I spent the morning going through old picture albums and scanning in pictures from my childhood while my mom and Drew made perler bead art. I marked all the pictures I wanted to scan so hopefully I can finish this project before we leave.
Our morning visit with Granny went really well as I thought ahead to pack a “surprise craft bag” so he wouldn’t get bored. Because Granny’s hearing isn’t as good as it used to be, I have to constantly interpret between them. And Drew’s patience level wears down quickly when we visit her because he can’t understand what she says and he is always disappointed that she doesn’t have toys. He’s played with the same china teapot, bible verse plaque, white doily, and stared at the fan for every single visit. Hee!
SO. I packed a bag of goodies! And it worked beautifully. He laid everything out on the carpet and played with popsicles sticks, pom poms, wooden blocks, TONS of stickers (my mom has enough stickers in her craft closet to fill a sticker store), and his favorite cars. Granny loved watching him play.
After lunch, we set up the pool and filled it ALL the way up and all three of us climbed in and had an incredible amount of fun for two hours. That was the best $10 my mom ever spent. Drew and I then slept until it was time to leave for Greenville.
Daniel had an appointment at the Apple store so he dropped me off at Atlanta Bread Company and I met up with Sara for dinner. We had a lovely time catching up and then she drove me over to the mall where I found my two boys at the Genius Bar.
I also saw this Twilight Mom. Yes, that is Taylor Lautner on her laptop.
I hate malls. ^_^
We shopped in the toy store for a bit (banana scratch and sniff stickers! a new car!) and then drove back to Liberty.
Each time we get in the car Drew immediately asks “is this a long, medium, or short trip? And do we go medium speed?”
And AMAZINGLY, I have convinced my mom to get on Steam! So, it’s all set up on her laptop and she’s currently curled up in her sofa chair playing The Tiny Bang Story.