It was waaay too long since I’d seen my Grandbabies. I rushed around my Friday morning to get to Newton so Leah could go to a meeting. I got there at 2. The boys were downstairs watching tv for their quiet time. They didn’t know I was coming. They were very happy to see me. We snuggled and watched tv and played with legos . When Eleanor woke from her nap and came down the stairs all sweaty and sleepy eyed, her eyes got huge and she smiled and said, “Dammaw!”
Henry had on a collared polo shirt backwards with the collar popped so it wrapped around the front of his neck. So funny. Emmet has lost 8 teeth and has one new permanent one in front. Eleanor wears her sweet dresses every day.
We ate ice cream, a standard grandma snack, then played legos. Eleanor and I went outside and swung and played in the sandbox. She took my hand a bunch of time this weekend and said, “Dammaw, tome wit me.” While we were doing the dishes for Leah, I heard Emmet reading to Henry in the bedroom. He can read like a pro! I could understand so much more of Eleanor’s words.
While in the laundry room, I had my shirt off washing out a spot of chocolate syrup when I felt a little hand on my muffin top, sweetly just touching. Henry asked, “what’s this, Gwamma”? ‘Just back fat, baby.”
On the way to get food for dinner, Henry said he likes boogers now. He said, “wait! Boogers!” And he says burgers the same way he says boogers. We all laughed.
I almost got to go to t ball practice, but it was canceled due to thunder. We played with sidewalk chalk, flowers, rainbows and poop. If you draw with 5 and 7 year old boys, you’re gonna draw poop. in every color.
After dinner we went to Freddy’s for ice cream. What a mess! So fun. Baths after. Everyone stripped down naked while the water ran and while Emmet was using the bathroom, the little’s ran around the house neked. Of course, I encouraged this and sent them around the back yard too.
This morning we got up and had breakfast and went to the Wichita zoo. So fun. Eleanor ran around in her dress, yellow rain boots and colorful crown giggling and saying, “I love zebras!” Or every other animal we saw. Emmet wanted to read and learn about the animals, Henry did too. They were simply delighted. We loved the gorillas, zebras, meerkats, giraffes, goats, parrots, and more. We played in the water, stomped in puddles and walked and walked.
In the car after the zoo, Henry leaned over to me and whispered, “I wish you didn’t have to go home.”
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