In enemy territory…and loving it!
Hubby person travels a lot. It sucks, but we deal, and are grateful that he has a job. It’s a very stressful job at times, because he is too good at what he does and gets taken for granted…a lot.
But I digress.
So Hubby person travels a lot. Not very far. Only about 3.5 hours from our homestead, but it’s far enough to feel like you’ve gotten away. The boys have mid winter break this week, so we decided that it would be a good opportunity to have a change of pace and join hubby on his excursion.
After a slow start this morning, we arrived at our destination in the early afternoon. The hotel that Hubby stays in is quite lovely. Unlike some of my blogger-type friends, I don’t mind hotels. At least nice clean ones like this one. We are staying in the same room that Hubby normally stays in, which is super nice. It has a separate bedroom and living room, so Hubby and I will have our privacy, and the boys feel like there is a bit more normalcy. Our space and theirs.
My favorite thing about this place is the family aquatic fun center, aka, pool. You will definitely see pictures later of the boys and myself having fun down there. It has a large pool, a water slide, a really big hot tub, and a toddler play area with one of those cool mushroom rain thingys. So fun! Last time I came down was this summer, Rachel and Gabe and I (Jeremiah wasn’t with us yet) spent a good couple of hours just going down the water slide over and over.
Anywho, the boys and I spent some time at the nice big mall this afternoon. Gabe wanted to look at shoes, so we went into some of the more popular men’s shoe stores that also carry a lot of sports wear. Jeremiah was cracking me up because he kept saying (very loudly) “Mom, where is all the Vikings stuff?” Of coarse, where we are is less than 20 minutes from the stadium of the Viking’s arch rival, so the walls of all the sporty stores were covered in green and gold. I smiled at Miah and told him to be careful or he would get us shot. It didn’t stop him. Every opportunity he had he would make comments (again, with loud volume) about how dumb it was that they didn’t carry Vikings stuff and how much better the Vikings were etc…
How my little troll (you know, those people from below the bridge) of a son became a Vikes fan, I have no idea. Maybe it was wired into his being because God knew that eventually he would become part of a family heritage that springs from Duluth, and therefore being a Vikings fan, although not a requirement, is a definite plus. Who knows.
Anywho, the boys are resting now. Minor attitude issues have arisen throughout the day, but nothing out of the ordinary. Jeremiah is especially have a hard time handling the excitement and anxiety that all these new situations pose, but he pulls it together quickly after a little extra Mommy time. Gabe is a whole ‘nother ball game, which I will have to get into another time. Thankfully, Hubby is very intuitive with him and can call things out for what they are in a way that I am envious of. It will take practice I guess.
Anywho, tomorrow’s plans include spending most of the day at the local children’s museum, which I am totally psyched about. They have a traveling frog exhibit right now that looks really interesting. The exhibit travels, not the frogs. Well, I suppose the frogs travel too, but you get the point. Do you? Anywho, after we tire of the children’s museum, Gabe wants to check out a snow boarding shop that we spotted today, and I want to wander into the scrap booking store we found. I am also excited to get to bring Jeremiah to the Toys R Us, cuz I don’t think he’s ever been in a big toy store before. Plus, there is a Babies R Us adjoined to it, and those are always fun for me to explore.
Anywho, hopefully I can get some pictures up tomorrow. I still have to figure out some sizing issues on my puter, so I might just photo bucket them.
I’m praying for some renewal while we are here. God knows we need it, and I am trusting him to provide.
Blessings!
Hannah
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Wow!
I was catching up with all the blogs I’ve missed and it sounds like you & the boys have been on a total roller coaster!
Your story is definetely one of much inspiration!
-Sneha V
PS In regards to your last post about summer school, when I was a kid, they had this software that was called Jumpstart (I think) and they were SO much fun. I wonder if they still sell them? (Eek. Did I just date myself?) But they were super fun, and I remember learning so much math and science from them.
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