This weekend took us zipping down the road, heading south for a few days at my Grandma's house. We made it 40 minutes before we stopped to pick up Grammy and then stalled for three hours with some truck trouble. We were towing our trailer with our new truck and being its first time, had to make some adjusts as we learned how the truck would manage. Fortunately my husband is very clever and handy and after some TLC, the truck did find for the rest of the weekend. Meanwhile, Grammy and I took the girls into KMart to kill some time (and had a fantastic time perusing all the little girl clothes on sale) and then wandered over to the McDonalds PlayPlace. This particular PlayPlace was amazing! There was a giant piano keyboard for the kids to dance on, each step playing the corresponding note. There was a giant guitar they could climb on (and strum) and an organ with a slide (best sound effects ever!) So fun.
The drive itself was the usual, girls watching movies, napping, snacking and teasing each other. We stopped occasionally to let them run and eventually arrived at our destination long after bedtime and settled in quickly.
Saturday was a great day. The girls got plenty of time to play and show off. Ladybug wanted to "tell stories", which were long and rambling with no logical plot but tons of animated facial expressions and sound effects. Butterfly sang some of her preschool songs and danced. Lovely ran around in circles, chasing the dogs, fetching their toys, hosting tea parties, sneaking snacks and best of all, dancing while she looked at us expectantly, waiting for us to imitate her jerky, awkward, and adorable toddler moves.
Husband and I helped GrandmaGreat (as my girls call her) with some projects around the house. (He worked hard and productively all weekend. I helped when I could and bounced back and forth between the projects and the kids. Grammy watched the girls and the girls entertained GrandmaGreat.) We went to a pizza buffet at lunchtime (the girls' new favorite was the Chicken Ranch pizza) and had a picnic with burgers at the park for dinner.
We slept in our trailer, much to the girls delight. Every night, Daddy would tuck them into their sleeping bags and let them watch a movie so they could unwind and settle down for bed. They love our trailer and slept great each night. Husband and I also slept in the trailer while Lovely joined Grammy in the house in a spare bedroom. She's normally my best sleeper but tends to be more restless in new places so she was up early every morning.
On Sunday we attended church and my beautiful little girls were charming as ever. We got some great family pictures afterwards and then they played with new bubble toys. One of the weekend highlights was our visit to the cemetery. The girls were eager to help GrandmaGreat retrieve the flowers from storage and carried them proudly to their various destinations. Lovely was eager to explore the headstones and plentiful flowers and flags but the older girls stayed close, wanting to hear about the many family members resting there, most especially my two siblings lost as babies.
We visited family at the nursing home, a relative I don't know personally, but went with GrandmaGreat on her usual visit to say hello. The girls were happy and cheerful, introducing themselves and singing one of their favorite preschool songs. The stood holding hands (so adorable), and then even Lovely joined in, scampering up to their side, joining hands and chirping along on the only word the knew ("..sun!...sun!...sun!") What wonderful kids I have!
That evening, the girls begged to share their favorite movie with GrandmaGreat, Princess Genovia (better known as Princess Diaries). We put the movie on but the girls watched very little of it. The pulled out the set of Minnie Mouse figurines and played the entire time, dressing them up, attending parties, dances, balls, school and more. They were playing exceptionally well together, being so cute. So now joined by my Aunt, GrandmaGreat, Grammy, Daddy and I watched both them and the movie for a wonderful, thoroughly enjoyable evening.
On Monday morning, we finished a few jobs around the house and then Grammy took the girls to the park while GrandmaGreat took Husband, my Aunt and I on a ride on the four wheelers. We drove up to a beautiful overlook, admiring the growing town and gorgeous landscape. Then we explored some new trails, getting a little lost and having a great time as we found our way back to town.
And then before long, we were packed, cleaned up and loaded into the car for the long drive home.
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