Skip to main content

Visit

The past week was perfect summer weather.  My granddaughter was here for three days but then she had to go home so she could attend high school orientation.  (Which is something that does not even seem possible.)  My grandson was just not ready to go home so we stretched his visit out to a full week.  He really thought he should be allowed to stay until Tuesday since he doesn't have to go back to school until Wednesday.

The weather was most conducive to time at the beach.  We only missed one day.


One day we had a picnic, much to the delight of the seagulls who were given a special invitation by the grandkids.

We took a trip to Smugglers' Notch and climbed on rocks.  It would have been a great place to take some pictures, but I forgot my phone and my camera is broken.

We, of course, had to do some shopping.  Dane discovered the joys of the mall when he realized it wasn't all clothing stores--there was a skateboard shop, a toy store, and a sporting goods store there as well!  I bought him a soccer ball since he has been playing with a friend at home this summer.  This may have been a mistake on my part.  If we weren't swimming, he wanted to be playing soccer. 

Now, I really, really wanted to encourage this kind of activity over sitting with a hand-held game device.  My head and heart were right there.  The old body, however...  Actually, I do get an aggressively competitive streak when undertaking these endeavors--enough to impress the young lad.

Eating out is a treat now that we are no longer limited to a choice between McDonalds and Burger King and who might be giving out the better toy in a kid's meal.  A big step in growth and development.  We ate outside on Church Street in Burlington and enjoyed the people watching as well as the food.

Liked the food


Liked the wifi

Sunday morning breakfast at the new bakery.  Milk and a chocolate cupcake--what happens at grandma's house stays at grandma's.


On Thursday, Dane went with me to make cards with the group I meet with about once a month.

One of us was more into bling than the other.


Then we went to a Lake Monsters baseball game.  Fun, except the home team lost.



Who doesn't love a ball game and a hot dog?

Comments

  1. UnknownAugust 24, 2015 at 9:28 AM

    And this week you will be resting?? Sounds like a great time and precious memories.

    ReplyDelete
  2. MuffieAugust 24, 2015 at 11:03 AM

    You create such wonderful experiences for your grands. They'll always remember these special times with you! Now, get some R&R!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousAugust 24, 2015 at 11:31 AM

    Your grandkids really look different, especially your granddaughter. How time flies when you're having fun.

    ReplyDelete
  4. kathy bAugust 24, 2015 at 3:24 PM

    Your family is so lucky to have such fun and special times!!! love all things baseball here !

    ReplyDelete
  5. Arkansas PattiAugust 24, 2015 at 4:28 PM

    Sheesh, no wonder you were tired. Still you really showed your grands a great time and I got a giggle about your competitiveness. That doesn't go away with age does it?
    Ya done good grandma--now rest.

    ReplyDelete
  6. JudyAugust 24, 2015 at 7:10 PM

    Dane having a chocolate cupcake for breakfast reminded me of the week we spent on vacation. We took along a friend to be with our daughter. The first morning my husband asked her what she'd like for breakfast, saying "You can have whatever you want! We're on vacation!" She opted for a bowl of ice cream to test out whether we really meant what he'd said. Of course he did! And he joined her with his own bowl of ice cream. Every day of our vacation! :) Great times. And great times for your grands as well! They will always remember sharing these times with you.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Linda ReederAugust 24, 2015 at 11:31 PM

    I was the first one to teach my grandson to play soccer, but now that he is 12, I am too old and decrepit to off er much of a challenge. Sad, but true.
    There's nothing better than when your grandchild truly enjoys your company.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Linda MyersAugust 25, 2015 at 1:17 AM

    What a great week you had!

    ReplyDelete
  9. AnonymousAugust 25, 2015 at 2:34 AM

    Your grand kids looks cute. You h!ad a wonderful time with them. Have a nice day

    ReplyDelete
  10. Sally WesselyAugust 25, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    You had a wonderful week! Lucky you. Somehow I never did a week, or even a few days, with a one on one with the grandkids. Dane will remember that you played soccer with him. What a treasured memory that will be.

    ReplyDelete
  11. UnknownAugust 25, 2015 at 5:35 PM

    Love the pictures -- especially the cupcake face! Sounds like you had great time. I can't believe you are going to have a high school student! Time does fly.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMotteAugust 26, 2015 at 5:20 PM

    What a treat to have older grandkids. I still have none. Cakes for breakfast on a Sunday brings back memories.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I appreciate readers' comments so much. You don't even always have to agree with me.

Popular posts from this blog

It's TIme

 It's been a while since I have posted anything and even my reading your posts is falling by the wayside. I am in Florida now. I have a yard where little attention was spent on landscaping for the past years so I am slowly and (somewhat) methodically addressing that. I also volunteer to work at the pollinator garden and the edible garden I helped install at the UU grounds and I took over the volunteer job of cleaning out the overgrown community garden by my neighborhood mailboxes. The neighbor who was doing that got sick and could no longer attend to it. It's a bigger job than I'd thought at first -- not only overgrown with weeds, but the plants that are wanted there are in life and death competition for each others' spaces. And two walks a day, morning and evening, so Levi can keep up with addiction to canine social media and a daily rousing came of stick or ball midday take up another chunk of my time. I have a weekly meditation group that I co-facilitate, and my own
10 comments
Read more

New Furniture

 We went shopping for a new couch. I liked this one, the first store we went to. Of course it would be an impulse to buy the first one so we trekked around to other stores -- something we liked more, a better deal? No surprise that we ended up going back to that first store the next day and purchasing that couch for our living room. Also a matching love seat for the den where we watch TV. Because I had replaced my old love seat with two recliners. We couldn't keep three households worth of furniture after all. Well, my recliner was not big enough to accommodate both Levi and me. Poor boy had to watch TV from his bed on the floor. There! This is much better! Spoiled much? The little tail on the floor belongs to his toy squirrel, Buddy. It's like having a toddler with the need to be picking up toys or risk tripping over them. But his very favorite play thing is that bathmat that can be found anywhere but the bathroom floor.
10 comments
Read more

Walking

 I have always been a walker. Now that I have a high energy dog there is no excuse for not getting out there. And the weather is not an interfering factor here. Early morning and early evening are our preferred times so even when it gets hot we should be okay. We can get quite a long walk going around the neighborhood, greeting neighbors out working in their yards or walking their own dogs. But the landscape changes quickly just beyond the confines of the housing developments. It could be described as natural Florida or as sites of future housing developments. I do prefer the first option. And I really enjoy being out in natural areas so I often opt to head to a nature setting. I would have liked to put a picture here. Unfortunately my iPhone has made a unilateral decision. It will no longer be sending my photos to my computer. Why? I have no idea. However, we may be walking along happily enough -- me listening to the birds or trying to identify wildflowers and other plants while Levi
10 comments
Read more