Kory is the artist of the family currently, so she spent time drawing with the kids and making paper airplanes and decorating them. Kory and Millie with their completed drawings!
Reading to whoever wants to listen is one of my favorite things to do with grand kids. I brought a copy of Wind in the Willows to read, and although they have already heard it, and could tell me what came next, they loved hearing it again.
This was a book just for Ben and Cal and Grammy...Everyday, Kory did something different with Millie's hair. They both enjoyed it a lot, and Julie and I enjoyed the results!
Today was cute braids...but the curls just couldn't help escaping!
I also brought Julie's baby book with me. I had been working on redoing it, and have the first year done. All the children gathered around to see what their mother (and Papa, Grammy, Aunt Joy and Aunt JoAnn) looked like all those years ago. We had a fun time looking back 33 years ago.
Kory was so good with all the kids...here she is playing and cuddling with Cecily. Cecily is 9 months old and doesn't like to get too far away from Mommy, but she would go to Kory without complaint!
A perfect toy for Cecily to grab and shake!
I also brought a craft project for the kids. Several years of working in crafts with the kids in Vacation Bible School has left me with some good ideas of what kids like. I cleaned out the Insurance Man' closet for his old ties and brought one for each of the kids. We set up a table in the basement and sewed, stuffed, glued and ripped to make 'snakes' out of the ties.
Here's William stuffing his...
and Samuel is cutting out forked tongues from red felt.
Sometimes the stuffing would pop out and Grammy or Kory would come to rescue with needle and thread.
Kory worked extra hard helping Millie, as it was a hard project for a 2-year old...
and here's everyone with their finished results. The snakes each had rattlers, as we stuffed a little canister of beans in the tails...and voila! fierce and cuddly rattlesnakes.
Julie: They LOVE their snakes!
Today was cute braids...but the curls just couldn't help escaping!
I also brought Julie's baby book with me. I had been working on redoing it, and have the first year done. All the children gathered around to see what their mother (and Papa, Grammy, Aunt Joy and Aunt JoAnn) looked like all those years ago. We had a fun time looking back 33 years ago.
Kory was so good with all the kids...here she is playing and cuddling with Cecily. Cecily is 9 months old and doesn't like to get too far away from Mommy, but she would go to Kory without complaint!
A perfect toy for Cecily to grab and shake!
I also brought a craft project for the kids. Several years of working in crafts with the kids in Vacation Bible School has left me with some good ideas of what kids like. I cleaned out the Insurance Man' closet for his old ties and brought one for each of the kids. We set up a table in the basement and sewed, stuffed, glued and ripped to make 'snakes' out of the ties.
Here's William stuffing his...
and Samuel is cutting out forked tongues from red felt.
Sometimes the stuffing would pop out and Grammy or Kory would come to rescue with needle and thread.
Kory worked extra hard helping Millie, as it was a hard project for a 2-year old...
and here's everyone with their finished results. The snakes each had rattlers, as we stuffed a little canister of beans in the tails...and voila! fierce and cuddly rattlesnakes. Julie: They LOVE their snakes!
What a fun time we had!
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Such fun! I love the stuffed snakes! Those are too cool. :)
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