This past weekend Kyle and I took the boys to the Ames/DesMoines area for some family fun. We got to the hotel on Friday night. Macalan and Kyle went swimming right away because Macalan had been talking about it all week. The next morning we had to stop at the mall to grab a few updates to our ISU apparel. We're already excited for tailgating season!
Next, we made the trip to Boone where they have several old train cars that are still running. Macalan had lots of fun picking out a new train to add to his Thomas collection. Sutton even got a stuffed train toy. Soon it was time to board the train and take a ride. It was so much fun! However, I think people in the early 1900s must have been really short because we could barely fit in the seats without our knees hitting each other or another seat.
The boys both had a great time watching the scenery go by. We enjoyed eating lunch and I was very distracted with taking pictures. I thought I could quick set my bag of chips in Sutton's lap while I snapped a few pictures. I was wrong! He grabbed the bag and proceeded to dump every chip and crumb into his lap! That was really fun to clean up! He just sat with a big smile on his face. Stinker!
Later on we drove to the ISU campus to walk around and take pictures. A nice little boy shared some bread with Mac so he could feed the swans, Sir Lancelot and Elaine (I think those were their names). We even saw a wedding in progress and several bridal parties taking pictures. It is such a beautiful campus! Our visit wouldn't have been complete without Kyle taking pictures of Jack Trice Stadium. As I said before, we're really excited for football season!
On Sunday Macalan and Sutton presented Kyle with his Spongebob Square Pants card, complete with a badge for Kyle to wear (which he never did put on, I wonder why). Mac insisted on this card while looking at cards in Target last week. I think he wanted it so he could wear the sticker. He has been obsessed with stickers lately. I should mention that I really dislike Spongebob, but Macalan went to a b-day party and that was the theme. Ever since then he notices him in the store and calls him "BunSponge."
To end the weekend we went to the Iowa Cubs game! We will probably never make it to Wrigley so we decided this would be the next best thing. We had tickets right behind the bull pen and some lady, who must be a groupy, got one of the pitchers to give Macalan a ball, which we later had signed. The game was slightly stressful because Mac was all over the place and Sutton was really fussy. This was strange for him because he is the kid we sometimes forget we have because he is always so quiet and mello. We jokingly call him our resident pot head. He never gets his feathers ruffled. However, they made it through six innings and even though the Cubs lost, we had a fun time!
To end a really, really long post, we had a great family weekend! I hope to do it again soon.
