A Trip To Cabela's and Some Friends

We had a relatively busy week compared to most.. On Monday, Noelle really wanted to go to Cabela's and see the animals. So, we met Tom there after work. Both children loved the gigantic fish tanks.
For dinner we headed up to the cafe and enjoyed some good food. Noelle loved just walking around seeing all the animals and attractions. Tom, walked around remembering the days when he could actually go hunting! Instead of buying hunting equipment we bought clothes for the children and fudge for the pregnant mama. Oh, how life has changed!
We spent awhile (surprisingly, a few hours) wandering around and having a good time. It is a great store to entertain the children, Tom, and I. It seems to have something for everyone and it's only about 20 minutes from our house, perfect!

Tuesday we headed to gymnastics. Noelle has gained much confidence and now seems to be a little leader. At times, all the little girls will be listening to the teacher and Noelle will hop up and say, "Let's go over here", and everyone follows her! Many times she will do something, like hang on the rings, and then shout very loudly to all, "I'm so good at gymnastics!". Such great confidence she has now!

After gymnastics I received a call from my good friend Stacy. She was on her way to visit for a few days. There was a bit of miscommunication and I thought she was coming the following week. No biggie, I briskly cleaned most of the house and excitedly waited.

I have not seen Stacy and her two children, Jacob and Kelana, since a few days before Max was born. Jacob is five months younger than Noelle and Kelana is four months older than Max. The kids got along great, minus a few sharing incidents by Noelle. We spent the next few days playing and enjoying each other's company. They left Thursday morning and Noelle has talked about the visit since then. We will be heading to their house in a few weeks to visit again.