It was difficult getting Liam to be serious, so the only picture I could get of him was him waiting for the last egg to be done. He wanted it really, really green. So when he was still at the table when the girls were done, I told him that he could leave it in overnight. He was pretty excited about that.
The next morning he dashed downstairs before the rest of us were even up to see it.
The kids all got new shoes. I’ve never seen Liam excited about shoes before, but he’s always gotten Target stuff. While in a Nike store, he was quite excited. I think that he picked out five pairs of shoes.
He was so excited that he had to go straight to the park to play basketball in them. Ada played on the monkey bars and Helena played all over, including some basketball.
Ada’s new shoes were laced shoes, so we sat down and learned how to tie them. She isn’t quite strong enough to keep them tight, but she really learned how to tie them in about ten minutes. There was no complaining or getting frustrated at all. Once she did it, we undid them an tied them over and over again.
The kids and I went up to Brainerd once again since Liam has finally swam the length of the 25 metre pool. I’ve promised the water park to the kids if he could do it.
Our room, the Walleye Pike.
We went swimming the first night, three times the second day, and third morning. The first time that I had the camera out was actually in the game room that they all wanted to go to.
Hopeful.
Frustrated.
With the tickets, along with some other things, Liam got two more parachutists that we threw around the lobby.
We also went to the town of Nisswa after failing in our quest for a miniature golf course.
Some breakfast pictures. Ada would only eat the Fruit Cheerios. Helena wanted the muffins. Liam at a “normal” breakfast of sausage, eggs, and potatoes, but had to wait a bit for it to be ready.
And finally some pictures of the water park. Ada loved the slides, Liam met a friend (Ari, although Liam never really asked him and we laughed at him for not knowing). Helena like the big slide, the hot tub, and the lazy river. But she likes the water park near the Mall of America better.
End of the trip:
