Snow and Potatoes

Our trip to Minnesota was somewhat eventful. We stopped in Kansas because it’s a long drive and we exchanged children, Isabelle stayed with her cousin Gabby, and Noah came along to play with Bear. Let me tell you they had lots of fun.

For three days they played in the very wet snow, making a snowman, having snow ball fights, and sledding down the hill in Grandma Nana’s back yard. Now there was hardly enough snow to cover the ground but they had lots of fun anyway. Grandma Susie even got out there to help and play with the boys, it was a great adventure.


They went to see a man about a cow, at the sales barn and watched the process of farmers buying and selling their cows. Noah is an old pro at this and Bear is surprisingly well for his first time. I think he was mesmerized by the cows; how big they were and how close they get while at the sales barn. Too much fun!

Now of course we cannot forget about the digging for potatoes. Which ended up coming in very handy for Nana’s party, but that is another story for another day. All the kids helped dig potatoes from the field and were nice and dirty.
But they had a lot of fun, counting the potatoes and picking them up to take home. They collected over thirty (30) potatoes and that was just a small portion of the row, imagine if we went up the entire row.

Overall Noah and Bear had a great time and got a long really well. Boys will be boys, especially when there are just boys around and no girls. It was quite the experience, but lots of fun.