Hayden was in school. Andie and Bailey were out with the Mom's Club at the Speed Art Museum. This gave Claude I time to get into our grubbies so we were ready to play.
It wasn't long before Andie and Bailey got home from their outing. Bailey was very happy to have Ma and Pa in her home when she got there. She had her lunch and then I headed up to get her ready for quiet time. Andie had a meeting at Hayden's school.
I got Bailey down just in time to head to the bus stop to pick up Hayden. He is in Kindergarten this year. This was great fun for Gramma to watch the little guy get off that big old bus.
Hayden was also really happy to have Ma there to pick him up. He is a wonderful little creature and is always FULL of words when you see him. There is so much new knowledge he needs to share and other knowledge he needs to be sure you remember. We had a very chatty walk to the Marx home.
He knew his routine and went right to it when he got home. I reviewed his back pack while he had his snack. We watched one short show and then he headed up to his room for a bit of quiet time.
This gave me a few minutes to use Andie and Michael's computer to check eMails. Claude got a quick nap.
Then the mini-Marx's woke up, Andie got home and the house was a bustle of activity.
Hayden proceeded to vacuum the family room.
And Bailey and I went outside to play while Andie fixed dinner. Claude tried to catch up on all those news magazines he gets that he was behind on reading.
Eventually Hayden found his way to the back door and Bailey sensed his presence and we made our way back into the house.
Andie prepared a great meal with a pulled pork BBQ that had corn in it. My, it was tasty. She will share that recipe I'm sure. It came out of the cookbook she has that tells you how to take one piece of meat, cook it up and then get 3 meals out of it. Excellent meal.
Somewhere in the evening, eagle-eye Hayden looked quickly out the back door and saw a caterpillar tucked in the handrail by the steps into the back yard. How that child can find such tiny things I'll never know but he consistently does that.
All I can say here is that this little caterpillar would 'fulfill the measure of his creation' over Friday and Saturday. The joy and wonder brought into Hayden and Bailey's lives by this little guy was a delight to watch.
During this last year Andie purchased a kit to raise butterflies and the kids went through the process with them and then let them go outside when they turned into butterflies. Hayden has a caterpillar that is named 'Fluffy' in his kindergarten class they are watching. So finding this little lovely on the back rail was just great fun. He was officially named 'Mr. Green Caterpillar Marx' by the end of Friday.
Hayden and Bailey found their bug catching stuff and made a home for their new pet.
Then our little friend stayed in the house for an evening of observation and joy.
Poor Bo was left to believe he had slipped down another rung in the family hierarchy.
I love this picture of Hayden really pondering Mr. Green Caterpillar Marx.
Hayden would check the little guy out every direction he could.
Hayden demonstrated how the caterpillar makes a 'J-hook' when it is turning into a chrysalis.
And when it was time for bed, Bailey pointed and Hayden read a poem from his kindergarten work to their caterpillar buddy.
The caterpillar would be placed on the back steps in the bug catcher for the night.
Saturday morning Mr. Green Caterpillar Marx was brought right back into the house. Hayden gathered new greenery and some sticks for the bug catcher. Then he carefully arranged everything in the bug catcher for maximum fun for his little green pet.
During the morning Hayden was getting ready for a haircut appointment. But there was still time to exercise this little green pet before giving him some quiet time.
Then Hayden gave one last straigthening of his new pet's living quarters. Andie helped Hayden and Bailey prepare some sugar water for him. A milk jug lid was placed in the bottom of the bud catcher and a medicine dropper was used to fill it with the sugar water Hayden & Bailey made with Andie's help. Then it was quiet time for this little green friend.
After Hayden and Michael got back from hair cuts we headed to Waffle House for a late breakfast. Well it probably wasn't late by the hour technically but we had been up for a bit. Bailey had been asking Michael all week to take her to Waffle House. This little lady was ready for her waffle. She wolfed it down in short order. Hayden did the same. We played Johnny Cash on the juke box and let him "Walk The Line" one more time.
Then Michael headed to the Marx home to cut the grass and after that to referree soccer and the rest of us headed to a park with a lake and ducks and geese in it. We had hamburger buns left over from the MusicFest food and we were going to feed the birds.
This is a pretty little lake and we walked around part of it. There is a series of bridges making it very picturesque.
Then it was time to get home for quiet time for the Mini's. Andie gave Michael tickets to dinner and music at a winery for his birthday. They were going to head out for that in the evening and Claude and I were staying to watch Hayden and Bailey while they had a 'hot date'.
We got Hayden and Bailey and Claude down for naps. Then Andie headed up for her nap. Michael was out referring soccer games. I got a bit of time to catch up on eMails.
We determined we would take Hayden and Bailey to McDonald's for dinner and to play on the playland equipment. It doesn't really take a lot of arm twisting to get little kids to go to McDonald's.
No visit with Pa (Claude) would be complete with these two little ones without Claude telling them "You're a pest!" and them returning "I'm not a pest...you're a pest!"
We left the Marx home at 5pm and returned home around 6:30pm. The little ones were worn out and tummies were full. We had a quick show to slow down, then bedtime routines, then quiet for Claude and Sandi.
Andie and Michael returned about 10:30pm. We chatted a bit and learned what a fun evening they had together. Then Claude and I hit the road back to Sadieville. We got home about midnight.
And that is Bugs, Birds & Burgers in one weekend.
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