Our Saturday

Bob and Ted left Friday afternoon for Grand Island, NE. They went to help Bob's uncle go through items at the house there so it can be sold. The younger 2 boys and I had a fun Saturday. Nate had his first soccer game of the season. He scored a goal close to the end of the game. It's always fun to watch the games at this age because you never know what they are going to do. One minute, they don't seem to be paying attention but then there are moments where they are focused on getting the ball to the goal.

After the game, we got lunch and decided to eat at Subway. Then, we went to the Veterinary Hospital where they were having an open house. They had an area set up for kids with a petting zoo and other activities. The boys loved the baby goats and Harrison got to hold one. They also got to dress up to do "mock surgery" on stuffed animals. Harrison did it first and Nate said he didn't want to do it. As Harrison finished, Nate then said he wanted to do it. Luckily, it wasn't too busy so we didn't have to wait in line.

They also had a table with vet students making balloon animals. The students asked the kids what they wanted. Obviously, they don't have kids and they hadn't done this before. Otherwise, they would have given them a couple options. Harrison first asked for a shark. Then he asked for a lion. One gal tried to make a lion but then said she could make him something else when it didn't turn out quite right. He asked for a golden retriever. That is so Harrison that he wouldn't simply ask for a dog.

Harrison wanted HuHot for dinner so we went there since we hadn't had it in a while. We saw the boys' principal eating there with her family too. I saw her when we walked in. After we were sitting for a while, I asked the boys if they saw anyone they know. They hadn't seen her so then I told them where she was sitting. It was cute that they had walked right by her without noticing.

Bob and Ted surprised us by arriving home early Sunday morning. We were able to go to Mass together and then Bob took Nate while the rest of us went to religious ed. The 2nd graders have been crazy lately so it was good that I didn't have to worry about having Nate with me while I taught the class. We only have 2 more classes before First Communion on April 29th.