This past weekend Jesse went to visit our friends in Illinois with Darryl, Lydia, and Sadie. Sadie was not homesick in the least, but Mommy had a rough time with her being gone! It was the first time she had ever been away from me - I've left her, but she's never left ME before! They had a blast, though... Sadie was the world's best traveler, apparently. She spent hours playing with her "activity bag" that I packed for her, and Jesse let her watch Happy Feet on the laptop with the headphones. This was her first experience with headphones, and Jesse said that Darryl and Lydia were cracking up because every five minutes Sadie would shout, "HEY LYDIA! HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE?!" while wearing the headset.
Sadie and Simon (Aaron & Lydia's son in Illinois) got along really well all weekend. They have similar temperaments, and although she's a year and a half younger than him, she's about the same height and she's a BIG talker, you know. Sadie was also great with Miriam, Simon's little sister... she always invited her to play with them - I guess because she's so used to playing with her OWN little sister. I was pretty proud of her for that!
Jesse said that it was kind of cold there this weekend but the kids wanted to play outside. They were racing around on the bike and big wheel when the grown-ups heard a crack and a big thud - they turned around and saw Sadie looking down at the ground with the front fork of the big wheel all the way down on the driveway with the front wheel completely broken off. Simon was a little bit concerned over his big wheel at first, but since he just got training wheels on his big-boy bike, he handled it okay. This is a re-enactment of the "Big Wheel Incident."
When they left on Friday, I said to Josie, "I'm going to miss Daddy and Sadie while they're gone, aren't you?" Josie turned around, looked at me, and said, "Nope!" So while they were on their big adventure, Josie and I spent the night at my mom's house on Friday night and then went to have breakfast on a farm with the Easter Bunny on Saturday morning. Afterward, we visited the animals on the farm and Josie had a great time... we rode on the wagon behind a tractor, saw all the new baby lambs (they all loved Josie and came right up to her so she could pet them), taste-tested silver-dollar pancakes, and took a pony ride! She picked out cherry rock candy as her special treat, but she decided it was too hard for her. She had a great time. Later that day, we met Grandma at Sam's Club and Josie went into the jungle (the plant display) and got a Slushee. Then we spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Josie loves being the center of attention, so a good time was had by all! 
