Dubuque Trip

Andrew was out of school for Thursday and Friday so we planned a trip to the Mississsippi River Museum and Waterpark in Dubuque, just me and him. Oh it was so wonderful to spend time with him. With Abigial around it is difficult to get really good quality time. We had a blast. We left early on Friday morning and drove to Dubuque, it was a pretty short road trip, just a little under 2 hrs. We started at the museum and learned about Indians and canoes, it was very cool and Andrew was very interested. We then learned about climate change, tides, watersheds and all about the wildlife of the Mississippi River. I was so surprised how interested Andrew was in hearing about different things and how much he retained after we left. We left a little after lunch time and went to check in at the hotel and waterpark. Luckily we were able to get a room and get our stuff in from the car. Then it was time to hit the waterpark. Even though we had been to the waterpark before Andrew did not remember it (he was only 2 at the time, so that makes sense ;)). We got right to it going down the purple and green slides. Andrew was a little fish when we were in the lazy river. I was lazy but he did a lot of swimming underwater with this goggles. Later in the afternoon Katherine and Sam met us. Andrew enjoyed showing Sam everything to do and Sam enjoyed watching him (as much as he could, the place is a bit overwhelming for a 2 year old). On Saturday we got up bright and early and enjoyed a big breakfast at the hotel before going down to do some more swimming. At the waterpark I tried out the biggest slide (that was really brave! if Nelson would have been there I would have left that for him) and it wasn't so bad after all. Andrew and I enjoyed going down many times. It wore me out climbing all the stairs, but not Andrew, he could have done it all day long. We checked out and had lunch at a nice coffee shop downtown and then headed home. We agreed that we had a great time but the next time we wanted Nelson and Abigail to join us. It was so sweet how Andrew talked about Abigail when we were gone and pointed out things that she would have liked. I loved spending time with him. He is so grown up.