As I have recently mentioned in a previous blog, activity has been fairly constant here, as we keep Joshua busy with lots of cousin fun. Or....should I say.....cousin fun keeps Gramma G pretty busy? Well, at least on her toes, that's for sure.
In the last couple of weeks, we've had plenty of cousin time. First, with twins and baby brother in house, where we enjoyed some swimming (thanks to the generosity of my neighbor letting us use her pool)
and home made Peanut Butter Ice Cream
A big hit....obviously
Parker helped to pick some produce
Aunt Becky directed some home made pizza baking
which was certainly appreciated by this crew
And there was some cousin story reading.
The morning was met with pancakes enjoyed out on the deck.
and, as you can see, the plates were wiped clean!
After Marty and I dropped off the three youngest, we stopped at the Shoe House for an ice cream treat.
I don't have a picture of the ice cream, but you can take my word for it when I tell you that it was delicious!
The very next morning, we were back on the road, meeting up at Stacey's place for a mini family reunion. But first, we needed to stop to bring the donuts!
Jim, Finn, Marty and Joshua headed out to do some fishing.
and when they returned, it was time for partying at Aunt Stacey's house!
Sliding
Water Guns
and water balloon launches
I brought the cake...(there was marshmallow in a hole in the middle......yummy!)
And, for the first time....ever....we were able to get a photograph of Marty and me with all of our grandchildren in one place! (It's just too bad that I didn't look so tired.)
And then, we enjoyed some cake!
We hadn't had all of our children in one place for several years. It certainly meant a lot to me that Stacey would host the event, and that Jim and Amy would drive out for the weekend so that we could all be together. The weather was perfect, and the place was a buzz of activity with cousins enjoying themselves to no end. Really....it was the perfect day.
A week later, and we had the youngest three back here in our house for a few days.
Joshua had a great time entertaining the girls with Humpty Dumpty.
He showed him his technique for removing bricks while keeping Humpty Dumpty from tumbling.
We made a quick trip to Red Caboose Park
which has multiple slides to enjoy....and they were sure to try all of them.
Back at home, Joshua helped the girls perform surgery on Mr. Potato Head....I hear he survived the experience.
And evenings were spent watching the Olympics while rooting on Team USA!
Honestly.....I'm not sure that you can come up with much more fun than that in 10 days time.
Well, at least not without collapsing when it was over! Which, I have not.....yet.
I'll keep you posted.
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