Grandsitting 2.6 Friday

Our last morning. The finale.

Firstly, Isabelle's usual parfait was unusual. Yesterday, I suggested that in addition to her single cherry, we add her favourite, a green bean! She was so proud of it. Notice how carefully she watches to ensure I take an excellent photo!!!  I had to take a break from my morning coffee and newspaper.

Izzy made me brekkie, again. Jos slept in.



Next, we had to redo Izzy's village on the table, since the deck was wet, it was cloudy and apt to rain. This was the third day of this saga. We created a 40-page story book. I'm so proud of her. We persevered, every morning. For hours.  Strong characters, the two moms are an astronaut and a doctor. The Crossing Guard has a dog and a snail. The snail has three different pieces of clothing, depending upon the time of day.


Izzy and I finished the story. I entered it all onto the photobook.com online page, having hand written the plot. I exported and loaded the high-res photos, proofed it, and ordered 4 copies. It's 8" x 8", and 40 pages. What a project it was!

Finally, Jos came upstairs, "Afternoon," I said. She giggled. She heard this weird noise. We found it. I think Dorah, who loves the katydids, brought another one into the house overnight. This is Isabelle's photo!

Katydid from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Grampa brought home many Close Eyes this week! The ritual is long, and getting longer.
Now they say, "Swedish Irish Magic Viking Meatballs!" with eyes closed, hands out, waiting.

Close Eyes from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

We didn't accomplish much other than packing and cleaning up the basement. We drained the pool. It was a bitter sweet day, the last day. Grampa went shopping, he bought some flowers for Momma.
The exchange took place in Carleton Place, which is half way for both of us!



Happy to see Papa. A stranglehold! We had lots of fun, but there's nothing like Momma and Papa!


Finally, they were able to present Momma with the book we wrote. It was a huge, super secret surprise. They said it was to arrive in time for them to take it home at the end of last week. But that was not to be. Happily, they took it home with them Friday. Momma was most pleased. I commissioned the horse drawing, and put it into our photos at the Train Museum. We wrote the story as we went along. It added a dimension to the trip, as we've been before.


Gramma and Grampa did laundry, cleaned the beds, tidied up, and vacuumed. Even their froggie friends miss them!

The cats miss them terribly.
The pool is emptied and cleaned. Perhaps, to put it away for summer!

Grandsitting 2.4 Wednesday

Wed., Aug. 16

Another full day! Isabelle helped Grampa. He has arthritis in his lower back, which explains his lower back pain, as shown by his MRI. Izzy picked up all of the cat food dishes for him, so that he could wash them all.

Also, she helped me. I ran out to fetch the trailcam cards, and had two bug bites.
Izzy put anti-itch meds on me.
What a wonderful helper!

All the dishes picked up!

Two mosquitoes. 

Breakfast

Izzy patiently waiting for breakfast toast to pop. This is 2nd course, for her. She makes herself a parfait, eaten on the back deck. She offered to do my toast, as well. What a kid! I love her! (I had PB & J!)


Annie is the faithful companion!

You'll note how Annabelle is never far away!

Plasticene Play

This was a complex story we set up. We worked on writing a book. They like stop-action videos, but these are a little more complex. Josee was golfing with Grampa, at this point.

Izzy: "I still haven't found the plate, but I'm on that!"

This is Emma's house. We built it during another visit, maybe a year ago??!! Emma is a crossing guard. She has a dog and a snail. We set up all the scenes, while I wrote down the story. There is a forest and lake setting, too.

The astronaut, Flyer, has two children, both girls. We cannot remove all of her equipment, so this factored into our story.
The Doctor has two boys. Her skills come into play later in the story. That family has a pet mouse, as well.


Josee arrived on the scene, at which point we added to the village. There is a farm.

Mini-golf!

Jos and Grampa went golfing. If you get a hole-in-one you can sign your name. Jos pointed out he name from last visit! Afterwards, they went shopping, for dessert! They went to the new Chocolate Factory in Perth. (Grampa has instructions to take some photos with his camera. He did well!)

Sadly, it was only 13 C. overnight. The pool really cooled down. We had an early video, our routine is videos at 3 p.m., Izzy wasn't sure this was right, but I explained that that would give the pool more time to warm up. She is learning to read the thermometer.

 Today's video of choice was Ghostbusters!

The afternoon was fun. Jos spontaneously cleaned up the basement. (She's just like her mother!) Then, we checked the pool, and it had warmed up to 18 C.!

Swimming

Grampa brought us 'Close eyes', bubble guns. Dinner was great. Fish tacos, corn, green beans. Josee insisted I take her photo with 'wine', Izzy wanted a photo of her with the salad dressing. 

This was the surprise dessert from the Perth Chocolate Factory. First, the ritual: St. Patrick's Day,  they had to recite "Irish Swedish Meatballs, Please!"

Close eyes, then recite: "Swedish Irish Viking Meatballs" and, voila! They looked like meatballs, but they were strawberry truffles. Followed by twizzlers, dipped in chocolate, drizzled with white and dark chocolate.


Finally, after teeth and jammies, We finished the second segment of American Idol, they loved the young children in it, of course. Then, Jeopardy. They settled into bed. Isabelle isn't as keen on it, but Josee loves it. She began to keep score for us. Great math play!
A few stories, but Grampa was likely asleep before they were! I went back down to tell Izzy 'lights out.' As she yawned, she explained that she wasn't tired!