Saturday was a busy day for us. At 9 in the morning, Caida and Charissa went to go pick up my nephew, Tanner, and then we (My mom, my sister, my daughter, and my nephew) all went to IHOP for breakfast. It was extremely busy and the wait was about 25 minutes, but I was kept busy by Tanner and Caida. It was a lot of fun. Wouldn't sound like it if I told you what we did... that little man can eat a lot of food.
Then we were off to Colulmbian Park for our family reunion. We stayed about an hour while my mom slept in the car. haha. It was so funny watching Caida become best friends with the only other little girl there. They just introduced themselves and grabbed eachothers hands and started skipping away.
Then my camera broke. :( Then we went on to the Columbian Park Zoo. It's not a very big zoo. Monkeys, Huge turtles, a petting zoo, a peacock, otters, gophers, small animals like that. Then there was a section where the wallabies roam free and a butterfly garden. Tanner's head kept spinning as the butterflies would whip by.
Eventually, we had to drop Tanner off, and we took Caida to Toys 'R' Us and and got a few games and puzzles and things for her to do. Then we decided to be true Americans and go out to eat, (You guessed it, PEPE'S!) even though we were still full from breakfast. haha. Then we went home and Charissa and I watched Brian Regan which was a perfect end to a perfect day.
Sunday: My mom and I hung out and did lots of fun things until Caida and Charissa got home from church. Then, Charissa, Caida and I went to my dad's house for a few hours. When we got back to my mom's, we ate dinner and then James and I took off on our hour and a half drive back to our house, and Caida stayed with Grandma Linda for the night.
On Monday, my mom, Charissa and Caida came to Portage and I bought some disposable cameras (Do you remember how to use those things? I didn't for a minute. lol) and we went to the Dunes. At least we attempted to go to the dunes but the parking lot was full so we went and ate some tacos, came back, and then went to the dunes. The climb was a lot easier than I remember, but we still used the trail on the way back. It was cold and windy and there was no sun, but it was our last trip of the year out to the beach and we were determined to make the best of it. Which wasn't hard, once your body was numb, the water was awesome. Being outside is always fun, no matter what the conditions are and doing something to break free of the normal schedule is always nice. Overall, GREAT WEEKEND!
