The Baler is staring at me...

Gave Lynn a break and Nate and I went up to my parents this weekend. We left on Friday morning, taking my sister and Mr. Dave. We headed over to the Golden Eagle Ferry to start out with and took the river road on the Illinois side up. We made several stops that day, (not to mention the 45 minute trackback to give Lynn my car keys). Nate got made at Hannibal and said "I want to go to Grandma Starbucks". We only made one more stop, at Johnnies to get gas, and then finally got up there at 5 pm.

We took Nate up to see my mom working at the school that night. We brought his scooter and he rode that up and down the hallways and in the big gym also. He took a few falls, but nothing too serious.

On Saturday, he was walking around the farm and went into the barn. He informed Mr. Dave (or was it Amy) that the Baler was staring at him. so we had him "poke it in the eye", which was one of the many bolts showing in the front of it. We then took him up to Bloomfield, IA, where they were having a Fall Art/Crafts Festival at the square. He got to Ride a "Thomas" train and also go to see LOTS of tractors. He had a blast.

We got back home and then went out to the brush pile to set it on fire. We discovered that Nate likes to walk in the woods alone. Also discovered that what bears like to do in the woods, Nate does also, and he had to take him back to the house twice this weekend.... He seems to like walking in the woods, and is getting a lot braver about wondering around, which means we'll need to start keeping a closer eye on him up there.

We celebrated my nephew's birthday Saturday night, but there wasn't a cake or anything. Everybody is busy next weekend for his birthday so I hope something substantial is done then.

We went back out into the woods tonight and hunted for hickory nuts, which Nate kept calling acorns...

Got back safetly to St. Louis tonight and Nate went down without complaint...

Here's some pics from this weekend:












Later,