Entertainment plus!

What a nice week it has been indeed. Last Thursday very spur of the moment we decided to take a trip. At first we where going to go to Green Bay but then we decided to focus on our house because of our house tour and go antiquing so we ended-up going to Duluth, Minnesota. It was a fun and fast trip. We found a few treasures for our house including a nice old print for Rose E's room. We also went to a boat museum and Walter and Jeff toured the train museum (and rode on a train) while Rose E and I hit the mall. We stayed in Canal Park, which is beautiful. The first day it was foggy so the next morning there was lots of ship action in the bay. I had to laugh because at one point Walter could see a big ship, a helicopter and a train all at the same time. I said for him it doesn't get any better than that! A cute thing he said was "mama those boats swimming?" It was also cute because when we where driving over a big bridge Jeff was teasing and said "uh oh I think the bridge is moving and Walter replied "no Daddy it's the van moving." That night too he shared some cheerios with Rose E and said "mama I'm getting Rose E healthy."

Then we got back on Friday and my mom came to visit on Saturday. The kids have had a lot of fun with her and she has been helping me catch-up on our never ending laundry pile. Walter of course showed her our cocoons and said look Grandma they are raccoons (it has been exciting to watch, four out of the five so far have turned into butterflies already). They where also eating popcorn together and he said "me don't like pine cones (kernels) in my popcorn." He made us laugh too as he was making some cards he said "I am out of breath (tired of drawing). Then yesterday he said "mama who put me together?" I said who do you think he said "Jesus?" Oh is he ever entertaining! Little miss Rose E has been entertaining too! On Saturday she took her first steps for my mom(: She has been on a roll ever since taking 3-4 steps at a time. Oh and speaking of steps she now has a new passion for shoes. When we go places she is as content as can be as long as she has a shoe in her hand. Must be a girl thing I guess. She has been experimenting with a lot of new sounds and a few of her new words have been "door" and "floor."