Caper Acres

Caper Acres was always the highlight (well, ok, second to Mimi and Pappy's pool) of a trip to Chico. Ever since I had kids, I've wanted to take them, but our last two trips to Chico have proved unsuccessful in that regard (why is the park closed on Mondays?!?!)

This trip, however, we made it happen. (Even after tears on my part, when I was convinced that we'd lost our opportunity due to a rainstorm.) And Jack and Esther tagged along too!

We had a great time, even though everything is smaller than I remember it.

Eric's Visit

I've been joking that Eric is Seth's BFF, because it makes me laugh. It's also probably true.

Seth and Eric met freshman year at TMC and were roommates sophomore through senior year of college. They were best men in each other's weddings and they even planned to get pregnant at the same time - twice (ok, maybe it wasn't actually planned, but that's how it happened).

Eric doesn't have any local sports teams to root for, so when he was a kid he picked the Cowboys as his team. But Dallas is a far trip to make for a game, so since Seth convinced him to root for the Seahawks as his #2 team in college, every other year or so Eric flies up to go to a Hawks game with Seth. This year they bought tickets for the Giants game.

Eric flew in Friday night and then Saturday we ventured to the brand new Bass Pro Shop to see what the hype was a about, got BBQ, and then the guys went to a movie. And on Sunday they of course went to the game and then Eric flew out Monday morning.

One of the many things I appreciate about Eric is how well he loves our kids. Ezra was probably just as excited as Seth to see Eric and Eric made Ezra feel as if he had come just to hang out with Ezra and Isaac. Of course, Ezra made Eric promise to bring Mommy's friend (Rachel), his friend (Jesse) and Isaac's friend (Jude) next time (which isn't that far away! January!).

Taco's Tail = Mustache

Ezra got such a kick out of pretending Taco's tail was a mustache:

Library and Puddles

Goodness, it's been rainy! So today we met our friends at the library for a few hours. All three of the kids were rather energetic (maybe they'd been stuck inside for too long?) so I don't know that it was a particularly relaxing visit. But we got some books and played with some toys.

And then Ezra and Isaac had a great time splashing in the puddles in the parking lot! Such a great time it necessitated a strip down before we got into the van.