My mom and Bob live in northern Ontario most of the year, and volunteer at JAARS in NC January-April. It has normally worked out for them to come visit on their way there and on the way back. This time, my mom did a potting activity with them. not sure how many will actually come up, as i'm pretty sure Caroline keeps pulling them up as soon as there is any stem. We'll see :-)
This was from January, but in case you missed it then, this was lunch at an Ethiopian place here. It is interesting that other than generic American-Mexican and American-Chinese, the only other thing they have is Ethiopian. Its interesting because for the longest time I always said I liked nearly every kind of ethnic food I've had, except Ethiopian! I've since changed my mind, though. It was really good, I would definitely go back.
Many years ago, I spent 8 wks at the International Mission Board's training/conference center outside of Richmond, VA. Since Patrick was from there, (although he was in school in tx at the time), he came to visit. One day we had a fieldtrip up into Washington D.C., and I sort of brought Patrick along. (Totally against the rules, and I was not a rule breaker. I must have really been in love with him!) We split up into regions of the world, with the the assignment of finding out as much as we could about the people/countries where we headed. We must not have known what we were doing, because we couldnt find a West African restaurant anywhere. So we settled on Ethiopian. Just in case you arent that familiar with African geography, thats completely the other side of the continent. Anyways, Patrick and I werent really blown away, and ethiopian restaurants always bring back that memory. Of a very fun day. And a kiss in a subway station that accidentally got noticed by the woman in charge of us Journeyman girls. Which probably almost got me kicked out of the program. Scandalous! ;-)
and this is just panera. there's never been any waffling on this restaurant, we love panera :-)
for some reason, caroline likes to lounge at the table. She always puts her foot up. Is that even comfortable?
we took advantage of a rare (at least this particular spring) beautiful day to go to Falls Park, in Sioux Falls. It is a natural waterfall that was used for a mill, back in the day. It is a really neat place, the kids had a blast.
Caroline loves (LOVES) this dog. He is amazingly patient with her. They bonded last summer, when my mom had just gotten him, and he was significantly smaller. Caroline is not gentle with him at all, she runs and tackles him, grabs his tail, opens his mouth to see his teeth. He just sits there.
We upgraded to the real honest to goodness Legos, instead of the toddler kind. They love them. I get tired of picking all those tiny (seriously, they are so tiny. i had no idea!) pieces off the floor so they dont get vaccuumed up.
It is neat to see them being so creative with it. Since they really are both too young to follow the directions without adult help, they just come up with their own creations. And i'm all for anything that keeps them busy and relatively still!
Most of all, a huge huge thankyou to Mom and Bob for babysitting (overnight!) so Patrick and I could have a real night away in Sioux Falls. Our search for a babysitter has not gone well here, so we have not gone out much. Ok, we have not gone out at all. It was so special to go out to dinner and be really truly relaxed, knowing you wont be waking up with crying children in the night, or loud boisterous children early in the morning. Thank you so much!
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