In Like A Lion, Out Like a Lamb (I Hope)

Wow!  March, what a month.  The first Saturday

in March, this is what we woke up to.

P.'s foot, swollen, red, and blistered.

After one week in the children's hospital,

nobody knew what  caused the blisters to happen.

Once they looked like they were starting to go away,

our sweet boy was sent home.

After a week recovering, we were on the 

road to North Carolina to visit Grandma Jean

and Grandpa Tom.

First stop on our way, Jamestown, Virginia.

There we learned all about Indian and Pre-colonial life.

The kids were able to make a canoe Indian

style.  They learned that Indians, who had no

metal tools, burnt a tree and used shells

to scrape out the ashes.

This is how canoes were made. 

We took some time to visit the fort in Jamestown.

We talked with the metal worker, tried on armor,

learned about storing and drying meats, and 

saw the way that the early settlers lived.

After our day in Jamestown, it was off to North

Carolina.  Grandma Jean and Grandpa Tom

took us to the North Carolina Zoo.

The kids saw all sorts of animals.

Although we tried to leave them with the monkeys,

they kept insisting that they needed to come home with us.

After a day at the zoo, we spent a day at the local Children's

Museum.  This was a favorite of all of our kids.

There was a big fire truck that the kids could climb

on and pretend to drive.  There were fireman boots,

coats, and a hose to spray.

At the Children's Museum, there was a media room

where the kids could pretend to be cameramen, anchormen, or

weathermen.  P. especially enjoyed giving us his forecast while watching

himself on the screen.

The favorite stop, of all the kids, was the airplane.

The airplane was awesome.  There were seats in the back for your passengers,

working throttles, and lots of buttons that begged to be pushed.  If

the kids got tired of the airplane, they could slide down the slide on the side, and

then run right back up to the cockpit.

After the airplane, everyone enjoyed rolling around

in blue barrels, because really, what's more fun than

rolling your siblings around the floor.

Our trip to visit Grandma Jean and Grandpa Tom was 

SOOOOO much fun. We had a wonderful week.

At the end of the trip, we were exhausted.

Thank you Papa and Cheryl for watching our pets so we could go,

and thank you Grandma Jean and Grandpa Tom for

letting us stay with you , and for showing us such a great time.