Mid-week Greenville Trip

With Bob working crazy hours and Reed bringing up P-pa and Granny's house a lot, I made a quick decision to pack up the kids and take a little excursion down south. While we missed Bob, we had a blast!

Tuesday, I picked up Reed from daycare at noon. We ate lunch and hit the road. We rolled in at about 6 pm, just in time for dinner.

The next morning we headed to the St. Louis Zoo. It was a rainy, rainy day but the temperature was quite mild and we enjoyed having the place nearly to ourselves. Here are some of the highlights.

Playing in the Jeep at the Children's Zoo

Riding the Carousel with Granny and P-pa

Posing with Mommy and the Zebra

Cora, Granny, and the REAL zebras

Waiting for the train to arrive

The Train Ride- Reed's favorite part

Thursday we visited Great-Granny Maher in Brighton. We revisited the park down the street from her house, taking in the wonderful activities...riding the merry-go-round and swings, climbing on the caboose car and giant tire, dancing in the gazebo, and looking for and hiding treasure in a hollow tree. Next off, we headed down the road to Shipman to the Reed Family Farm. We stopped along the way to check out Uncle Pat drying corn and we drove by Uncle Chuck driving the combine, harvesting corn. At the farm house, Aunt Edith had just finished hanging wall paper and Cousins Kim and Molly stopped by. We sat outside on the patio on a beautiful fall late-afternoon, getting buzzed by hummingbirds. Awesome!

Friday we had a low-key day at home. We stopped at a yard sale and the thrift store where Reed and Cora got a few treats. We all took naps that afternoon and capped off the evening with dinner at Mario's Pizza. Yum!

Saturday day morning we hung out with Granny and P-pa until they were getting ready to go to a wedding. Here is some of the fun the kiddos were having with them.

It started with Cora and Reed wanted to join in.

Saturday afternoon we went to Andrea and Jim's house. Nathan and Casey came by too and the kids played outside for what seemed like hours (and probably was). Catching up with my siblings was fantastic for me and Reed adores his cousins, Owen and Willa. Cora proudly conquered their playhouse, which surprised everyone but herself.

Sunday was a rainy, yucky day for the drive home. Thankfully, the exhausted kiddos both slept for about 3 hours of the 5+ hour drive. We had a fun few days, but it was great to be home. Bob was home when we arrived. The kids ran to him with hugs. Sweetly, Cora curled up on his lap hugging him for several minutes. What a loved Daddy!