A Week At Grandma and Papa Farmer's!

Catching up for a couple of weeks...last week the boys stayed in Iowa so I was a little "off scheudle" without them and completely skipped blogging...whoops!  But I did get a TON of things done around here...house cleaned (check), sub-basement cleaned/organized/stuff donated to goodwill (check), dates with my honey (check), classroom set up (check)! 

Before I forget to mention it, we did get Mason's stitch out.  We went in five days later, just me, Mason, and Zane.  Apparently Mason's skin heals quickly...it had grown over the stitch...so needless to say it was NOT a fun time!  I had to hold him down...my legs holding his legs down...my arms holding his arms down...while the doctor and nurse both tried to get it out.  Then another nurse came in and tried.  Then the doctor again.  Then the nurse again...all the while Mason was screaming "Stop it!  Mom, stop it!  Don't touch me!  Leave me alone!  Quit it!  Mom, stop it!"  It was EXCRUTIATING!  Finally everyone came in and it took FOUR of us holding him down to get the one little stitch out!  Misery!  And to top it off, they told us we couldn't go swimming for SEVEN DAYS!  Really?  I left there crying...it was our last full week of summer vacation together!  Um...I didn't really follow directions and 2 days later I put waterproof band-aids on the owie and we went swimming!  Whoopsie!

On to the boys' week on the farm...they get to do this every year and they LOVE it!  This year they didn't even talk to us on the phone...I just enjoyed listning to them playing in the background when I called!  Here are some pictures of their adventures on the farm!

They played with the auger a lot!

Zane has  been wanting to fly a kite for weeks now...and can't catch a good wind at home.  They got this one to fly, and then the string broke and it flew into the cornfield!  Darn!

One day they went to the Corning pool...they had a blast!  Mason was taking a break here!

Zane went down this slide over and over and over again!  Mason would go up, but didn't want to go down, but finally did and had a blast too.  He really liked the twisty slide on the right...but they couldn't go down two at a time so he had to quit that...and was really bummed!

Papa and Mason sliding

Running through the sprayers

Zane on the twisty slide

Zane getting sprayed

Classic Mason on the farm...if there is dirt, grease, or mud, he always finds it!

Silly boy!

I got these shirts for these guys for Christmas...they say "Fishing Buddies" and their names.  We took them on vacation hoping to get a photo there...and that didn't work out...so I asked if they could take it this week.  Apparently Mason was less than cooperative, so this is the best we got!

Popsicles AND wrestling with your brother...what could be better?

Throwing rocks into the creek.

On Friday Grandma and Aunt Reeta took the kids to the zoo!  Here's Reeta, Kenna, Zane, Keaton, and Mason.

Austin, Keaton, Zane, and Mason checking out the giraffes

The boys and Grandma

Posing by the dinosaurs...Mason making sure they are staying put!

Zane and Austin riding a camel.  Mason was insistent that he ride a camel and was impatiently waiting...and the minute it was his turn, he changed his mind!

Playing in the park after returning from the zoo!

Our little monkey!

Whee!

As you can see, the boys had an AMAZING week!  They are so lucky to have grandparents that make them the center of their world!  When we got home on Friday, Mason was giggly and hiding and pretty excited to see us.  Zane, on the other hand, pouted and ran into the other room!  I knew he would have a hard time leaving...he always does!  He says "mom and dad just don't know how to play with us."  Dagger...right in the heart!  Mason came up to me, gave me a hug, and said, "I really missed you Mom!"  So sweet!  Zane didn't say much, until Saturday afternoon he was excited to give me an envelope and inside was this note:



"Mom.  I love you.  I missed you.  From Zane."

That made me feel better!  Today, however, when he figured out we would be coming home, he started his meltdown...and I expected it to happen all night tonight, but it didn't (we lucked out).  At one point he said "I miss Grandma" and started crying and said "I just can't stop it."  Poor buddy, he loves them so much!

On another note...when we got home tonight we had no electricity!  Apparently there was quite a storm...that only lasted about 10 minutes...but left a huge wake behind...lots of trees down, power out, etc.  We were lucky to have power back in about 4 hours...but others are still without it tonight.  I pray they get power back soon!