Here's EJ with his second cousins, Ally, Jonah, Cole, Tara and Leah. They are all kids of my cousins, Barb, Chantel and Chalayne, whose mom's are my mom's sisters.
Tractors, Boats and Trains, oh my!
On Friday, EJ and I made our way to the St. Croix river to a cute little town called Stillwater. The main street had neat antique shops and restaurants but we skipped the shopping to watch the ferry boats, visit the Minnesota Zephyr train, and John Deere Tractor we found. EJ loved every minute.
Each morning EJ and I would drive Eric to the Metrodome and the first morning the hotel breakfast included doughnuts. I gave EJ one with sprinkles in the car and he was in doughnut heaven. He licked every sprinkle off and then handed me the soggy doughnut. It was too cute.
EJ loves trains. He talks about "Choo-choos" all the time and we are in the process of building his train table. Even with all that, he didn't like his first train ride on the toddler train at the Mall of America. He was pretty freaked out and wanted to sit on my lap, which was against the rules. On the other hand, the fake "Batmobile" was a big hit!
My cousin Jen met up with us on a really neat street in St. Paul with great restaurants and shops. We had fun catching up and she gave him the coolest light wand that he hasn't stopped playing with.
When Eric's recruiting was done we met up with my cousin, Chalayne and her family (Dirk and Ally) for dinner. Ally is a few months older than EJ and they get along great. We were hoping Ally's little sister would be born this weekend but she wasn't quite ready yet.
Ally is really good at sharing! EJ still needs to learn how to share without crying about it!
It was a fun weekend and thanks to all my family who went out of their way to see us!
While we were in Minnesota we heard that Eric's stepsister, Nicole, got engaged over the weekend! Congrats to Nicole and Brian! We look forward to celebrating with you!
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