Ma & Pa In LaGrange...

What a lovely weekend we've had so far.

We left Friday and had lunch at Mill Stone Market in Georgetown. This little establishment bakes their own bread. Has a delicious deli where you can have sandwiches and soup to eat. And, they can boast a great market with lots of neat stuff like flours of all types, canning things, local honey, interesting candies, cake decorating items, cheese curds and pork rinds. We enjoyed a great meal, shopped a little for things to take to LaGrange and then hustled off as quickly as we could to LaGrange so we could get there before the school bus.

We made it just in time to meet Andie at Casa Marx, unload the car and walk to the bus stop. Here are the little dears bounding off the bus to see Pa and Ma. Yes, Hayden is in his pajamas because his class had a pajama party today.

We strolled back to Casa Marx to fill a couple of hours before dinner. Hayden earned a bunch of Cub Scout loops for his belt and we discussed those and looked at his Scout book. He also wrote a note to use in his school journal so we read that. I made crayon aprons to sell at Sadieville in September in the Countryside Homemaker booth. I had a couple left over so Hayden and Bailey became the proud owners of crayon aprons.

This will be the first year in these kids lives that I have not made at least one of their Halloween costumes. Andie found some great deals that just fit the kids and were what they wanted to be in pre-made costumes. Much less expensive that even purchasing the fabric would have been. Hayden put his on and shared that joy which will be Hayden the Spiderman this Halloween.

Bailey entertained us with her quickly improving reading skills. She can read the Dick and Jane books that I purchased for the kids. These are what I learned to read in many, many, many years ago. I know they are out of date but they are still fun when you are just learning to read.

When the Mini's got hungry, Claude and I took them to Dairy Queen for dinner. We are such awesome grandparents that we enjoyed make music with our straws as we began our dinner. Bailey was the first to figure out that, if you pulled the straw up and down while it was inserted in the lid, it made a fun sound. Hayden tried his and the pitch was a bit different. Pretty soon Claude and I joined in. It was greatly amusing the little old lady in the back of the dining area.

 

After dinner we watched a movie about Snow White that had Julia Roberts in it. Then it was off to bed for those Mini's.

Uncle Jake had a great trip to NASA and sent a gift for the grandparents toy closet. It is Space Bingo. I took that to the Marx home and this morning Bailey and I enjoyed a round while Hayden played some Wii. We started out playing by the rules but, with a five year old, those get adapted pretty quickly. Thanks Jake, The Girl and I had fun!!

Hayden had the first of a series of swimming lessons this morning. Andie and Bailey stayed home while Claude and I took Master Hayden to his swimming lesson. He is the only boy in his class. Everyone of these kids was super enthusiastic to be in swim class. I think this series of lessons will be great for Hayden. It was sure fun to watch this kid go at swimming with all his heart. This clip is of Hayden treading water. I put this one on the Blog because it amazed me how long he kept going. I was never good at that this and was really impressed with his will to keep going as long as his teacher said he was supposed to tread that water.

When we got home we found Princess Leiain the house. Bailey was wearing her Princess Leia pajama top and her hair had been put up in buns. She just looked at us and said, almost roboticly, "Luke, I'm you sister. Pa, use the force." Then we got the big grin. I have a clip of that but it is on my cell phone and I can't get it to translate to the computer.

Hayden and Bailey each got hair cuts today. We cut Bailey's first. Then she proceeded to comb Andie's hair. 

Bailey realized that Andie had a pocket in the front of her T-shirt today and determined that was the perfect place to store her comb, brush and detangler. Soon Andie was called 'The Shelf' and asked to stand certain places so Bailey's hair styling items were easily accessible while she combed my hair. Then Bailey combed Hayden's hair before I gave him his haircut.

We had a nice lunch and visited a bit more before heading back to Sadieville. Such a nice beginning to our weekend. Thanks Marx family!!