Spring Break

This week is Spring Break for Adam.  We were going to go the beach with Joey and my parents but Adam got invited to a classmate's party on the 24th and REALLY wanted to go.  It was actually a pretty cool party!  It was held at Soccer Locker which is a little indoor soccer field.  The coach had the kids running around playing games for about an hour broken up with a half hour for cake.  Adam was mad that the plates and napkins had princesses on them so we had to turn the plate upside down and the napkins inside-out so that he would eat his piece of cake.  The parents that saw it thought it was hilarious.  Also, while he was running around, his pants kept falling down!  I guess his 5T pants only fit if he's walking or standing. Ha ha!

Anyway...I was trying to think of something fun to do for the rest of the week.  I though going to a new Metro Park each day or one of the many farms an hour away would be fun.  We started Monday by going to Blendon Woods.  Adam got to see some wild turkeys from the Nature Center.  We took a short walk down one of the trails but it was very chilly!  I decided we should head home until things warmed up.  We had some lunch then headed over to Highbanks since it was warmer (and I made him put a hoodie on under his jacket).  I had read to Adam some of the things on the map and one was something about "Pool family headstones".  He is fascinated with tombstones so he really wanted to go see them.  We headed down the trail and finally see them.  I start to read the sign by them and look over to find Adam under the fence standing in the little "cemetery".  Ahhh!!  Adam no!  He gets out and I start reading the sign again and find out that it was only a replica of a cemetery.  The headstones were found miles away and no one knows where the actual burial grounds are.  But still...

I drag Adam down this long trail to find the observation deck.  Highbanks has some eagles living in it and we kept passing people telling us the eagles were out.  Well, they were gone by the time we got there. A lady that was down there was nice enough to point out the eagles nest and let us borrow her binoculars to see it better.  Pretty cool to know we have some wild eagles in Ohio and not just at the zoo!  We sat on the observation deck for a little bit because 1) it was just really nice down by the river and 2) Adam really wanted to sit and wait for the eagles to come back.  They didn't.... :)

This morning started off with a tour of the Anthony Thomas Candy Factory.  It's only $3 but then they give you a $3 voucher to use in their store so Adam got a chocolate gun (and I got a dark chocolate bunny). Adam thought the tour was borrrring but I thought it was pretty interesting.  I would like to work there actually.  Emplyees can eat ALL the chocolate they want! 

After lunch, we went back to Highbanks.  Since Adam wasn't thrilled with just walking yesterday, we went back today to play on the playground and in the "natural play area".    He kept knocking over a 2 year old in the playground so we headed over to the natural area so he would keep his hands to himself.  We found a dirt path that led us to the river and stayed right along the river.  Adam loved this foot path much better than the stone or paved paths we had been on.  He pretended to cut through the brush and I kept getting whacked with branches. It was really nice being right by the water but I was soo nervous in a couple of spots that he would fall right in.  He saw a picture of kids climbing trees so he wanted to climb trees too.  This one went right over the water so I wouldn't let him go too far.

We took another paved path that led to something called the Adena Mound.  There were no signs about it but we saw later in the Nature Center that they were burial mounds for the Adena Indians.  Adam dragged his feet all there then found a big stick to drag all the way back.  2 years later...we had to head home.

Tomorrow may be Slate Run Historical Farm or Young's Dairy Farm. If it rains -  Magic Mountain or Chucky Cheese - yuck!