A Great Nephew

My great nephew, Anders, and his Mom & Dad live in SW Wisconsin near Alma and very near the Mississippi River.  I spent Sunday, Monday & Tuesday nights there last week.  Anders is 4.  The plan was that he would do his daily school / day care thing during the day, and I would take care of him the rest of the time.  The weather changed our plans.  Monday morning when we got up, the snow had started and the wind was strong.

This was the view out the window to the South.

Not a very nice day.

So, I decided that Anders would stay home with me, safely snuggled in the house.

As it turned out, the kids were released early from school that day.

 So, we spent the day in play.

 Putting together the train track was quite a challenging job.

Good thing there was a sheet of instructions for us to follow.

The train cars hook together by a magnet.

Very cool set and fun for Anders.

 Anders explained to me that the inside track is a 'shortcut'.

But dogs don't really get trains.

Annoying!

And Greta just gives you 'that look' when you ask her to move!

So, then we took a break from the train and played games on Aunt Wanda's iPad.

Did you know that Mr. Leprechaun makes a visit to little boys on St. Patrick's Day?

He left Anders some coins and chocolate.

Anders was nice and shared some chocolate with me.

Breakfast with Anders was Cheerios.  Yum.

 The weather outside was snowy, windy and very cold.

Inside, things were silly.

Anders likes to watch The Kratz Brothers, Dinosaur Train and other PBS cartoons.

Outside it was below zero wind chill.

On Wednesday, it was time to drive to Luck so Anders could have an adventure with Grandma Lolo.

On the way, we stopped at the National Eagle Center.

It was fun to see the eagles close up.

Anders and Angel

Fun things for kids to do included an old Viewmaster to see an eagle in 3D.

Hanging out with the eagles

These eagles are injured and cannot return to the wild, but they still are magnificent .
I couldn't resist taking a photo of his beautiful head feathers.

Anders enjoyed being inside the eagle's nest display.

Any place where a 4 year old can stretch their legs is fun.

 When we were done at the Eagle Center, I drove along the banks of the Mississippi River so we could watch the eagles soaring and fishing for their lunch.

There were probably 20 eagles around the river area.

Some perched some soaring.

This eagle had a successful catch and then found a perch to eat his lunch.

Yummy fish for lunch.

 The ride to Luck was a long one, Anders soon fell asleep.

Time for a nap

Anders got a little eagle at the National Eagle Center as a souvenir.
He named his eagle "Little Cutie" because, he was little and cute.
Even Little Cutie was tired and took a nap.

Anders woke up when we were almost to Grandma's.
I dropped him off so he could have fun with Grandma & Grandpa and his Luck cousins.
I went home and took a nap!