Iowa 2012

Ramsay and I traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to spend a weekend with our friend Katie in mid-July. This was the first time Ramsay had been in a car for such a long period of time but he did amazing! Slept about an hour both going there and coming home, but the rest of the time we sang songs or he watched Dr. Seuss on the dvd player. We had a fabulous time with "Tatie" (as Ramsay says). Ramsay and Katie checking out some toys at the toy store in Main Amana, Iowa. I LOVE the Amana Colonies and it had been a few years since I had been there.

Ramsay and I sitting in Iowa's largest rocking chair at the Broom and Basket shop in West Amana, Iowa.

Katie took us to the beach at Coralville Lake. Ramsay had never played in sand before so at first when we put him down to walk to our area he freaked out but once he was in it for a bit he really enjoyed it. He kept taking his shovel and pouring sand on himself. Needless to say, it took me quite a few shampoos to get the sand out of his hair. It was worth it though to see him so excited!

Ramsay and Katie playing in the water. Of course my child LOVES any kind of water so he was super excited. He wanted mommy close by though and didn't want me sitting on the blanket at all. He wanted me right by the water.

Before coming home we went to the Iowa Children's Museum in the Coralridge Mall, Coralville, Iowa. It was very cool! First thing we saw was the grocery store with the mini shopping carts for kids. Ramsay got a hold of his shopping cart and just kept pushing it around and around in circles. He wasn't interested in taking anything off the shelves to put in the cart which was funny. He was determined just to push the cart in circles.

This is Ramsay flying a plane at the Children's Museum. He had so much fun there. Every time we left an area he cried because he was having so much fun!