Weekend with the Grands

The grandkids spent last weekend with us. Hubby had a special craft project for them. We worked on it Saturday afternoon for a couple of hours.

I'm still finding glitter around the house!

On Sunday afternoon we headed to Madison for some geocaching. They, the grands, completed the Adventure Lab on the campus of Dakota State University.

g'pa writing the review for the Adventure Lab

Miss W did the leg work for him

and M used my phone to complete the AL for me

they found Darth Vader

it was a good time to be on a college campus

no students, a few bicyclists

looking in a window of the 'haunted' building

they really enjoyed the Adventure Lab geocaching ~

follow the compass, read the sign, answer the question

instant feedback, plus quirky information

posing with General Beadle at stage 5

Then it was on to Prairie Village. It was a warm and very muggy day by when we got to walking in the 'town' of old buildings and artifacts. Nobody was there either, so no need for masks. Some of the buildings and all the activities were closed due to the virus, but that was okay with us. We had the village to ourselves.

discussion at the well

1872 house

I used a bathtub like that!

M played his current piano piece for me

the piano sounded quite good, so did he

W was excited to be able to walk into the houses and 'see' things

someone fired up the steam engine and gave rides

too scary to go upstairs alone, so g'pa went with them

As much time as we spend with them, I would not have guessed how much they would enjoy Prairie Village. The geocaching there...not so much! W truly enjoyed going into the houses, seeing the rooms and decor, the collection of items in the businesses, and most of all, like M, the chance to move around, run, ask questions and ponder things they learned...like what was the job of an undertaker. In spite of the heat and humidity, it was a fun afternoon for all of us!