Welcome to our crazy life in South Dakota, Mamo and Papo!
On our first day with Mamo and Papo in town, we went to a Wacky Chicken show in which a middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman did all kinds of magic tricks/variety show acts while dressed as a chicken and while making noises other than chicken noises. Wacky was an understatement, but it was fun and we all enjoyed ourselves.
After Michael's nap, we played with water toys in the backyard, showed Mamo and Papo our library, and gave them the tour of Kidtopia, our favorite local toy store.
On Friday night, we went to Poet's Family Picnic. Despite the fact that there were all kinds of fun things for the kids to do including inflatables and air tattoos, my kids had the time of their lives playing with the ice cubes in the drink coolers ;) Highlights included when a long freight train went by on the tracks right next to the park (I thought Michael had died and gone to heaven) and when four ethanol-fueled planes flew by in formation. It's so easy to please boys: planes, trains, and automobiles ;)
After the picnic, Brian and I left Mamo and Papo with the kids and headed to a nearby town in MN to see Toy Story 3 at the drive-in theater. I felt like a character out of Grease at the drive-in. It felt so classicly romantic ;) In true Maria fashion, I fell asleep partway through the movie. But fortunately, I woke up right near the end to catch Brian bawling his eyes out, and to hear enough of the end to bawl my eyes out too. And in the end, that is why we all love going to the movies, right? Not to SEE it, but rather to FEEL it. So I got my money's worth anyway ;)
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