Poor little Max had an early A.M. appointment for tests at the hospital with his parents, so Nate and Jake stayed overnight with me. Hannah was taking a break from her med-school applications, and put the full court press on keeping her favorite Auntie status. First Nate stirred up a batch of brownies, and when Jake arrived minutes later he got to bake another batch. While they were in the oven, they played UNO, Wii, and generally fooled around. A bedtime treat of brownies and milk was followed by bites of a banana split that Zach brought home for them. Hannah put a movie on for her and Nate, and Jake came in and laid with me on the couch while I finished a book. When everyone turned in at 12:30, Hannah carried Jake to bed with Nate. She wore them out, becasue I didn't hear a peep out of them until 10 the next morning....
Today we rushed off to the zoo as soon as Grandpa came home. It was a fun day since they had carts set up all around the grounds with assorted creatures (snakes, giant millipedes, frogs) and treasures (zebra and tiger fur, polar bear claws, giraffe skulls) that the kids could touch. The animals were also especially entertaining. The lions licked each other, the polar bear played with a big plastic drum in the pool, and Sparky the seal put on a show.The kids were in a rush to leave because they were starving....
We stopped by Creamy Cone to get my car from Hannah, and Conny invited the boys in to make their own cone. We were headed for lunch anyway, so we just ordered lunch there (Hamburgers, fries, cheesecurds and onion rings) and ate outside on the red and white striped picnic tables. When they were finished, they washed their hands and then tried them at the cone machine. They were actually pretty good at it. Nate asked Conny for a job! Conny said she'd put the pics of them making the cones on Creamy Cones' Facebook page. Watch for it.
When we got home, I tried to get some work out of them weeding in the garden. You know, Time to pay the Piper, etc. They whined about it but did help somewhat.
They managed to talk the parents out of picking them up and staying for supper. When Max came with Molly and Jeff to get them, he was excited to see Grandma and Grandpa too. Nate tried to stay overnight again, but I need my beauty rest you know!
