Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Kansas City Switch

On Wednesday, Dave and I drove to the Twenter's house; Leah and Eli packed up the van and drove up to the Lewis's. We arrived just in time to hop in Rachel's Suburban to pick Brett and Davis up after their first day at school. Above is St. Elizabeth's new playground with shamrock fence.The boys were surprised to see us picking them up and both had good first days. We decided to treat everyone to lunch at a Kansas City institution---Winstead's
Libby loves her cheeseburgers!


Then we went to a local park for a little playtime and bike riding.
Followed by some baseball. . .
more bike riding and looking over some My Pretty Pony toys Libby had just inherited from neighbors.
Thursday was another "Switch Day". While Brett and Davis went to school, Libby, Rachel, Roman, Rebecca, Eli and Leah met at "Paradise Park" in Lees Summit.
Libby, Roman, Eli

Libby, Roman, Rachel in foreground
Libby and Roman applying make-up



We had lunch there, but Rachel was not impressed by their "Pizza Buffet"---a heating window with about 10 slices of pizza. The rest of us got what we expected.
Finally, it was time for Leah, Eli, Dave and I to head East. We transferred our suitcases to the van, got hugs and headed home. (We TRIED to get a photo of all 3 kids---this is the best we could do)

1 comment:

hear.t. and hue said...

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!!!! :) i love that we do the "kansas city switch". so great to get to spend such awesome 1 on 1 time with everyone. :)

Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.