Visit from Nana & Papa

My parents were in town this week and had a great time with the kids! They went to the zoo on Monday while Nelson and I were at work. Nelson then took Tuesday off work and we went to the county fair -- not super-exciting for us, but the kids loved seeing all the 4H & FFA animals! :)
Here is Emily feeding the geese after a picnic with Nana & Papa -- she was ok with it at the beginning, but the geese got a little too aggressive after a while. :)

Alex riding a tractor at the fair -- quite the appropriate outfit Papa picked out for him, don't you think? It reminds me of a picture my grandparents had hanging up in their old house -- two little boys in overalls and one asks the other, "Been farming long?" Just too cute!! :)

The horses weren't as big of a hit with Emily as I thought they would have been -- she definitely preferred the goats or the pigs! :)This picture just makes me laugh. Having grown up in Wisconsin and seeing cows everywhere I would turn, I never realized until this week that my kids will not see them as often as I did. Emily liked seeing them and I think we might have a future vet on our hands -- she just loved all the animals!! :) Mom & Dad took the kids to the zoo on Monday and Emily (of course) loved seeing everything! (Are you catching onto a theme for the week? Everwhere the kids went there were animals to see or touch.) She likes the jellyfish exhibit and loved touching the crabs and sealife with Papa.

You can kind of see the big turtle in the background.

Papa with both kids at the zoo -- looks like they had a great time! :)

We had popcorn one night and it was a hoot to see how much Alex LOVED it! He's eaten it before, but I've never seen him devour it like he did that night! He kept crawling up onto Dad's lap and stealing his. Both fists full of popcorn, just waiting for his mouth to make more room -- he was hilarious! :)