GRAMMY/PEYTON DAY - 2nd Annual - and Peyton/Garrison Weekend in Clinton

What a ride for the past 3 days!  Friday began with our 2nd annual Peyton and Grammy Day!  It's a day where we do whatever Peyton wants to do - and it was a fun-filled day.  I picked her up at school around 8:30 a.m., and we started with breakfast at McDonald's (imagine that).  The stores at the mall were not open yet, so we went to Walmart to return something for Amanda and to Kohl's for a little shopping for school clothes, but we didn't find anything.  Peyton was very anxious to get to the American Girl Store!  That was our next stop.  We shopped a bit, but she knew what she wanted - a dog named Coconut and a book about a gymnast.

She found some school shoes at Stride Rite and a pair of aqua flip flops with a big puffy flower on them.  She had fun shopping there.  We went to Justice, but she didn't find any school clothes - just some Frozen Lip Gloss and Fingernail Polish!  She wanted to go to Build-A-Bear where she immediately picked out the rainbow bear who she named Victoria (her best friend's name), and a sparkly dress and shoes!  She did her own typing for the birth certificate and loved her bear.

We rode the carousel twice and went to the arcade where she had a blast.  She won 60 tickets and picked out a couple of rings, bracelets and a sticker.  It was busy there.   She had her choice of lunch places, and I tried to talk her into Olive Garden, but she insisted on eating at Auntie Anne's Pretzel Place - geez - where we had cocktail weenies wrapped in pretzel dough and orange pop.  She also had 4 flavors of gelato and a couple of cookies from the cookie store.

We went to Costco where Peyton picked out Garrison a Spider Man Costume for dress-up fun and a spider-man jacket.  She loved sampling the foods from the "sellers" and bought some applesauce for snacks for her school days and some juice.  It was then time for Garrison to be up from his nap, so we  motored on over to school to pick up her little brother.  He was very excited to see us.  We then drove to Clinton to start our weekend of fun.

We started at Grammaw's house for dinner of meatballs, green beans, macaroni and cheese, hot bread and ice cream bars.  Yummo.  Grandpa met us there, and we had a good visit with Grammaw.

Saturday morning, we picked up Grammaw very early and went to a garage sale where the kids found some treasures and then to the Donut Palace for breakfast.  I managed to leave my phone there, but they found it, and Grandpa went to pick it up for me - whew.

After some fun play at home, we went to Blossom's Birthday Party at the park (Hawthorn Bank's mascot).  There they kids had fun playing horseshoes, tic-tac-toe with balls, etc. and played on the playground at the park.  Had pizza for lunch before coming home.

We had a good time playing Old Maid, putting together puzzles and just old-fashioned playing while Garrison was napping.  After he woke up, we ate a quick bite then went to the car show on the square to look at the classic cars, followed by ice cream treats at The Dairy Queen.  Lots of giggles and fun there.

Sunday morning we went to church where Peyton was my helper while I played the Gathering Music.   Peyton also went forward for the Blessing of Kindergarteners - we were so proud of her!  After enjoying donuts following church, we picked Grammaw up.  The kids had a great time playing with Grammaw and laughing and laughing.  Peyton asked if they could stay another day - how sweet.  We baked some cookies and then went to McDonald's for lunch before heading home.

Grammy and Peyton Day and the entire weekend were a blast - priceless memories.  We are blessed.