Visitors Over Spring Break

Mike, Jesse and I had some very special visitors over Spring Break. John and Brenda flew down for a few days to spend time with us while Mike was off school. We had lots of fun! We went to the zoo, the park for a picnic, shopping, and one kickin' steak dinner (in celebration of Brenda's upcoming birthday). We also got to go to church out in Benjamin, and see lots of rain on Sunday. They even got to experience the flooded streets! Mike and John got to change the oil on the van (and in the process break one socket and spill a lot of oil from a stuck oil filter which was crushed in the process of taking it off) and Brenda and I got to shop for jewellery at Target - great bonding moments. Jesse of course had a blast with them here, lots of attention to go around. The minute they walked through the door his face lit up, there was no playing "strange" or anything. What a way to warm grandparents hearts!

They had to leave on Tuesday. On the way to Dallas to catch their flight home, they drove through a torrential thunderstorm which made them late getting to the airport. But, the good thing about the storm was that it delayed the flights so they still made it home, just a bit later than anticipated. And, to top it all off, they were welcomed by snow and cold weather. Meanwhile, we are still enjoying summer temperatures down here...

One last story before I sign off here...for those of you who are not familiar with the "Sudocream" story from last summer, here's a recap - Mike, Jesse and I were on holidays. We put Jesse to sleep. We heard a clunk and figured it was just him sitting down loudly (as he often does). After about 10 minutes of silence, I thought he was asleep. I wanted something from the room, so I carefully snuck back in. He wasn't asleep at all. He was sitting in his playpen, with a jar of Sudocream (mostly empty at this point) and the cream smeared everywhere - clothes, skin, blankets, playpen...So, today Jesse comes trotting out to the living room and sits down on the floor. I look over just in time to see him opening a jar of Sudocream. Luckily, he only got one hand in it before I took it away. I went to the bedroom and discovered that he had pushed a box over to the dresser in order to stand on it and reach the cream. I have been wondering how long it would take before he realized that he could push things around in order to use them as a step. And so the fun is just beginning...