We arrived on Wednesday evening and have enjoyed every minute we've spent with the grandkids. It's great to hang out with them on a daily basis and be part of their routine. Thursday afternoon we watched gymnastics and Friday morning we went to swimming lessons.
Friday afternoon we went to Cinemark to see Cinderella (a first for us.) Both of them loved the movie (and the popcorn.)
Saturday we spent the afternoon at Shannon's parent's condo. The swimming pool was too cold, but the hot tub was just right.
On Sunday afternoon, Jon and his friend, Kate, drove up from Santa Cruz. We had dinner and made homemade ice cream. Fun times!
Just checked and, yep, my last blog post was 5 days ago . . . . . time is flying here in California.
Yesterday we went to the park. Maleia and Josiah had so much fun playing together. Today we went to swim lessons with them--the swim school had a great viewing area where we could watch without distracting the kids. I'm amazed at how well Maleia is doing--front floats, back floats and kicking her way across the pool with a couple of quick breaths. Shannon was with Josiah in the moms/babies class. He loves the water, so no crying from him.
Tonight Shannon's oldest brother, Michael, and his wife, Emilee, and her youngest brother, Brian, joined us for tacos. It was quite a spread. I made the traditional after-a-taco meal dessert: oatmeal cake with cream cheese frosting. Actually, it's really just a Parris tradition that has nothing to do with tacos. Maleia asked how to say "yummy" in Spanish! Her dad told her "delicioso" but she preferred to say the slang, "jummy." Josiah kept saying, "I'm ready for my cake."
Fun times-- 6 days left.
