{"id":36575,"date":"2017-03-12T20:40:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T01:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=36575"},"modified":"2017-03-12T20:40:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T01:40:04","slug":"a-visit-with-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=36575","title":{"rendered":"A visit with Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend cousin Jack and Grandma and Grandpa came into town for a visit. Uncle B and Aunt Breanne did some fantastic planning, and we ended up with a fun filled weekend. Saturday started with the annual river dieing. It was pretty cold this year, but thankfully the sun was out and shining. A quick stop for breakfast and we were off to visit the Build a Bear store. Eleanor and Henry had never been, and Jack was excited to show them how it worked. Eleanor built a pink bear with a striped skirt, and she hasn’t stopped carrying it around with her since. Henry built a golden puppy with a St. Patrick’s Day shirt, and has slept with it each night since. So I’d say Build a Bear was a success! Next we visited the Illinois Sports Museum, which had some fun exhibits and computer simulations. Both kids liked putting their new stuffed friends up to pose as famous athletes. <\/p>\n

The final activity of the day was indoor skydiving! Eleanor and Henry were both excited and nervous about it, but thy both did great. Eleanor had a huge smile on her face the whole time, and Henry really liked it up until the point where the instructor took him up for the “high flight”, which was perhaps a bit too much. We ended the day with some dinner and playtime at Uncle B and Aunt Breanne’s house. <\/p>\n

On Sunday, we had a relaxing breakfast and then some playtime, and then headed out to watch Uncle B play in his hockey game. Henry and Jack were excited to see him all dressed up in his pads. Eleanor and Mom had to skip out to go to a birthday party – and Eleanor got to play her first game of Laser Tag. She was a bit uncertain getting equipped, but ended up loving it! <\/p>\n

Phew…what a weekend! Now, I think we need another weekend to recover!<\/p>\n