Trip to Michigan

Between his work schedule and traveling to Florida for medical missions training, we didn't see Eli for about 12 days.  When I realized this would be true, I promptly planned a trip to Michigan to see my family because this Mama, without doubt, would've lost every ounce of sanity in her being if left alone with these two little boys for 12 days.  They're precious and adorable and they squeeze my heart in unfathomable ways, but goodness they're a lot of work!  So we headed to Grandma and Grandma Clark's for a change of scenery.

I vowed I would never fly alone with these kids, but desperate times call for desperate measures.  By the grace of God we had an extra seat in our row so there was extra wiggle room, which was needed. We survived the plane ride and went on to have a great week in Michigan.

We spent one morning at the Flint Children's Museum and they were in heaven.  Animal puppets!  Shopping carts!  Toys and activities galore!  When it was time to go, Caleb promptly crawled into a cubby hole and cried :)

One evening we went to the main park in Davison for a picnic.  Caleb skipped dinner entirely because the playground was taunting him and that kid will never choose food over playing at a playground :)  Admittedly, it's a fabulous playground.  He was mostly excited about the sandbox while Kai enjoyed the slide and just crawling around.

Our next stop was my sister's house, where they have chickens.  My grandparents and aunts and cousins came over to visit, but Caleb was more interested in those chickens than anyone else there.  He eventually worked up the nerve to pick them up and carry them around.  He did not want to leave because he just wanted to "pet the chicks agaaaain!"  (Oh, and he wore this tiger costume all afternoon.  He was pretty stoked about it :) )

And lastly, we had an evening at home to walk around the house, feed the horse, and go fishing.  Although we only caught one fish, it was a beautiful evening and worth being outside.

It's always great to spend time in Michigan.  And I survived the return trip with the boys.  We did not have an extra seat on the way back to Minnesota, which made it, well, a plane ride with two squirmy kids in two small seats in a confined space, but we survived.  And Kai was kind enough to wait until after the flight to get sick - he puked on the drive to Duluth then pooped out his pants the moment we got home, so good times were had by all :)  But again, at least it wasn't on the plane, so there's the silver lining!

I'm not sure when we'll get to Michigan again so I'm glad we had this unexpected opportunity.  And now we're home again, and Eli is too, which makes us all quite happy :)