Gramma Camp Part 4

Thursday, July 19th

A nice sleep in! Mind you they were up late reading, and then I told them a Gramma Story.
Breakfast on the back deck, as usual.
We continue to watch the Monarch caterpillars. I went down to the meadow, to fetch trailcam SDs, and found two older caterpillars, on one plant. The little poop droppings on the leaves give the bigger ones away! Hooper helped!

 

We've spotted many butterflies and hummingbirds. The phlox are now blooming. The hummingbird feeder is on the back deck. She buzzed us while we worked.

Jos and Grampa did groceries, they bought some more Lego, and picked up another video for the afternoon.

Lunch on the back deck, as well! The three of us wrote a story. The Caribbean Rescue. It uses the Lego pieces, new and old, plus photos Jos took, and some of my photos from the Dominican Republic trip we took. Both Jos and I edited it on-line.

Dinner was at CC's!

 
Jos took this next photo.


Isabelle recreated the French's ad we'd seen on TV!

Dinner was done. Back home for dessert.



On the way home we drove by the osprey nest.

They went down well!

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!