Grandma and Koo-Koo Katherine's visit

Once again we're left bereft with an empty house. Jamie's mom and little sis just visited us and hopefully got a good dose of Jordan to last them until next time :-) Jordan was super excited to show them her toys and get their undivided attention.




We all took a day trip to Santa Fe on Saturday. It was Jordan's first choo-choo ride and I think she liked it. Apparently the train is a pretty popular way to get to Santa Fe, and we were lucky to have seats both ways. Jordan had a good time making funny faces for her Grandma and Auntie. We spent the afternoon walking and shopping the Plaza. It's mostly touristy shops, small art galleries, and super expensive home furnishing-type shops.

We ate lunch at the Blue Corn Cafe, which was super yummy. I guess from all of the eating out we've been doing lately, Jordan has picked up a few tricks. This time she patiently waited while our orders were taken, and we it came time to order for her, she piped up "I want the corn dogs". It was a riot. But then 5 minutes later she peed all over the booth seat and had to be rushed to the bathroom for an emergency wardrobe change. I guess Santa Fe potties were not to her liking, and we never got her to use one. Luckily, we never had to change her clothes again either (which is good because I was only prepped for one accident).



After lunch and some window shopping we checked out the St. Francis Cathedral Basilica in the plaza. Jo made some new friends in the park outside. She saw three little boys running and chasing each other, so she just started chasing whoever was in the lead. They didn't seem to mind the girl invasion. Then we went to see the Loretto Chapel, which has the "miraculous staircase". Supposedly the spiral choir staircase had no hardware or beams to support it; it's very well engineered. To be a honest, it seemed a little circus side-showy to me.... First, we had to pay $3 each to see it. Second, if you wanted to read about the details of why it's miraculous, you had to buy that, too. And third, you had to exit through the gift shop. Hmmm.... So everyone can save their $3 cause here's a picture.


The rest of their visit we really just spent hanging out and playing with Jordan. Jordan ran Katherine ragged, of course :-) And she even posed sweetly for their pictures. Since Jo's B-day is only a few weeks away, we went toy shopping on Monday morning and Jo hit pay dirt. And she even allowed us to wrap the stuff up to give to her later, in large part due to her "now" toys Grandma also bought her. Tuesday we went to a cake supply shop because I was hoping to get a fondant icing lesson from Katherine before she left. She makes some really cute Birthday cakes and appears to know what she's doing :-) But the store didn't have any reasonably-sized tubs of fondant, so I'll have to wait until next time. But I did discover a very cool store, and am seriously considering taking their cake classes in September.

And then this afternoon they flew home. And we're lonely. With sore throats. Pity pot hour at the Kropkas'.