With the day off today, we decided to take Zac to see the SAC Museum just west of Omaha. Like most little boys, Zac has an interest in anything that moves...cars, trucks, trains, planes...cows, pigs, you name it.
Anyway, this was our first visit to the museum despite living so close to an Air Force base. There are two wings to the museum, plus a view into the hangar where they are restoring several other planes. Our favorite side was the larger one which focused more on historical planes.
You know how when you get close to planes you realize how big they are? Well, when you are underneath a plane with at least a 200-foot wingspan, it seems even bigger. :)
I took a number of pics that are in the slide show on the right side, but here are some to tide you over until then. :)
Today we needed to run down to Gary & Nell's to pick ripe vegetables, and since the Offutt Air Show is happening today and tomorrow, we took the opportunity to watch some of the action from their backyard. Though it was 85 outside, the breeze underneath the shade of a big tree was very nice and we enjoyed some outdoor time while Zac ate a little bit of lunch. Grabbed just a bit of video of him during this time and wanted to share.
Mom and Dad just wrapped up their two-week visit with us and Friday night we took them to Farmhouse Cafe & Bakery here in Omaha for dinner. One of the specialties of Farmhouse is their cinnamon rolls, which are indeed awesome. Mom LOVES cinnamon rolls, so we wanted her to experience at least a portion of one before she went home.
Katy and I love these cinnamon rolls, too, and so does Zac, though that night I had the Oreo Cheesecake. Dad settled on the Key Lime Pie. All in all, great dinner and great dessert and a nice finishing dinner to a fun two weeks with my parents. :)
Zac is really enjoying having his Grandma and Grandpa here with us. Mom and Dad joined us last Saturday, the 10th, and have another week of vacation with us before they have to return to Custer.
Today I'm sharing a few pics of Zac with both, plus a video of him riding his grandpa like a horse. :)
Anyone with a toddler understands the "beauty" in watching your child eat. Zac does very well with eating , despite his odd tendency to be picky about meats and things he's had too much before. The first pic today was captured by Katy the other night after supper.
Zac's absolute favorite thing to eat at present is a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Or, put it on anything and he'll eat it. We were out of bread the other night, so I made him a tortilla roll with this inside. Here you see the results of that little experiment. The other pics today come from his stay with Nana & Puddin' Friday night.
As Katy and I left fairly early Saturday to pick up my mom and dad in Ogallala, which is about 4 1/2 hours west of Omaha, Zac stayed with his Nana & Puddin'. They picked their first squash of the season which he is holding in one picture.
He loved the fried squash and also enjoyed his corn, as you see from the other pictures. At least these veggies (and he loves most veggies) are much cleaner than what I fed him! :)
Thought I'd try to get a video up right away tonight now that we're home from our July 4th festivities. After a day full of rain which did not end until well into the afternoon, we ended up with a beautiful evening for grilling and fireworks. Zac took a few moments to enjoy the trampoline at his cousins' house and had a very good time. This video is that event and, though it says it's 1:58 in time, the converter I use duplicated the second half. It's really a minute of actual video, then 58 seconds of the same video without sound. Overall tonight, we had good food and good company and good haze. What's that you say? Good haze?
Well, the heavy rains all day turned to a very still evening with temps in the low 70s. While that sounds perfect, what we really had was a sticky, no-wind environment which, when everyone began lighting off fireworks, resulted in a huge haze. This was the thickest we've seen it in the past several years, but it didn't take away from out enjoyment of it! While Zac was fairly tired by the time fireworks began going off, he did enjoy them and sat in the chair for a good deal of time watching with his cousins.
Well, I've learned that irregular posting on the blog leads to very few comments, so I'll try to be a little more regular moving forward for everyone. :) Today's entry is focused on Zac's propensity to sleep in odd places, in odd positions.
I realize everyone does this, but how many parents then POST the pictures of their children and then write about them? I am up to that task. Picture number one was before we got Zac his new bed. We still keep his crib mattress next to it for all the times he falls out, but this was typical prior to getting his new bed. Picture number two is yet another example of him sleeping in oddball positions. We're unsure how he makes this comfortable, but somehow it works.
The rest of these are all similar in concept because of the sheer oddity of the positions he falls asleep in.
The last picture is how he falls asleep almost every night, by his gate, in view of us in the living room. :)
Last weekend, we were fortunate enough to be able to celebrate not only Memorial Day, but Gary & Nell's 40th anniversary at Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City, KS. We had a GREAT time and all enjoyed the water park. Though the weather was beautiful outside, I believe most of us stayed inside in the 83 or 84-degree temps and incredible noise. You know how a fast moving river or a waterfall can be very loud? Or, have you ever been to a party for someone at Chuck E. Cheese? I'd liken the experience at Great Wolf, at least indoors, to being at a 3-day Chuck E. Cheese party with water. We had to pretty much shout to each other inside just to hear each other. :)The rides were a lot of fun and Zac really enjoyed the kiddie pool area and all the water features. This picture of him with the water coming out of the pipes is something he spent a lot of time around. A picture I didn't include is the "after" picture of when he was hit full-on with this water. It had quite a bit of pressure!He also did enjoy some time with the Baker girls, Lucie and Elisabeth, in the lazy river area, even though it doesn't look like it in this pic. :) They were wonderful babysitters for all the two-year-olds and Jamie, affording the adults a few hours of time in the park alone here and there. They also watched the kids for us as we went out to a special dinner at Plaza III Steakhouse on the Missouri side in Country Club Plaza. Nice restaurant, very good service and food. We enjoyed ourselves quite a bit!Sunday night we all went to the T-Rex Cafe. Now, as far as theme restaurants go, this certainly has the eye appeal. Katy and I were able to get a few pics with Zac outside the restaurant, but admittedly he wasn't super excited at this point and was pretty cranky. The food was good. Service? Well, not the best I've seen, to be sure. :) Zac did come away with a new stuffed animal, a little T-Rex, which he loves already. It's no pig, but it's become pretty important to him quickly.
With the day off today, we decided to take Zac to see the SAC Museum just west of Omaha. Like most little boys, Zac has an interest in anything that moves...cars, trucks, trains, planes...cows, pigs, you name it.
Anyway, this was our first visit to the museum despite living so close to an Air Force base. There are two wings to the museum, plus a view into the hangar where they are restoring several other planes. Our favorite side was the larger one which focused more on historical planes.
I took a number of pics that are in the slide show on the right side, but here are some to tide you over until then. :)
