A Day with Tristen...........................

August 19th we had Tristen Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon. We had a busy couple of days. We don't get him very often and so when we do we try to make it special. He loves to see Bessie, HIS cat.

The first thing we did was to take both boys to Toys R Us. I allowed 50 dollars each to buy something they wanted. Tristen already knew what he wanted and so went with a purpose. He wanted Lego's. Poor Cooper was overwhelmed, he had no idea what to get. He got a bag for school to begin with and then on to check out every aisle until he finally settled on some
"Aquanauts" a toy based on a TV show he likes, along with a couple of characters to go with it. I bought a couple of things to share with the kids when I baby sit.
We left there and our ultimate destination was Gallagher's farm market to pick up a cherry pie.
On the way out there we first stopped at Twin Lakes park. Gabby had not been there and I figured it was close and would burn some energy up.

Its only a small park, but it is on a lake. There was an accident there last year and so this year they have the play area roped off. The lake gets very deep very quickly.

It will be a nice place to take Cooper that's quite close for me to drive to.



Even Gabby had a go

There are some nice things to play with.

There are some nice trails out there as well but we didn't go exploring it was too hot.


The Twin Lakes camp used to be a place kids went for recovery, Gerry went when he had Rheumatic Fever. Later it was a girl/boy scout camp. Now it has been taken over by the county I believe. Anyway its now open to the public.
One of the old cabins

When we left we took them to see where Gerry is currently working. Tristen has done that often, he enjoys it when they have the large equipment. This time it was just a nice big pile of dirt. Any little boy will love that. You should see my carpet when they got home.


I sent Gerry and Tristen back Sunday morning to grab some rocks for my garden.
Next on the agenda was to stop out at Gallagher's. Always a fun stop for them.
Poor Piggies.......


They were happy to get an ice cream cone. I enjoyed it too. I am not really crazy about ice cream but I do like a good Black Cherry. The boys enjoy the Superman stuff. Gabby had mint chocolate chip.

After that they played while I took some pictures.

We got our pie and some donuts for later. Some pizza bread that they make, only two left and we got them. I forgot the watermelon and had to send Gerry in for that.
The kids were pretty much contented for the rest of the day. Next day I had Gerry and Tristen go get my stones at the building site and he later took Tristen back to the park for a dip in the lake. I think Tristen had a good weekend and as always was sad to go back. He had 3 baths in the time he was with us because at Laura's he only gets showers. Sigh.......he was asking about when we can take him to England. Maybe in 2 years when he is a bit older and maybe we are in a bit better relationship with Laura H.
He played with his lego and I think Gerry spent most of the weekend helping to put it together

After that he was exhausted haha