Saturday, March 15, 2014

Trip to Frozen Erie

I got to take another trip to Erie to see Brian, Celia, Maden and Annie! I flew out of Idaho Falls on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 at 6:30 am.  I flew to Salt Lake, then Dallas, then Detroit and finally made it to Erie at 9:15 pm.  Brian picked me up and we headed to their house. The car said it was 10 degrees.  Saturday, March 1st was Brian's birthday.  He had bought tickets for a car show in Cleveland. First we went to Eat'n Park for a buffet breakfast, then headed for Cleveland.  The car show was great, we all liked it. We stayed for quite awhile, then headed back toward Erie.  The plan was to stop at Red Lobster for a birthday dinner, but it was going to be an hour wait, so we went to a Chinese Buffet instead.

Here we are at Eat'n Park. It was a good buffet and so fun to be with these four!

Family photo in front of the new 2015 Ford F150. (The main reason for the car show)

Ford had set up a play area. Maden got too scared to go up the slide, but he would catch Celia. Celia and Annie went down.

Maden was so excited that there was a Ferris Wheel inside the building! He loved every minute of the ride.

There were some carnival mirrors that were really fun. I loved the one that made me look tall and skinny, but not sure I liked it making Maden look so grown up.

There was a lot of things to do besides seeing the cars.  Brian tried golfing and shooting a basketball.

Brian and Celia took a ride in a Jeep that went around this course. They thought it was really fun.

So fun to be with this cute little lady and see her cute personality.

When we got home, Brian opened his presents. Celia and the kids ordered him a whole case of his favorite popcorn.

I brought Maden all the state quarters except Alabama. We ordered him a map to put them in. This was our Sunday morning activity. He loved seeing the map get filled up. He loves all things about the states. His favorite game on the IPad is Stack the States.

Annie had watched Maden hit this balloon with the bat, and so she wanted to do it too. She had come down with a bad cough, so I stayed home from church with her. We took her to the Dr. on Monday morning, turned out she had croup. Poor baby. She was such a good girl even though she didn't feel well.

I took money for Maden and Annie for their suprprises. Maden got to count it every day, then on Friday we got to spend it. He loved the activity! He really loved the silver dollars that Billie had sent for them. He played and played with them.
Maden loves to play Wii Fit. He is pretty good with the balance games. He is so good about following the rules to get the privilege of playing the Wii. He would read a book to me so he could play.

Even though it was really cold, we ventured outside to get some fresh air. Both kids loved it! 

We went to library, it was Dr. Suess Day. The librarian was dressed like The Cat in the Hat. The hats were a little big for Annie. Maden loved the SmartBoard. I thought it was pretty awesome too.

Annie and I are just a rocking away at the library.

Maden and I built a "temple" with his big blocks, then he measured it, and figured out it was taller than him, then Annie helped him knock it down.

We went to Krispy Kreme even though the hot light was not on. We were going to just buy some donuts and take them home, but Annie would not leave without eating her donut there.  I think she knows everything!

We went outside again.  Celia let the kids slide down a little hill. Annie loved going down by herself.

Maden is doing some math problems to earn some time either watching  a video or playing the Wii.

When Annie woke up from her nap, Maden went and joined her in the crib.

We played a giant game of checkers, and Maden ate a giant strawberry.

We went to Sam's Club for a pretzel.

The many antics of Annie in Sam's Club.

Maden wasn't thrilled to get a hair cut, but he was good boy and sat really still. Having my IPad play the song Fifty Nifty States, and Primary songs helped a little.

Friday night we made it to Red Lobster for a late Birthday dinner.

All to soon, it was Saturday, March 8th and time for me to fly home. Annie was getting a little daddy time before we left.

We stopped at Chic-Fil-A on the way to the airport. The kids got to play a little bit. It was a great trip and I'm so thankful for the time I got to spend in Frozen Erie. Can't wait to go back.

1 comment:

Cindy said...

you found lots of fun things to do even when it was frozen the whole time