Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's House

Last weekend, Zack was out of town hanging out with Middle Schoolers so Zane, Emerson and I packed our things and drove down to Colorado Springs to visit Grandma and Grandpa. We had a full schedule, packed with activities...

Zane used his new tool kit to help Grandpa Dave fix our car door. It would only open from the outside, so they took the whole door apart, fixed the broken wire, and put it back together. What a handy little guy and a really handy Grandpa!


He and I got to go to the park together, just the two of us. The whole time he played, he carried around his two pretend birds, who he named "Diego Bird" and "Nice Dinosaur." When I asked him if the birds wanted to do something, he would say, "Not right now, they're busy" or "They're actually sleeping right now, so maybe later." When he gets one on one attention, he's just so fun. There was also a huge map of the U.S. painted on the sidewalk, which he was happy about because he knows a bunch of the states from the U.S. puzzle that he's been doing daily. I would ask him where someone lives or ask him to find a state and he would go jump on it. It was pretty remarkable, actually.


We hung out under the blanket a lot.
What would a weekend away be without some singing and dancing...Grandma found a "real" microphone and Zane went to town with it. It was funny because Emerson wanted it so bad, so she kept chasing Zane trying to grab the cord and Zane could barely keep it away from her.
We baked sugar cookies in the shape of hearts for Valentine's Day. Zane and I stood there and rolled, cut, and baked cookies for almost an hour and he never got tired of it. He did a lot of it by himself.

This is his smile. :)

Emerson had fun playing with the tuppaware. I think this face is hilarious.

She also spent lot's of time with Grandma. During the weekend, since she's crawling now, she was just so content. A whole new world opened up to her and she played and played and played.

1 comment:

Lori Arnold said...

Well, it certainly looks like you ALL had a lot of fun!!