Meanwhile in Michigan...

Even though I was having a wild adventure on the other side of the country I was thankful that Gaetan kept me updated on what the crazies were up to with pictures.  I would've lost my mind if I had left all the kids at home!  So after they had dropped me off at the airport they stopped and got some breakfast quickly at McD which, they weren't impressed with.  Which isn't a bad thing! They had to get back because Gaetan had to tutor, in which the crazies went with.  But apparently on the way back there was this terrible accident which caused them to shut down I-94 going both ways for 10 miles and it was shut down for a few hours.  A lot of semi's collided along with 40 other cars... it was the white out condition that happened to us on the way down.  Surprisingly minimal casualties but scary nonetheless.  The crazies apparently were great the entire time I was gone but he kept them really busy.  They did the tutoring thing, went to Barnes and Noble, then went out for sushi and then back to Barnes and Noble until they came home and went to bed.

Their breakfast... they enjoyed the sunrise though!

The next morning they had swim class and then went to a lego thing at the library.  Came home for a nap and then back to the library again.  I guess if they spent any amount of time at home they started asking for Norah and Momma, so he just had them on the go go go!  I was fortunate enough to be able to skype or facetime with them every night so that helped this Momma out... and Norah really appreciated it too.  When she would hear their voices she would light up and start laughing.

He looks like such a little man!

Their new reading nook 

They played hard

I guess he had gotten them up and then he just climbed back onto the couch and went back to sleep

They got new gloves and hats... Dude got Yoda and Lucy got Love and Peace

Saturday they went to Caledonia because Gaetan was helping a friend out with their math.  The crazies went to the coffee shop there and got to have steamers, which they thought were really fancy!  They went to my parents for pizza and beer since Holly and her kids were going out for the night to watch a play.  It was a nice quiet evening with my parents, just like the way it used to be.  They stayed there for the night and then left in the morning to come get me!  They cleaned up the house because they said that Momma would like to come home to a clean place.  Sweet kiddos.  And it was nice to come home
and be with them period.

Hanging out with the cousins

Big girl with her Jones Soda

JVG