Saturday, after Dad and Andy did some rewiring in Grandma Didyk's old house to get it ready to sell, we went out for lunch to "Hamburger Station." It's an old tradition, or I don't think I would have agreed to go...the burgers were a little sketchy. But the boys enjoyed them a lot, even Christopher ate two!
Christopher showing Deda all his cool toys.
Sunday, Mom, Megan and Jen drove over from Fort Wayne for a few hours to say hello to us. They said it was a short 4 hour drive compared to the 10 1/2 from IN to TN. When they walked in the door, Megan was in front. Christopher saw her and exclaimed very loudly and enthusiastically: "Megan!" (however he actually says it - but you can tell it's her name.) She about cried she was so excited by such a special greeting. It was the first time he recognized her and called her by name...special moment for her.
That afternoon, we went to the park for awhile so Christopher could play on the swings and slides.
Um...maybe a little small for a tall adult, but they had fun anyway!
Then we picked Dad up and went out for ice cream at Strickland's. I had fresh banana ice cream - DELICIOUS! I'm not a huge ice cream fan, but I'm pretty sure I could have eaten an entire gallon of that stuff it was so good.
After ice cream, we stopped by Dad's cousins house to say hello. They were having their family Orthodox Easter celebration, so we ended up eating some VERY GOOD food! It was fun to see/meet everyone. Christopher had a great time sitting by cousin Sam while he watched people play bowling on the Wii. It was pretty cute.
Monday, we packed up and headed for home. Our first stop was in Massillon, OH to see Grandpa and Grandma Jan Dannemiller. They hadn't met Christopher yet, so it was great to be able to finally meet up with them. We spent a wonderful 2 hours visiting and eating some yummy sloppy joes Jan had made for us. Great-Grandma Jan took Christopher into the back room and showed him all her toys...he liked the ones that made noise the best, particularly a couple trucks, an M&M telephone, and a Barney doll that sang a song. They played in there together for awhile before he chose a couple things to bring out in the living room.
This green truck was his favorite, and Great-Grandpa gave it to Christopher to bring home. It makes several noises, including one that says "Let's drive!" which Christopher thought was pretty cool. He pushed that button repeatedly and copied the voice by repeating "let's drive" then laughing for about 30 min or so after we left. At least he was content. =) Thank you for the truck, Great-Grandpa. I love you.
4th generation: Great-Grandpa Dannemiller (Mom's dad), Andy and Christopher.
Christopher, Great-Grandpa and Grandma Jan.
The rest of our trip home was uneventful, though we did waste 1 1/2 hrs around supper time trying to find another cool little diner to eat at. After pulling off the interstate and driving around for about 1/2 hour, we finally ate at Lone Star Steak House. Not exactly what we were looking for, but still better than fast food. We arrived home around 10:30pm, tired yet refreshed from a fun weekend.
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