So what have the kids been up to this week with Gramma?
They have been digging in the dirt, riding bikes, playing on the zipline and teeter-totter and play set, crafting (making necklaces, painting, coloring, cutting up papers, working with their WaterWow and ColorWonder books), putting together Legos and Lincoln Logs and puzzles, watching the ants excavate tunnels, setting up a hospital (bottom bunk) and doctor's office (top bunk) where they treat Gramma for various ailments, playing in their forts, reading lots of books (and re-reading their new alligator book over and over and over - it's a new favorite), going for walks and picking flowers for the table, and watching some early morning cartoons. No napping. But that's OK, we didn't feel like enforcing that this week. They've been pretty well behaved for Gramma (especially James... Cora has pushed his buttons a few times, resulting in some "talks" with Gramma) and have been happy as can be when we get home in the afternoon. It's so nice for all of us when we have family in town!
And as hard as it is not to get too homesick for family in between visits, or too jealous of those who are lucky enough to live near their extended families, we just have to remind ourselves how blessed we are that our family DOES come visit as often as they can, and that when we DO get them around, we get to keep them 24 hours a day, usually for a week or more at a time. That kind of quality time is pretty special and we think our kids are lucky to get to experience it as often as they do!
(The necklaces in the above photos are ones that I made for them using old beads I purchased while living in Ashland, Oregon for college. They've each made me 2-3 necklaces this week, along with painting pictures and coloring wooden Easter scenes for Jay and I, and picking us flowers, so I figured I owed them. Cora has my old moon/sun charm and James is wearing a dragon.)
Thank you for coming out to babysit this week Gramma!
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