When Naomi was born, Jenny's mum had less than 48 hours left of her Easter visit with us left before she had to fly back to the UK! So, to finish off her summer break from school, she came back to catch up on her cuddles with both of the girlies and spent two weeks with us at the end of August/beginning of September!
The temperatures had dropped a little by the time Nana had arrived (only in the 80's, hitting the 90's just for a couple of days!) but we did make two last trips to the pool which Abigail loved and one Sunday all but Jenny and Naomi took a bike ride! We also did a lot of pottering around with visits to the library, Roscoe village and Walmart (an experience in itself!!) to name but a few!!
Mark took one day off and we visited 'The Wilds', 10,000 acres of wildlife, the largest safari park in North America! We took the bus up to the welcome centre and then boarded an open-air safari vehicle to see all the animals in the park! As you can see Nana was catching up with some of her cuddles even on safari!
The Wilds is a beautiful place and we only got to experience some of it as we did the child-friendly tour which was a bit shorter. Before the end of the ride we stopped at the educational centre and got to touch some of the animals ... including a madagascan hissing cockroach, a corn snake and a grey fox. Sadly we forgot to take photos at that point ... especially as Abigail stroked the snake having been scared of little bunny rabbits just a month or two earlier!
First Friday is a Coshocton phenomenon on the first Friday of each month in the summer ... the shops on Main Street stay open ... there are stalls, games, charities, exhibits ... and more ... each month it's slightly different! We went down for the final one of the year and Abigail and Nana got to ride the wiggly magic train. Abigail bumped into her best buddy too ... so she was even more excited about the evening, doing the chicken dance and having fun in the bounce house (Bouncy castle to the Brit readers!).
As you saw in our last blog we celebrated Abigail and Mark's birthday a little early ... Jenny's mum took us out for a birthday dinner one night too ... and then we celebrated both their birthday's on the actual days as well last week ... multiple fun spread over about 3 or 4 weeks!
Another good visit from another family member ... since Jenny's mum arrived in April we've had a different visitor each month with her returning to finishing of the run! There is nothing more booked for the time being!
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