While Mom was Gone

Sharon's parents, Del and Mary Lou, came to help out with the kids while Sharon was gone. I was so glad they were here. We had a wonderful time. The boys were really sad when 'Grandma and Papa' had to go. While I was putting Ira down the last night before Sharon came home I asked what we should the next day. He replied, "Play with mom" then paused a second and continued "and play in the basement with Grandma and papa before they leave". I'm glad they had a chance to really bond.

Hangout at the house
They had a ton of fun playing in the basement and showing off their tricks and explaining all the game they love. Ira was also super excited about helping Grandpa paint Eliot and his room along with several other chores, I appreciate the examples of caring and service, Ira has really seemed to turned a corner in being more cooperative and helpful since.

Watering the plants (it's too bad it froze later and killed most of them)

Reading the news in the morning

Playing with play dough

General bonding and goodness

 Racing on the driveway

 basement tricks and toys

Hands on Museum

I took Friday off to accompany everyone to the Hands on Museum in Ann Arbor. After some initial drama getting there, the boys had a lot of fun in the preschool age room (Only kids 3 and under can go in).

 Cool fire engine

 I think their favorite was the water feature. They might have been able to play all day there.

 Eliot figured out how to climb up things. It's his new thing lately.

Greenfield Village
Saturday we went to Greenfield village (part of The Henry Ford Museum) where they were having a "Thomas and Friends" day. Instead of the usual train they have running around the village, they had a train that looked like Thomas. It was a nice cool spring day with the trees in full bloom.

"He was blue, and he had eyes that moved!" - Ira 

 We were able to get closer, but Ira wasn't in the mood to smile then...so much happening. Next time we will ride the train, this time it didn't work out though.

 They had some cool model train sets going too.

After hitting the Thomas highlights, we took the typical stroll through history. It really feels like you are walking through the past.