Saturday, July 7
It
was 8:00a.m. and all the kids were still asleep. I guess they were all a little bit more worn
out than I had guessed. I just let them
sleep. By 8:30 they all began waking
up. I had really gone all out this
morning and I was preparing “Peas In A Pod,” and “All-Star Bologna.” I came up with both of those ideas all on my
own. I am not a creative person, but I
love thinking of new things to do for the grandkids. “Peas In A Pod” is very similar to “Toad In A
Hole,” except with that there is only one hole for the egg and three fourths of
the bread has nothing on it. I just make
three small holes, mix up the eggs and pour a little egg mixture in each
one. I add a few little diced up ham
bites on top of the egg. I just consider
the holes the pod and the egg and ham bites the peas. Oh well!
Anyway the ones that eat eggs pretty much ate some of it anyway. I think all nine ate the bologna. That was what I was more concerned
about. Bailey came back twice for more
“All-Star Bologna.” I had a small star
cookie cutter and I got about five stars out of one piece of bologna. The second time I was all out of stars, but I
had some of the leftovers from where the stars didn’t cut, and immediately
Bailey let me know she didn’t want that bologna, but she wanted the stars. You just never know what might work with kids
when you are cooking. Whatever works for
them works for me.
We
started out with a game of Bingo right after breakfast. Grampy ran to the grocery store for me while
I called our numbers and gave out Whoopie Cushions to the winners. Of course once we had a winner, and that
winner started sitting on the cushion and letting off all the extreme noises,
everybody wanted one. I thought I was
going to have to go back to Dollar Tree right then to make sure everybody had
one in his or her hand. It was lots of
fun and it tickled me to see all of them laughing so much. Joshua won first in Bingo, Bailey won second,
and Caley won third.
Right
after we finished cleaning the church we headed to Muscle Shoals.
Grandmother
Morrow enjoyed everyone coming over. I
think she couldn’t believe how much they had grown. She had toys out and a puzzle on the table
for them to enjoy.
Grandmother
Johnson went with us to eat lunch at the catfish and chicken place she
loves. It was delicious and the kids all
ate really well. I can never go wrong
with chicken with this group. I think
they could eat it for every single meal.
“Quiet
Time” was quite different from yesterday.
I didn’t hear a peep out of anyone.
It gave me a moment to catch my breath and actually sit down for a few
minutes.
“Crazy Bowling” was just that, a little crazy. You would think it would be easy to knock over ten plastic bright colored bowling pins, but that was not necessarily true. There were many gutter balls thrown and many were flustered that it wasn’t as easy as it looked. Bailey never lost confidence at all. She said it looked easy and evidently it was for her. She tied for first with Joshua. Abbie came in second, and Camden was third place.
“Shower
Cap Cheese Balls” was hilarious. Our
neighbor had been watching from his sunroom and came over to see what was going
on. The kids had been waiting for this
game to start all day. We put a shower
cap on all of their heads, covered the cap in shaving cream, and Grampy threw
cheese balls at all of the players. They
could not use their arms at all. The one
with the most cheese balls in their cap would win. Grampy and I kept laughing and laughing at
the kids. Every time he would throw them
in the air the kids would back up. He kept
telling them over and over to run up to make sure they caught them on their
head, but I guess human nature just takes over.
At the end the winners were Macy in first place, Bailey in second, and
Noah in third. I really hate to inform
everyone that all of the other players were disqualified because they began
picking up all the cheese balls on the ground and putting them on their
heads. What kids will do to win never
ceases to amaze me. You would think they
had a game going on all on their own because it seemed they were in a race to
see who could pick up the most on the ground the fastest and get them on their
heads. One lead and the others followed,
except for our winners. They deserved
the win.
We
didn’t have time for any more games today.
I have got some big time catching up to do. We are behind several games at this
point. Maybe tomorrow we will have some
time to get ahead for a change.
Our
fishing excursion was awesome. All of
them caught at least one catfish. Some
of them were whoppers. Macy was the
first one to catch a fish, and as soon as she did she was ready to go. She did what she came to do, and there was no
need to stay any longer as far as she was concerned. The kids had a ball and Joshua, Camden, and
Carter kept on and on fishing until dark.
We are so glad we got to take them.
Darlene and Jerry Bogus were kind enough to let us come and enjoy their
beautiful pond. They even had poles for
everyone and the kids were in hog heaven.
Not one of them though was willing to bait their hook. The livers were stinky, slimy, and just too
much for them to handle. It was all I
could do myself. I would think it was an
awesome fishing trip as well if someone would bait my hook every time I
go. Grampy said he was baiting his own
hook when he was their age, but Grampy grew up in the country and had a pond at
his home. Our grandkids all live in a subdivision
and fishing is not a routine thing for them.
I am sure in time they will learn.
I
took two ice chests full of stuff for a picnic supper and we just did not have
time to get it all out. The fish were
biting like crazy and it was just one thing after another. It was late when we got home, ate supper, and
started baths. I could tell tonight that
the kids were tired. Grampy and I are
both exhausted. I am so tired right now
I think I could sleep for half a day, but there is not time for that. There is much to do, and time is
running. Nana
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