Today we headed down to Brooklyn to visit the family. We headed out fairly early, about 10 am or so, and got to my parents’ at lunch, perfect timing. The drive down went very well and Noomi did not get sick, which was a relief as our last 2 trips over an hour ended up with her getting very very ill. After lunch, we all headed out side for some sledding. Luckily there was still snow on the ground, as the Michigan weather hit near 50 degrees, which was just incredible as we’ve been stuck in a bitter cold spell this past week.
Ajax insisted on sledding down the big hill himself and did wonderful. There was a bit of a bump at the bottom, which sent him into the air, but he loved it. Noomi refused to go down the hill, but did help grandma Mary feed the horses by carrying around a grain bucket. She also enjoyed being riding in the sled and having aunt Emily pull her around. When Ajax was tired out from sledding, they headed into the barn where he helped sweep and pick up poop. Then grandpa Gordy set him up on the tractor and they drove all over the farm with Ajax steering. Noomi insisted on seeing her favorite horse Frannie and giving her a good pat. Frannie is the best horse with small children and stood perfectly still so that Noomi could pet her (which turned into wild swings with her big winter coat and gloves and large hat).
Afterwards Noomi went down for a 2 hour nap and that let my mom and I sit around drinking tea and talking, while Dave napped. Grandpa and Ajax hung out in the basement doing “guy things.” At one point they busted out the keyboard and microphone and we could hear them singing. Ajax actually knows quite a few words to songs. Grandma Flo was still a bit under the weather so we hung out and watched HGTV and criticized people’s tile choices.
We stayed for dinner and did baths there before loading the kids into the car and heading home. Ajax was asleep before we hit the expressway, but Noomi stayed up chatting most of the way home. Her word of the day was of course- horsie and Frannie.
