Catherine was able to come for a visit this week.
We hadn't seen them since March and now that school was out, it was a good time to bring the kids to play in Grandma and Grandpa's yard. They hadn't done that sine last Labor Day.
At least we THOUGHT it was going to be a good time to come!
We planned on driving up to Waverly to play on the really cool playground there--it looks like a wooden fortress. And, we could see where the tornado crossed the highway.
But the road was flooded, and closed.
So, we thought we'd go to the brand-new children's interactive museum in Waterloo. Oh. It's closed due to flooding.
Well, then, let's go to the library for story hour. Oh. It's closed due to possible flooding.
And the internet was down for a day because the server was flooded. I hadn't realized HOW much we use the internet everyday!
So we ended up walking around to see the high water. All of downtown Cedar Falls was blockaded with National Guard troops.
But, Four Queens ice cream shop is up the hill, closer to our house. So it was strawberry twists, or black raspberry or orange twists for everyone. Then we went to a school playground to play for awhile, until the heat (or the sticky fingers) drove us home.
The TV room downstairs is a nice place to watch a movie on a hot afternoon.
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