A Crazy Full, Crazy Good Day

Yesterday Jack was finally feeling a lot better.  Thank goodness.  And while we had a lot to do (like grocery shopping, cleaning, and running other errands), we really wanted to just have a fun day with our kiddos.  So instead of dragging them around and doing things for us, we decided to make the day about them.  Or rather about Jack.  Since really all Hannah does at this point is eat, sleep, and go potty.  So we packed up our troops and headed to a nearby working farm.  The temperatures were actually much higher than what was forecast, so we were very hot, but Jack had a blast!

The chickens seemed to like being around our stroller

Ahoy matie!

Jack went for a ride on the cow train

He loves to collect rocks from everywhere we go

On his train ride

"Skipping" rocks

After the cow train ride, Jack and Daddy enjoyed the large slides while I nursed Hannah in the shade.  Then we headed out to go for a visit with Grandma and Grandpa.  We stopped and grabbed lunch on the way, and then when we got to their house we ate and visited.  Jack invited himself to stay and watch Spiderman They offered to keep Jack for awhile, so Brad and I went to run some errands with our sweet Hannah Bear.  We went to Home Depot and the grocery store, but it was fun because we don't really run errands together too much anymore and it was sort of like a mini-date since Hannah can't talk just yet!

We decided we'd go pick Jack up and that we'd all go see the poop turtle.  Let me explain.  A very large snapping turtle lives at a nearby nature preserve, and my hubby and my little boy love to go there and watch the turtles, look for the turtles, and feed the turtles.  We call the large snapping turtle the poop turtle because that is the name Jack gave the turtle all on his own the very first time he laid eyes on it.  I think it's because it's always covered in muck and mud, and well, it kinda looks like poop to Jack.  

A few weeks ago, while I took Hannah with me to work on the day my teammates returned from summer break, Brad stayed home with Jack, and one of the things they did together that day was to feed the poop turtle.  When I take Jack to see the turtles, we feed them bread, crackers, or bologna.  But not Brad.  Brad took Jack to the grocery store, bought chicken quarters, tied twine to the chicken, and proceeded to feed the turtles that way.  

And so that's what we did next.

One of the turtles held onto that chicken so tightly, we were Brad was able to pull him up to get a better look.

See?

And then Brad let him scamper back to the water

Jack and a friend he made at the preserve watching Daddy feed the turtles

Jack thoroughly enjoyed feeding the poop turtle.  In fact, come back tomorrow to see the video footage.  It's adorably funny, if you ask me.  

We stayed at the nature preserve until the sun was going down, and then we headed off to Red Robin to have dinner with Grandma and Grandpa.  Jack was super-excited and loud and Miss Hannah Bear was just as sleepy as ever.  She's so easy to take along wherever we go - it's so nice.

When we got home, we got the babies bathed and in bed, super-late.  But totally worth our extra good day:)

Brad was so cute.  He works so hard.   A long commute, long hours, gets home late at night.  But yesterday- yesterday he was totally relaxed and had such a good time.  He said it was the best day he could remember in awhile.  Us too, Baby.  We're glad you had so much fun:)