The "Wimming" Pool

Caleb loved playing in the pool I got him. He kept mis pronouncing it and calling it a wimming pool, so Sara would tell him.... "sssssssss", so he'd then say "ssssssssssssswimming pool". It was adorable, of course! He's doing really fantastic on potty training. Had one accident today, but otherwise, he told us every time he had to go. He even made the 2 1/2 hour car ride dry!

Anyone remember punchballs?

Do any of you remember punch balls? They are just large tough balloons with a rubber band attached. I found some today and bought a pack for the kids. Hope you can see what the static did to Grace's hair! It's hilarious.


You can see from this next picture how much she loved the punch ball. They are both great kids and I love spending time with them. Grace has learned to give kisses and she's also starting to say words. So far, she says Uh Oh, Baby, Bye Bye and is trying to say peek a boo. Peek a boo still comes out more like pick pick,but gotta start somewhere!

Weekend with the Grandbabies

Caleb and Grace spent Friday and Saturday night with us and we had a blast. I had to work til 11:30 Saturday, so Papa had them to himself a while. Then we headed to Springfield.

This tractor is just like the one Mark played with as a little boy. Now Caleb has one to play with when he comes to Grandma and Papa's house.

Gracie wants to help him drive it!Giggling at Grandma on the way to Springfield.

Caleb slept most of the way there. He was worn out from playing with Papa all morning.

At the Nature center, they had this "helicopter" where you were a conservationist doing a survey. There is a screen there that you see Mark and Caleb studying.

Grace was just happy to be there!

She was game for anything. This is a "cave" that Caleb would NOT enter at all.

Papa was tickling her with the coon skin.

But when he tried to tickle Caleb with it........well, you can see that didn't happen!

Then we found this stuffed squirrel and Grace LOVED it when we tickled her with it, too.

Was going to buy it for her, til I realized it was a doggy toy and I thought it would look bad to buy my granddaughter a doggy toy!

THEN we spotted the coon skin hats and I knew we could ditch the squirrel as soon as I put it on her head.

She absolutely loved it. I was in tears walking thru the store because she had me laughing so hard.

Of course, Caleb had to have one, too, though I really think if we hadn't made such a big deal out of her wearing one, he would not have allowed this on his head!


And here he models it for Grandma Helen when we stopped by the nursing home to visit her.