A Long Busy Weekend

Whew! It's Sunday night and I'm exhausted. The weekend was jammed packed with activity. My parents came for a visit all the way from Wisconsin on Friday night. Jonathan stayed up waiting for them to arrive. We read a book by the front window and every few seconds he'd pop up to peek outside and check if grandma and grandpa were here yet. Very cute. When they arrived he went and opened the door for them. Saturday we got up, had pancakes for breakfast and got ready for our outing to the Science Museum of Minnesota. Jonathan wanted to see the dinosaur skeletons. Our trip there was, unfortunately, an extra long one as I accidentally stayed on 694 instead of taking 35E into St. Paul. I think we could have driven to South America in the time it took to get to the museum. Then because it was St. Patrick's Day and a parade was taking place very soon, the traffic was atrocious and our parking entrance to the museum was blocked off. After much detouring and avoiding pedestrians milling about in the road in their green get-ups we finally parked and made it into the museum. We were really excited to be there and I remembered to bring my camera so was determined to get some great shots. I took a picture of the pterodactyl in the entrance and then my camera told me the batteries were dead. So much for photos! After all that stress we had a good time. Both kids loved the dinosaurs and were also engrossed by the Mississippi River displays. We got home late afternoon. The drive home was pretty routine. Thank goodness. We enjoyed a yummy spaghetti dinner and had DQ ice cream cake for dessert. The kids went to bed early and the rest of us adults enjoyed a quiet evening. Grandma and Grandpa Wolf left around noon on Sunday after playing with the boys all morning. They lavished a ton of attention on the boys and the boys just ate it up! I think it's early bed times again tonight. Me included. Grandma and Grandpa too.