weekend roadtrip

On Friday I took a little roadtrip with the kids down to my Aunt Annie and Uncle Ed's farm. While packing up I said to Ivar, "Hey Ivar, I think we should pack up a few toys for our weekend." Ivar replied very enthused, "I was just thinking about that this morning. Like how there is probably going to be a lot of Grandma-Stuff there, like jewels, and diamonds, and glass candles..."

The overnight was wonderful and it was so good to be with family. We were down there for my cousin's son's graduation party and it was so fun to see everyone. Ivar and Elsie insisted I sleep with them, so I lay between my two big kids with Hattie in the pack-n-play at the foot of the bed. And I slept great, realizing of how sweet and short this season is when I can even fit in a bed with Ivar and Elsie. We fed the orioles grape jelly with Aunt Annie, explored their farm buildings and played in the tree house.

And as it turns out, Aunt Annie had a lot of other Grandma-Stuff too. The kids were in awe of her Light Bright and played with it for hours. And Ivar built a whole train out of a toy he had never seen before: tinker toys, and used some of the light bright pieces as jewels and gold for his train to carry. So Aunt Annie did have jewels and diamonds after all!