Vacation Week in Overland Park

What a fantastic week!  Chad went on his annual September golf tournament trip - this time to Phoenix - but Amanda decided not to go this time since Peyton had just started school.  Good for Grammy!  I went to Overland Park on Tuesday morning and had the opportunity to join Peyton at school for lunch!  I forgot to take a picture, but I had a wonderful time sitting at her table with her and her friends - one of whom even lost a tooth during lunch!  Peyton paid for my lunch with her lunch card, which she thought was pretty cool.  I met her teacher, Mrs. Ernst, and saw some of her school which is very nice.  What a blessing.

Tuesday afternoon, we picked the kiddos up at All Around Child and went to McDonald's for dinner before Peyton's gymnastics class.  We all went to gymnastics which is at a new place - I enjoyed getting to see the new place but mostly seeing Peyton participating in her class.  It's quite an operation.  Garrison sat in the observation room with us and watched cartoons on my phone - he was good.

I spent the night Tuesday night.  Wednesday, Amanda and I spent the day shopping and had a scrumptious lunch at Olive Garden before walking over to Peyton's school to pick her up - she really wanted to be a "walker".  It was a beautiful day, and we all enjoyed the less than mile walk.  After we picked up Garrison at AAC, we went to Freddy's for dinner so we could "sit up high".  Amanda had a PTA meeting at Peyton's school Wednesday evening, so I was able to have the kids to myself!   We played and talked and they took baths.  Shortly after Garrison got in the tub, he told me, "My body is telling me I have to go poop".  So - the little wet body quickly moved to the toilet where he did his business.  So cute.  They wanted ice cream as a snack, so we fixed chocolate ice cream with sprinkles and a cherry on top - yummo.  The evening went too quickly.

I spent Wednesday night too, and on Thursday, Amanda and I worked on some projects around the house before having lunch at a greek place - I was happy to get to try something new, but it wouldn't be my choice for a daily lunch.  I came on home Thursday around 1 p.m. to spend some time with Mom and attend PEO.  Ron had been very good to have meals with Mom and to check on her while I was gone, as did friend, Debbie Sieger.

Friday morning, I helped Susan Mosley, a friend, with her garage sale and Mom and I went to a few garage sales, then Ron took the afternoon off and we headed back to OP.  We picked up Peyton from school but took the van, as it was raining.  She still was classified as a "walker".  She wanted to pick up Garrison early, so we did that and then went to Dickey's BBQ for dinner - Amanda's choice to celebrate her birthday very belated.  Frozen yogurt desserts followed at Twisters before going home.

Saturday, we went to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Sprint Center, and boy did we have a blast!  The kids loved the animals and all the acts, taking in cotton candy, snow ones, hot dogs, chicken strips and fries and lemonade.  They both picked out a souvenir and were very good during the 2 hour show.  It was so much fun!

We came home Saturday afternoon - lots of wonderful memories from the week.  We are blessed.