Dynamic Duo

We pause for the "official" publication.Backpack cases the terrain.

007 checks his wrist phone

Laundry looms ominous.

Socks on the look out.

Altered notebooks may have the clue, or at least a place to color.

Help, the Grandaddy of all Grandaddies has got us.

Always a Beautiful Dame around.

I must get nourishment.

Don't worry I will catch some fish to eat.

As the highly trained engineer, I will build an escape pod.

If I just connect four I will save the planet.

The secret lair of a great watchdog.

I'll whip off my belt from my head and lasso that beast.

The hungry defenders of "Land of Mimi" give thanks for fish sticks. Again!

Must be ready for the ultimate test.

So onto the studying of all things important.

Sunday

Breakfast

Morning Cartoons



Ready for Church!

Great singing at Church

Golfer practices

Cowboy Rides

Pizza for Lunch

Play Ball

Nap Time

Ice Cream Treat

Explore

Looking for Fish Sticks

Zipping the lips

One last swing

Cutting the Grass

Living Life

OK so it has been two months since I last blogged. There has been a lot happening . New Jobs, New living arrangements etc. Just what a family with four grown kids would be expected to have.

Jemimah and Adam came home to visit for three weeks and I had all the girls for a last time of fun. Even though I had come down with a bad back, upset stomach and awful headache, it was one of the best times we have had. After we ate and they went through my shop stuff they sat on my bed while I was on the heating pad immobile and they talked and we laughed. For me it was like medicine.

Today I saw Jemimah and her husband go back to Germany, probably for another year. In the meantime I am baby sitting my oldest daughters kids while she and her husband are in Alaska visiting her best friend who will have a baby soon. So here goes.

Pat and Mary the other Grandparents hand over the two charges. The two dogs are now under my control! Ha!

The golfer gets going!

The cleaner gets cleaning.

The Meme and her boys on a Sunny day in April.

Jemimah and Adam wait for us to say goodbye.

Boys say goodbye.
Obi takes the boys down the "alligator."
Going on to Germany.

Back at the Ranch

Making Mac n Cheese!
Waiting on the Mac attack The ball player turns coach.

The Feast begins!

One last turn for the Player.

One last look for the catcher!

He asked if I would look for one. And I realized that when I found one I would have to say yes I found one. So I found one and he did too.

Tea Time & such

One of the things I have noticed about creative people is that they must create. I don't mean they do so at convient times,(I mean look at this daughter's blog life of a fritz, she just can't help creating, even when she will be sad to see her good friends leave.)I mean they must create even at inconvient times. While I had my grandkids this past weekend my parents also decided to pay us a visit. Of course I love having my mom and dad here. They are such wonderful people and still going as they hit their mid 80's.

So I'm thinking as I know my parents will get here and want some coffee, which is of course the "proper" thing to do. Did I mention that my mom is the quientisential southern belle? Did I also mention that two of my daughters think it is too funny she is so proper. When my little life author was about 8 and we went to Florida. As I was driving trying to find my way to our motel, in a state where I had no clue where I was, in the middle of freeway construction with my mom arguing-no wait-instructing me which way to go, she said to the, bouncing off the walls-literaly, three kids in the back 8, 5, and 3 "lets be calm and gentle." That author started to laugh and giggle, so hard that I as the driver almost lost our way. So Calm and Gentle has become part of our lexicon.

Just so you will know, I did get the coffee ready. I did get the tea cups my mom loves and I did get the... Oh no! The napkins! I have really really old napkins for the kitchen. Ok I admit it. My kids always comment on how rag tag my kitchen napkins are. Well, they are for the kitchen use, not dinning room use. We always use cloth napkins, and it looks I have trained them to do so in their own homes. (Yea me. One for the Mom) But, of course I would not get the "good" napkins out of the dinning room, even though I have gotten most of my damask and linens from thrift stores and meticuosly clean them. OH No. I had to go upstairs and sew new napkins.

I don't mean I just wanted to. I had to. I was compelled to sew new napkins. After all I had cleaned my living and dining rooms so my mom could see that I don't always have a flea market in my home. Not that I care, "...and out of the back of the class came a sarcastic, 'yeah, right.'" But I did get them done and we did have our coffee in style and we did use my new napkins.

The funnyest thing happened after we all had coffee and chit chatted. My mom and dad folded the napkins they had used with the stripes going sideways. Am I missing something? Is there a southern belle way to fold napkins? What is it in our psyche that wants us to still impress our moms? I'm a Grandma for goodness sake. Aye, there is and always will be something in us that wants to please those we love. My mom is always good about not presuring me to live up to her wants, but still I do. I am just thankful I have a sence of humor and that I love to create.

Well gotta go sew potholders out of quilt squares cause I am going to a bridal shower and that quilt was never gonna get made anyway. Proverbs 10:4 But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Grandkids

Our grandkids came to visit for the weekend. Here is what our oldest did.

My oldest grandson, age 7, had a "Museum" set up around the living room. Here is the Model Plane C130.

He also set up a "Tea set from Colonial Era 1776," on the table.

A "diarama" of Germany invading Poland.

A Pirate ship made of legos with pirates at the mast.

Treasure in the treasure chest.



World War II Helmet with gun and flag.

Red Confederate hat with a "spyglass."

Black Union hat with a cannon

My favorite is the first ever "game boy." A part off of a toy scooter.

Of course we had a great time. And we didn't even have to leave home.