lucky charm

William was just dying to get tot Grandma's today. We had to make it in time for Bingo, which we did.

They played three games and each time William and Grandma won! ( Landon has no interest in playing, he just likes to organize the chips.)

She calls him her lucky charm.

I'd say :)

Sharing the Spirit

We are visiting with more family. I so love that the boys are thrilled to see Grandma(my mom).

She is in a nursing home so there is not too much for them to do there, however they love going there. We play Bingo, hang out in the courtyard, push Grandma around and they are so friendly to all the other residents that is just warms my heart.

The boys and I have discussed how many of the residents don't have family around that can come and see them often like Grandma does. This is why they (the residents)are always excited when young children come to the place. They try to reach out and touch them and ask a ton of questions. Again, my heart fills with pride because the boys are willing to talk to them and even have made a friend that they look forward to visiting as much as Grandma.

Therefore, in keeping with the true spirit of the holiday season we have decided to make salt dough ornaments for the residents as a special holiday gift. I hope all goes well as we begin this project tomorrow. The boys are very excited about it!

little bits

A few pictures from our adventures.

coming to an end

Well, here we are at the end of our visit to Florida. There has been so much going on. Our days have been full of wonderful adventures both in and out of the house.

There's been:
hiking,
biking,
swimming,
kite flying,
wildlife sightings,
go kart racing,
splash padding,
boating,
crafting,
computer playing,
movies,
mini-golfing,
reading,
experimenting,
cooking,
bin-hunting (aka-Goodwill),
ice cream eating,
baking,
gardening,
napping,
and lots and lots of lovin'.

We sure are going to miss Grammy and Grampy!

I have tons of photos- I am just a bit tired at the end of our busy days. When I regain my energy I will post a smorgasbord.

We will be heading to North Carolina on Friday for a week. Not sure how well my connections will be there, so we shall see about my postings!

Marble Maze

The day started with this:

and these funny faces,

then the serious work began......

sanding

drilling

painting

nailing

rubber banding

until we ended the day with some awesome marble mazes.

Thanks Daddy and Grampy for a hard days work.


The fun of creating our own courses is great. Plus the satisfaction of building something all by ourselves is beyond words.

I found the idea in Family Fun magazine but it was adapted to our liking. We ended up with 100 squares, instead of their recommended 36.

It was a perfect activity for a very heavy rainy day!

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing everyone a very happy day! Hope it is spent with those whom you love.

backyard sightings

We saw the coolest thing this afternoon. As we were just hanging out relaxing after a day at the beach, two bobcats were playing in the backyard, or so we thought. They were really chasing their dinner. A little bunny that lived in the bush. The bobcats were about 15 feet away from us. And we probably could have gotten closer had Gritty not gotten a whiff of them.

At dinner tonight on William's grateful list was the fact that we saw bobocats!