Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are just one long trip to the YMCA for for swimming lessons and to preschool. We threw in a trip around town for a couple of pictures on Thursday and lunch with Mike in downtown Cleveland on Wednesday.
On Tuesday it was preschool to drop of Elaine. We then headed to the YMCA for Jack's and Henry's play group. Elaine's mommy has been going off and on to it since Elaine was 6 months old.
Playgroup is followed by swimming for Jack. I watched from the sideline
It is then back to preschool to pick up Elaine. The rest of Tuesday was uneventful so we'll move on to Wednesday.
On Wednesday we again headed to the YMCA for swimming. This time it was Elaine's turn.
Elaine says the pool is a little cold.
Her favorite thing to do is push off the wall.
I was very impressed with her back float.
We then picked up Jack and Henry from the childwatch room.
Loaded up the stroller and headed out into the cold.
Elaine's Mommy and decided we should meet Elaine's Daddy for lunch. He works in downtown Cleveland very close to the lake, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Cleveland Brown's Stadium.
Before we checked out the sites we went to an Italian deli/grocery store. I heard Elaine's mommy say it was the best sandwich she'd ever eaten. Something about pepper crusted capricola. For those wondering, Cleveland hosts a Little Italy Area. Italian engineers and family's were shipped in because part of Cleveland is built over some unstable land similar to places in Italy.
Next we headed back to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There is a Bruce Springsten exhibit going on right now. It was icky out so the kids had to stay in the car. What you can't see in the background is the lake directly behind the building.
Next we headed down the road to the Cleveland Brown's Lakefront Stadium.
Elaine's mommy tried to get a good picture of the lake, but the weather was icky. In the picture below you can see a line of rocks. Behind the rocks is lots of lake.
This is the view right before getting on the highway. If you keep going you will drive into the lake. I really wanted a good picture for those of you who have never seen the Great Lakes. Usually it resembles the ocean with waves and water as far as the eye can see.
On Thursday we had time for a preschool photo op. Elaine did not want me to come into preschool with her. She is a strong subscriber to the theory that whatever happens at preschool stays at preschool. Elaine told me her preschool is in an old house. She has lots of fun inside doing arts and crafts, learning to spell words and singing songs.
On the way to a playdate we took a picture of one of our favorite hiking trails in town. It is built along a watershed and over a landfill.
Jack's friend lives in the Little Ukraine area of Parma. Elaine's mommy likes to joke you can't drive down a main road without seeing a church on every block.
So this was the middle of my week visiting the Steels. Elaine's mommy is starting to stress out over packing up for the wedding weekend.
