Grandma and Grandpa came to visit for the weekend! I can't tell you how happy I was they could be here, you see, I had a Mama Dilemma. I started working a new job. It is VERY part time in that I only work eight hours a week. But, those eight hours are not flexible at all. Not even a little. If I don't work, I don't get paid. I also am responsible for finding my own substitute and making a lesson plan for that person to use. Missing work is highly discouraged. Especially when you are the newbie on the job. However, William had his very first field trip for school on a day I was working. The Mama in me was adamant about fulfilling my responsibility to my son. The only way William could attend this field trip was if he had an adult with him. Which presented the Mama Dilemma. A low level problem, but one that needed a solution everyone could live with. Many, many options were discussed and several plans of actions were put into place. I had Plan A, B and C. On a whim, I called Grandpa and Grandma to see if they would drive all the way from Minnesota to take William to the pumpkin patch on a Thursday morning. I can't tell you how relieved I was when they could work a trip in! The guilt for missing his very first field trip was still there, but GREATLY reduced.
Anyhow. They came, we had a great time.
They drove in late Wednesday night in order to do pumpkin patch duty on Thursday morning.
Grandma reading Amelia her current favorite book: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes. John and I have this one totally memorized. I suspect William and Amelia do also.
We had some gorgeous weather, so we went to the park
William convinced Grandma to try the slide
Amelia loves to hang from the monkey bars until her fingers slip from the bars. She can hang on for a surprisingly long time on her own. She only requires you spot her on the way down before demanding "UP!" immediately.
It was fun to play with our new camera
It looks like Amelia is enjoying swinging. That would be true. She loves to swing. For roughly 13 seconds at a time.
William is oddly attracted to these baby swings. Warning: If you put his feet through the holes as they were designed, you won't ever get his body out from the swing again. Instead, just stick his behind into the swing and let his legs hang over the edge. Much easier.
Amelia posing
On Friday, we went to Grandpa's favorite stop: the transportation museum! William is actually inside the engine, ringing the bell if you look carefully.
While we were there, we rode a tram to get to the train ride.
Who was more excited about their train ride? a) William b) Grandpa c) Grandma ?
Amelia was getting tired and hungry. She wasn't feeling the train ride. She just wanted some Mama time.
Leave me alone.
William, on the other hand was a blur of energy. He ran from exhibit to exhibit with wild abandon. He rang bells, pulled levers, pushed buttons and peeked out windows. Thank goodness we had some Grandpa and Grandma backup to keep up with him!
On Saturday morning, we got up and went....back to the pumpkin patch! Grandpa and Grandma were good sports about going back to the same place twice!
This is what most of the pictures of William look like. A blur.
This one will not make the Christmas card bunch. Getting the two of them to hold still...wasn't easy.
I can't say I'm thrilled about William discovering the fake smile. Here it is. 100% Fake.
Amelia on the other hand will not look at the camera. Nope. Boring. Too many other things to see.
Amelia really liked swinging with Mama in this giant tire swing.
She also enjoyed the giant boxes filled with corn.
She played and played and played. You can only imagine the places I found corn later....
William especially enjoyed the pedal tractors. He was not happy about leaving them behind to do other fun things.
Even if her feet don't reach the pedals, Amelia wasn't about to let that stop from doing whatever William was doing.
All in all, so busy, so fun.
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