The record isn’t complete without a few more dress-up moments. Lydia, Lydia. “Oh, wouldn’t the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at ?” -W.S. Gilbert- (I know some parents who would have grumbled if their children’s teeth had been knocked out.) …
Several hours later, we were still dressing up and pretending. The sun went down but I was snapping away until the last ray of light. Only they, the enraptured actors and actresses can tell you about their experiences. There is no doubt that they approached their dress-ups …
Four people had a birthday at once. In the midst of the Annual Family Gathering I bought a cake. I bought one in bright colors with room for: PEPPA THE PIRATE PIG AND HER FRIENDS Since the grandchildren were still dressed as pirates and face-painted as pirates, these plastic Peppa …
After the photo booth experience, I am afraid that there are several headless snakes slithering around the yard. Other snakes were likely shot right through with “plunger arrows”. This young lady has never seen a dinosaur in person. Ouch. I do love her “grandma kitchen smock”. It makes her look …
Let’s Take A Look At The Stuff Everything is down low. There is a box for shoes, one for purses, one for scarves, one for wigs, one for props ( claws, swords, and Incredible Hulk Hands are props ) Dresses, shirts, jackets and other clothes hang on the edges of …
You Can Learn So Many Things Through a Camera Lens Poke’man is a foreign language and children are fluent. If left unsupervised, children will let the water out of any rubber pool. Most Poppers never pop. Grown-ups cry when they see F-35 jets fly overhead. Water is more fun when …
WHAT ELSE DID I SEE ? I saw a wonderful grandson who visited with everyone and put his phone in his pocket most of the time. I saw kindness and love among siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles. I saw careful driving although the pirate scarf kept inching down dangerously low over his …
What Else Did I See ? I saw Tucker ride his favorite trike down the hill without crashing. I saw Tucker comfort his cousin Holden when HE crashed. I saw mommy super-heroes have conversations with junior super-heroes. I saw Maya voluntarily take a break to study a real compass. I …
Family Gathering 2018 FAST AND EASY SLIMEY SLIME I had glue left from last year. I had food coloring in the cupboard. I grabbed some liquid starch from the little neighborhood market, since that is the only place that still carries it and that is likely because few people starch …
Family Gathering 2018 Corn Starch The question was “when are we going to paint with the corn starch?” Now, I had not really thought of the sidewalk paint as “corn starch” but the previous year, the kids had had as much fun scraping the paint from the driveway as they …
