Labor Day Weekend

Happy Labor Day everyone! I hope you are all having a fun, relaxing weekend. We didn't have big plans this weekend, but we did have fun. Jim didn't have school on Friday, so we took the opportunity of his last Friday off to go do something fun together. Before Jim started teaching, we would often get out of the house and go somewhere on Fridays, his day off at church. We enjoy picking a town we have never been before and spending the day there. We haven't done as much of that this summer since we were so busy with traveling etc. So we decided to do that this Friday. We drove to Flint, which is about an hour and 45 minutes away. We spent most of our time shopping. Flint has the nearest Borders to us, so we went there. We ate lunch at a place called Rib City Grill.

Lena eating her "Dinosaur Nuggets." When Jim ordered them, he asked the waitress if they were actually chicken or if they were really made out of dinosaurs (trying to be funny). She didn't really seem to get it, as she didn't really know how to respond.

While shopping, we bought Lena a Spongebob doll and a Gary doll. For those of you lucky people who are not very well acquainted with Spongebob, Gary is Spongebob's pet. He is a snail, but meows like a cat. He is the underwater equivalent of a pet cat. So we have been teaching her to say "Gary" and "Spongebob." She does pretty well with Gary, saying it kind of like "Gay-ee." But for some reason, Spongebob comes out "Bob-o" everytime. Lena was cuddling with Gayee and Bob-o on the drive home.

On Saturday we took another mini-trip and drove to Plainwell. We used to go to Plainwell every so often when we lived in Wayland. They have a Super Walmart (there aren't many in our area, aka Meijerland) and Jim's favorite Goodwill store. We ate lunch at the Subway inside Walmart as we were waiting for our oil to be changed. Lena's kids meal came with stickers and since she was being fussy, Jim started putting them all over her arms.

It worked. She loved the stickers and didn't start peeling them off until we were almost home.

Daddy had lots of fun with the sticker placement. After we ate, I got a few grocery items and when we went through the check-out, the cashier asked Lena, "How are you today?" I said, "She's awesome!" I think that's pretty obvious!

Today we are just spending a nice day at home. Daddy's mowing the yard, I'm blogging, and Lena is having fun playing with her new toys. We got her a rocking horse at Goodwill that she just loves. Sometimes Daddy will try to rock the horse with his feet and she gets very upset. She gets off the horse, moves his feet out of the way, then gets back on. She is starting to get that very possessive streak that is common among toddlers.

She's got a bit of a runny nose, but I think it's due to two teeth that are coming in. Hopefully they will break through soon because we think they are giving her a bit of discomfort.

Also, I have posted our August pictures on Picasa. Click here to see them: Picasa Web Album: August 2009

Expect a lengthy post next weekend with lots of pics. Saturday is Middleville's Heritage Day and there will be lots of stuff going on. Have a good week!