Day +476: Lots of adventures
Logging in from Grandma and Grandpa's house in Wenatchee. Keri arrived in San Francisco with the car late last night. The kids and I are flying out tomorrow night around 6 PM, arriving in San Francisco at around 10 PM. They've had a wonderful summer, but will be happy to get home. Mina has been saying that her house misses her. She knew Grandma & Grandpa's house was our last stop and at first was asking about when we were going home. But she's been having so much fun the last few days that I think she's forgotten to ask.
We've been doing a lot of swimming, and Mina Brigitta absolutely loves it. My godparents Jack and Nancy Smith have a special swimsuit with a foam ring around the waist that allowed Mina Brigitta to float all over the pool. She was cruising around the deep end saying "Yook at me Dadda! Yook at me!" Then the next day we went to Lake Chelan and swam in a public park there, and Mina Brigitta wanted to swim by herself in the deep water just like she'd done at the Smiths. Except she didn't have the magic suit on. She ended up with her face in the water a few times, but she didn't seem to mind much. Then today she tried swimming with water wings, and she was again able to cruise all over the pool. Isaac has never been quite as comfortable in the water as Mina is, but Grandma Judy managed to get him in up to his neck yesterday, and he was closing his eyes and leaning his head back to get his hair wet. But he wouldn't go back in today, so we still have some work to do with him.
We played a family baseball game the other night with Philipp, Grandma, Grandpa, Isaac and I on one team and Carmen, Kari, Eric, Astrid and Mina on the other team. The whole thing was hysterical, but the comedic highlight came when Eric hit the ball into the big pine tree and got it stuck. Grandpa tried unsuccessful to poke the ball out with the bat, then tried throwing the bat into the tree to knock the ball down. Of course the bat got stuck. We were all in stitches as Grandpa went to get the rake. After a few attempts at knocking down the bat and ball with the rake, he decided to throw the rake into the tree to knock down the ball and bat. Then the rake got stuck. We eventually got all the equipment back down to earth and were able to resume the game. Today Isaac was playing with the bat in the back yard, and he walked over toward the pine tree, looked at me and said "throw it up here". He then made several attempts to throw the bat into the tree.
Isaac I think may be a bit disoriented with all of the changes of venue. He keeps asking where everyone is. He usually starts by asking "Where's Auntie Kristi, Dadda?" I explain that she's at her house in Idaho. Then he asks about everyone in the extended family who isn't present: Uncle Bill, Grandma Lyn, Zane & Zoe, Carmen Rose, Auntie Kari, Auntie Teri, Nicholas & Kennedy. He had such a great time at Auntie Kristi and Uncle Bill's house that he definitely didn't want to leave. When I arrived in Idaho the first time Isaac told me over and over again that the big tractor was "too youd". But the little tractor was "not so youd". The drive to Wenatchee was nearly five hours long after a quick stop in Spokane, but when we were 15 minutes from the end Isaac pointed toward the back of car and insisted that we turn around and go back to Auntie Kristi's house. The other funny thing he said was when Keri was pointing out the sagebrush to him. Uncle Bill has two golden retrievers named Sage and Tucker. Isaac commented on the sagebrush, then asked about the "tuckerbrush".
Kari and Carmen left two nights ago, and it's a bit sad that we're already leaving tomorrow, especially since I don't feel like I've had much of a vacation. The kids have had a great time, and I've got to share some of that with them, but not nearly as much as I would have liked. I guess that's just the reality. I do think the kids will be very happy to be home, and with Mina starting preschool in a few weeks, it will be good for everyone to get into a routine.
We've been doing a lot of swimming, and Mina Brigitta absolutely loves it. My godparents Jack and Nancy Smith have a special swimsuit with a foam ring around the waist that allowed Mina Brigitta to float all over the pool. She was cruising around the deep end saying "Yook at me Dadda! Yook at me!" Then the next day we went to Lake Chelan and swam in a public park there, and Mina Brigitta wanted to swim by herself in the deep water just like she'd done at the Smiths. Except she didn't have the magic suit on. She ended up with her face in the water a few times, but she didn't seem to mind much. Then today she tried swimming with water wings, and she was again able to cruise all over the pool. Isaac has never been quite as comfortable in the water as Mina is, but Grandma Judy managed to get him in up to his neck yesterday, and he was closing his eyes and leaning his head back to get his hair wet. But he wouldn't go back in today, so we still have some work to do with him.
We played a family baseball game the other night with Philipp, Grandma, Grandpa, Isaac and I on one team and Carmen, Kari, Eric, Astrid and Mina on the other team. The whole thing was hysterical, but the comedic highlight came when Eric hit the ball into the big pine tree and got it stuck. Grandpa tried unsuccessful to poke the ball out with the bat, then tried throwing the bat into the tree to knock the ball down. Of course the bat got stuck. We were all in stitches as Grandpa went to get the rake. After a few attempts at knocking down the bat and ball with the rake, he decided to throw the rake into the tree to knock down the ball and bat. Then the rake got stuck. We eventually got all the equipment back down to earth and were able to resume the game. Today Isaac was playing with the bat in the back yard, and he walked over toward the pine tree, looked at me and said "throw it up here". He then made several attempts to throw the bat into the tree.
Isaac I think may be a bit disoriented with all of the changes of venue. He keeps asking where everyone is. He usually starts by asking "Where's Auntie Kristi, Dadda?" I explain that she's at her house in Idaho. Then he asks about everyone in the extended family who isn't present: Uncle Bill, Grandma Lyn, Zane & Zoe, Carmen Rose, Auntie Kari, Auntie Teri, Nicholas & Kennedy. He had such a great time at Auntie Kristi and Uncle Bill's house that he definitely didn't want to leave. When I arrived in Idaho the first time Isaac told me over and over again that the big tractor was "too youd". But the little tractor was "not so youd". The drive to Wenatchee was nearly five hours long after a quick stop in Spokane, but when we were 15 minutes from the end Isaac pointed toward the back of car and insisted that we turn around and go back to Auntie Kristi's house. The other funny thing he said was when Keri was pointing out the sagebrush to him. Uncle Bill has two golden retrievers named Sage and Tucker. Isaac commented on the sagebrush, then asked about the "tuckerbrush".
Kari and Carmen left two nights ago, and it's a bit sad that we're already leaving tomorrow, especially since I don't feel like I've had much of a vacation. The kids have had a great time, and I've got to share some of that with them, but not nearly as much as I would have liked. I guess that's just the reality. I do think the kids will be very happy to be home, and with Mina starting preschool in a few weeks, it will be good for everyone to get into a routine.
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