We spent last Thursday and Friday in Cedar Rapids, before we made our way to Wisconsin. We had a very nice visit with Nana Mary and Papi Dave, even if it was a bit short. On Thursday, Nana and I took the girls to the library to do a craft project and play in the kids section. We
walked from there to Bruegger's for lunch downtown and then across the street to see Papi's office. On our way back to the car, we stopped at a corner candy store. It was great! The whole back wall was filled with jars of candy for 25 cents (these would have been a penny or a nickel back in the day). The girls picked out a couple pieces each and charmed a couple businessmen into giving them each a package of Smarties.
Friday, we did some shopping, read some books at the local Barnes and Noble, and played at the mall play area. The girls helped Nana make chocolate cupcakes in the afternoon. Then we went to the Greek Place (my fave restaurant!) to meet up with Papi's dad, the Judge for dinner (he's called Judge because he's a retired Federal Judge. That's always what I've called him.) :-) We were celebrating Nana's birthday! After dinner, Nana opened her gifts and we enjoyed the cupcakes and raspberry sorbet. Mmm...mmm.... When we sang "Happy Birthday", Lily freaked out a bit. Hmm...little sister, like big sister? Ella has not let us sing Happy Birthday at her birthday since she full-on freaked out at her 2nd birthday. However, she tolerates it on other people's birthdays. Lily didn't have a problem at her birthday this year. But I wonder if she is going to go through a Happy Birthday song boycott now.
Even though our trip was short, we had a great time! I'll add some pictures to this post as soon as I get them uploaded to the computer.
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