ya about the heat and humidity, already over that and it's only June! Favorite picture is the last one, what a cutie. If you ever want to take a trip down to KC we'd love to have you. ;)
ReplyDeleteKinda wish we could have gotten into some of that warm weather fun...but I guess that would have cut into our quality story-reading time. Sure miss the little fella!
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