We set out to have a little weekend adventure to see the fall colors. That turned out NOT to happen be we had a fun little adventure anyway.
Lance and Cherise are painting their house so we were going to take Ben to relieve them of having to watch him and paint too. Since we were going to bring him back in the evening, we offered to take Rachel as well. Our plan was to head east towards the Mississippi then north towards Dubuque. We went through Grand Mound and stopped off to visit my grandparents’ grave in the Evergreen Cemetery. That gave the kids a chance to run around a little and stretch their legs.
DeWitt is right next door and we stopped off to say hello to Vern. He was doing well and we had a nice little chat. Rachel picked up a bunch of Locust tree seed pods to give to her friends. Ben had to be watched pretty carefully but Rachel was as good as gold. We decided not to tempt fate so we only stayed for a little while.
Then we thought we should let the kids have some fun so we went to DeWitt’s downtown square and played on the on the jungle gyms and slides.
We had planned to go on to Dubuque at this point but the kids were starting to get tired and they weren’t really enjoying sitting in the car for hours on end so we headed back to our house. Rachel and I filled the bird feeders. A little later Karen was upstairs with Rachel and told me to take Ben to the kitchen window. There were 4 deer right outside snitching our newly replenished bird seed. We crept up quietly. Rachel had her face right up to the glass and the deer were no more than 18 inches away. I told her to keep very still. At one point the deer looked up and saw Rachel. They jumped about a foot in the air and took off at a trot. I told Rachel they had seen a horrible monster and she laughed and laughed. Sorry, I don’t have any pictures because this happened so suddenly. Even Ben was impressed by the deer.
We took them home shortly after this.
What a very good day!
It was a fun day. The temperature was in the high 70’s. Ben is a dare devil on play structures and Grandparents have to follow him around to make sure he doesn’t step into air. Rachel found the sign language poster and learned to sign “R” for Rachel. Later we stopped for a treat and made our way home.
Wow, what fun. Cherise mentioned that you had gone to see Vern. No idea so many more adventures were involved.
What a nice treat to see so many family photos! I’m glad to see Vern looking so well.
xoxo,
Wendy
A fine day!
Great pics of a great day! What sweeties.
Grandma and Grandpa get extra karma points for helping us out so much. We can get soooooo much more done when Ben is not around. Rachel, however, is of the opinion that painting the house is great fun, so she can stay and help all she wants. In fact, she was dissappointed to find out that grandpa Butch would be coming over during the day and painting all the low parts!!! I am sure we can find something for her to paint.
What a great day. The colors are beautiful in the woods behind my house. I was on the deck the other day and a grey brown deer walked out of the woods. Plump she was . . . she probably was the one who ate all my flowers! Vern looks terrific and what a fun day for the kiddies.
really enjoyed the pictures and pleased you had such a close family day BUT LOOSE the dummy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It doesn’t get any better than this.