First off, a big apology to our readers for a long week without updates. The card reader we use to upload pictures from our camera to the computer broke, and we took our time finding a replacement.
Last Sunday, we emerged from the big storm with a lovely 40 degree day. It got warm so quickly, that the ice fell off the trees in a big ice storm. It was loud enough that I opened the front door and proclaimed to mama that it was raining with no clouds in the sky.
Mama says it reminded her of when we lived in Wisconsin and on the first warm day you could hear ice cracking from the trees.
Grandma and Grandpa Seibert braved the storms and came down on Sunday. Mama and I decided to make cookies for their arrival.
We used Alton Brown's recipe and ended up with a big batch of cutouts. Apparently, we make very small cookies and pancakes, because we always end up with at least twice as many cookies and pancakes than the recipe predicts. Does that mean we get to eat twice as many?
I put extra time into decorating this T-rex for Junie.
June and Grandma spent some time hugging their respective babies on Monday. Grandma specifically requested nicer weather than Ohio. Unfortunately, it was chilly and rained most of the week, but mama did point out that it was still nicer than the 6 inches of snow they got in northwest Ohio.
Because the weather didn't cooperate and mama spent most of the week taking Grandma and Grandpa to things I wouldn't like, I went to school and didn't get to skip any days. But I looked forward to coming home and playing with Grandpa. He is really funny.
Not only is Grandpa funny with a tunnel, he builds a great train set, too.
And when we weren't playing with toys, he was up for wrestling and avoiding getting kicked in the face by a rambunctious boy.
Junie did get to go along on the adventures and was always ready to run out the door to see something new. We visited the little shops in Pendleton (mama scored a basket in the shape of South Carolina), an awesome bakery with many french and german delicacies, the local art center (both mama and Grandma bought pottery), and a little quilt shop in Central.
On Wednesday, we did have a beautiful day when the temperatures reached the mid 60's, so everyone took off to visit Greenville. I got to pack my lunch and stay at the extended care at school until 2. I was so excited. I've been asking to stay for lunch all year.
Greenville has a very cool Main Street with lots of shops and a park that runs through the city that features its own waterfall. (Little known fact: It's the only city in the US with a waterfall inside city limits.)
A big bridge went over the falls. All the Seiberts must have a fear of heights, because they were all jumpy about letting juner walk on the well fortified bridge. Mama even had dreams for two nights after about June falling off of things.
But she was plenty safe holding two hands.
As if the trip couldn't get any better, they had lunch at a barbeque joint and stopped to watch a building get torn down. What a perfect day.
June proved that second child should be closely monitored when she got a pen and wrote all over the chair. Mama made a frantic call to Grams and Aunt Jenni. Turns out that rubbing alcohol can remove ink. Mama thanked her lucky stars that they got the microfiber furniture that can stand up to strong cleaning chemicals and moved all the pens to the top shelf.
Before Grandma left, we made sure to get our haircuts. Of course June refused one, but mama and I lined up.
We had to postpone our trip to the railroad tunnel and mama's favorite chicken place, due to sleet and the pending snowstorm that was headed towards Ohio and the mountains. I guess this means you'll have to come back Grandma and Grandpa!
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