I made the short trek to Newton today to see Leah and the grandbabies. Oh what joy.
Usually the boys run to the door to greet me but today Leah had just given them new name puzzles and was taking pics of them. So i picked up Eleanor and loved on her first. Today she actually looked in my eyes for a really long time. It’s hard to get her to do that because of the masks. Goodness is she beautiful. She has just lost the newborn look, filled out and perfect. She seemed so content.
Highlights of the days were cute things Henry says and Emmet’s sweetness. We also went on a long walk. Henry also snuggled me a little when he woke up sad from his nap.
At lunch, Henry looked at the Teddy Grahams i brought them and put his little arms in the air( and you know they only go about two inches above his head because their heads are still so big at 1 1/2). He said “i di’n’t know! That there are bear cookies!”
Later Henry said, with the same arms up in the air, “I have an idea! My idea is… Let’s play a game!” Then he can’t think of what to play. He did ask me to play specific things later. “Gamma, let’s play trucks!” Which is more advanced even than last visit’s “Gamma, come play me!”
Emmet constantly tells me he loves me and how glad he is i came and gives me tons of hugs. During quiet time he was listing who lives with me and said “Rex doesn’t live there anymore. He lives somewhere else we can’t go.” Then he wiped his little eyes. He told me his mom told him about another dog who lived at his house before he was born. I told him about Professor then we looked at pics of Rex and Professor.
There was lots of running and screaming and “people piles” which i love because it’s basically little boys climbing on me and snuggling me. We played go fish and cars and houses with little people. We played hide and seek almost all day. They are getting better at hiding but it’s usually in plain site. Henry looks so cute with his eyes squeezed shot trying to count. He can’t stay hidden cause it’s too exciting. When i walk in the room and find him he screams at the top of his lungs.
We also turned flipped over my knees. They can turn front and back flips. I taught them to stick the landing then pose. So cute!
When i was leaving, Henry sang me the song from Daniel Tiger “adults come back”. He had just told me he didn’t want me to go. Then he said, “means Gamma will come back.” Emmet and Henry insisted on carrying my stuff to the car when i leave then stand waving goodbye s as i drove off.
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