Fun!

Woody got up early as usual...more his normal early time. He made our breakfast...oatmeal/sausage pieces and bananas in it and toast with strawberry cream cheese. Shortly after breakfast the girls got dressed so we could get started on our school craft day. Elijah had a jammie day. My project of the day was for them to make Valentines. They cut out hearts, glued on laces and trims...had a general good time! Esther (3) our left-handed grandchild was very proud of the heart that she cut out...not easy when Grammy doesn't have left-handed scissors...but she seems to have adapted to right-handed ones. Joy had fun learning to cut out hearts from folded paper...she still prefers to have the lines drawn for her. Woody's project of the day was to plant green pepper seeds. He and Elijah headed out to fill up the styrofoam cups. Elijah was so careful (ummmmmm Goosey was not!). Goosey's first spill was when they brought the cups inside into our sun porch/mudroom...became a mud room when he spilled a cup or two. Then later in the afternoon Goosey brought the cups in one at a time and let Joy measure and make a hole the correct distance from the surface and put the seed in the hole and cover it. Esther joined her after a while and Joy let her put the seeds in the holes. I was a little leery when Woody decided to do this project in the family room on our new carpet...but...I just went on and let him...well, when the project was about over, they had a BIG spill...I guess it all came up in the vacuum. The vacuum was brought out several times today! In the afternoon the girls started playing with dolls. Esther got out Melany's doll and enjoyed having me help her change the doll's clothes. The slide provided entertainment again this afternoon. This slide dates back to our oldest granddaughter Erin's 2nd Christmas when she was 18mon. old (Elijah's age now) and now Erin is 17 and about to graduate from high school. That Christmas present has been enjoyed by all our grandchildren.

We had homemade chicken nuggets and chicken fingers and Grammy's special potatoes, and green peas for supper. I'm not sure whether the chicken and potatoes or the "dip" proved to be most favorite! The "dip" was either catsup or ranch dressing...and some mixed the two...Elijah can say "dip" very well and did a lot of dipping of his fingers in it rather than his chicken or potatoes.

Woody said that Elijah did an amazing thing this afternoon. Woody was sitting in his recliner and Elijah came into the family room at 1:30 and got the remote and handed it to Woody and said "choo choo." This is the exact time that Thomas The Train comes on PBS. Woody was quite impressed!

We gave Elijah the first bath tonight and then Woody read him stories and got him all tucked in. Then Woody headed out walking to the church for his time in the prayer room. The girls had their baths and then I got them settled in their bed (they are sharing the double bed in the guest room and it is working great so far) and I read them each a story and then I had to tell them something about them when they were little. Then we had prayers and the lights went out and I haven't heard a peep out of them since. They were two pretty tired little girls after our long, busy day! Elijah went down without a peep too. And, now it is time for me to have a cup of tea and see if I can keep my eyes open long enough to read a sentence or two! Esther is feeling much better today, but she still has a runny nose and a cough...no fever today and most of the day has played right along with the other two...she did cuddle up on the couch a couple of times, but never took a nap.

The last that I heard from Kathy and Nathan (through FaceBook) they were in Singapore with still two more flights till they got to their destination. They should still be traveling as I blog this...long flights and long layovers. They left Monday around 10am our time and won't get to their final destination till the wee hours tomorrow.