On Wednesday, I went to Overland Park in time to pick Garrison up at school. Peyton wanted her Momma to pick her up, so Garrison and I had a little time at home by ourselves which was nice. We played outside - he talked, I listened, ha ha. The boy likes to talk. We then met Amanda and Peyton at Freddy's for a quick dinner before the girls went to church for Peyton's religion class, Family Formation. Garrison and I went back to the house. He took a long bath and had a blast playing in the tub - again, talking away. I spent the night since Chad was in Vegas with a friend for a few days, and Amanda wasn't sure if she would need transportation help for the kids on Thursday.
Thursday morning I took Garrison to school. Peyton wanted to go early to go to Y-Care before school, so Amanda took her. No Grammy assistance was needed for Thursday, so I came on home.
On Friday, again since Chad was out of town, Amanda and the kids drove down to Clinton to spend the night. We all went to the Rotary Shrimp Fest (we took Happy Meals for the kids). Ron was working, so the kids had a blast helping Grandpa in the carry-out section. They even stayed when Amanda and I went home so they could help Grandpa longer!
We had a leisurely Saturday morning before Amanda went back to Overland Park. The kids wanted pizza for lunch, so we ordered from Pizza Hut - it was yummy. We had a great Saturday afternoon. Peyton had an idea to make "watermelon" jello which consisted of strawberry jello - set - with chocolate chips inserted as the seeds. We also made blue jello to represent blueberries. They had fun doing it. We went outside to look for frogs across the street at the pond, and they had fun jumping off the retaining wall and exploring. We spent some time using the marshmallow shooters Grandpa had made and playing in the back yard, watering plants, etc.
Peyton had requested meatballs and rice for dinner, so we added hot bread and cooked carrots to round out our meal, with the watermelon jello for dessert. They had sundaes for their snack after a bath for Garrison and a shower for Peyton.
Sunday morning we went to church then had fun playing downstairs and on the stationery bike in the front room before having lunch of - again requested - octopus hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, carrots, cottage cheese and jello. We made strawberry kabobs with pound cake and white chocolate drizzle for lunch - Peyton had fun making those. Garrison just wanted to watch.
After lunch we took the kids home, enjoyed hearing about Chad's trip and visited with both Amanda and Chad for a bit before heading home with a stop at Sam's Club.
A great week with family - treasured memories were made.
PS - we received word this week that Lucille Whitchurch, my Uncle Bob's wife - age 91, passed away after a long stay in a nursing home.
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