Ellie and her adventures

Making their project at Home Depot

Ellie face painted as a Kitten

Joe's Crab Shack in Peoria on the water

Ellie digging into a lobster claw

After Ellie's soccer game was cancelled due to incoming storms, we rearranged our day and found an opportunity for new adventures.  Bill wanted to go to Home Depot to look for something so off we went as a family.

Little did we know that the first Saturday of the month is a Kid's Day.  They have a build your own project, ASPCA with a friendly dog, face painting and a fire truck to explore!  Now we know.

Ellie and Bill made a wooden fire fighting airplane complete with nails, glue, stickers and paint.  Of course she took part in the face painting, pet the dog and the best part seemed to be the fire truck.  Bill asked more questions than any of the kids.  It was a terrific group of fire fighters that gave a full tour, answered question after question and happily helped the kids on and off the rig.  What an event!

And then off we went to Joe's Crab Shack in Peoria for dinner.  Another adventure as we hadn't been before.  I anticipated something different than our normal surroundings in Bloomington and it certainly was.  We ate dinner right on the water overlooking the Illinois river ... and did we eat.

Ellie had crab, lobster, mussels and scallops all in one sitting.  OF course she also enjoyed red potatoes and hush puppies as well!  We shared a couple of big steam pots as well as garlic steamed mussels and our sides.  Since we arrived for an early dinner we got a table on the deck, overlooking the water which added to our adventure.

What a great way to celebrate our anniversary as a family.  Bill and I will have our own celebration when our sitter, Shannon is available over the next few Saturday nights!