So what have we been up to over the past few weeks? As always, Erin has been keeping the girls busy every day with trips to the park, Science Center, splash pad, and pretty much anything else that you can think of. Much of the first week in August was spent in the Quad Cities at my in-laws. While my mother-in-law and I took a trip to Wrigley on Thursday, Erin and the girls went with her dad to the Niabi Zoo.
On Friday we went to breakfast with Grandma Engelmann and a whole crew of Erin's aunts and uncles that were in town for the Cubs game as well. We then took a trip out to Eldridge to visit Grandma Weiler at work before heading back to their house to play for the rest of the day. On Saturday morning, while I was in Dewitt for a triathlon, Grandma and Erin took the girls to the children's museum in Bettendorf. The girls absolutely LOVE that place (as do we) because there is an endless amount of things to play with.
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| Grandma and Abigail at the vet |
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| Bridget the firefighter |
With cooler temperatures over the past couple of weeks, we have been able to spend more time outside playing. Last week we also spent an evening at Bridget's preschool information night. It was fun getting to meet the staff and other kids. In fact, we found out that not only is one of Abigail's friends from soccer last year going to be in her 1st grade class, but her little brother is also in Bridget's preschool class.
This past Saturday we spent the morning playing at Raccoon River Park in West Des Moines. The playground there is awesome and there seems to be an endless amount of fun to be had at that park. I think we will be back again soon. On Sunday afternoon Abigail asked to go fishing, so after supper we loaded up the truck and headed to Big Creek. We found a new place to fish from shore and it didn't take long for Abigail to start getting bites. She caught a few small bluegills and we had a lot of fun enjoying the nice weather.
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| Abigail wanted a selfie with one of the bluegills |
