Grandfadder-time
Katie and I went to visit my dad this weekend. We headed down Friday after having lunch with my pal Julie and her oldest daughter, who is 6. It was girls day! We went to Katie's favorite restaurant - Chinese. The girls ate a very healthy wunch, as K calls it.
My mom has been in Central America for a week on a mission trip. We've been saying prayers every night for Grandmudder and her friends, that they'd be safe and have a meaningful trip. My dad visited his sister for a few days but then was solo for a few days. I figured he was either lonely or enjoying the quiet - in either case, I felt it my duty to change it ;) So K and I trundled off to Louisville for an overnight visit with Grandfadder.
They had a GREAT time. She told him lots of stories and had a fabulous time playing in the fountain. He has a tiny little recirculating fountain on the deck and it had rocks in it. If you know Katie, you know she LOVES rocks. She lined them all up on the deck rail, wiped them all off, then put them all back in the water. So they'd be clean. *raises one eyebrow.
It was too rainy to ride her bike, so she colored nicely and busily played with the assorted dolls, bears, and Ellie the Elephant. She rarely sits still, the little Energizer bunny. I watched them through the window for awhile, my wonderful dad and my precious daughter. I wish I could capture those moments to replay them forever, it was so sweet.
My brother came over this morning and we were out on the deck playing ball. She likes her Uncle Wob. "He's funny", she says. Katie was going after the ball and hit her arm on the windowsill. Her little elbow hit RIGHT on the corner ledge of the brick and split open. Blood everywhere. A look of horror on her face as it registered that it SERIOUSLY hurt. We got it all washed up and put some medicine and a "ban-baid" on it, but not before some serious tears were shed. She even asked for her Daddy. Lots of snuggles til she felt better. She went into the living room to watch some tv and passed out on the couch from the exhaustion. My poor little love. It didn't look bad enough for stitches, but certainly was deep. Bad brick, bad! Once she woke up, she went right back to playing. She's such a trooper.
Our drive home was uneventful. I stopped about halfway coz I was starting to nod off. We had ice cream at McDonald's and had to run through a hard rain back to the van - THAT woke me up. She loves the puddles and tipped her head back, letting the rain fall on her face. Isn't it fun to see things through her eyes? Most of us would grumble, but she reminds me to splash and enjoy it :)
I learn so much more from her than I can teach her. But I'm trying! Our elbow-episode gave me a good chance to talk about blood - how it travels through the body and what it does. She's so smart, just slurps up information. I love her brain :)
Even when it does weird stuff like this, the other night. She was just about asleep when she said "Mommy?" "yes dear?" "Peter Piker picked a peck of pepples." "alright honey, goodnight" "nite mommy"
My mom has been in Central America for a week on a mission trip. We've been saying prayers every night for Grandmudder and her friends, that they'd be safe and have a meaningful trip. My dad visited his sister for a few days but then was solo for a few days. I figured he was either lonely or enjoying the quiet - in either case, I felt it my duty to change it ;) So K and I trundled off to Louisville for an overnight visit with Grandfadder.
They had a GREAT time. She told him lots of stories and had a fabulous time playing in the fountain. He has a tiny little recirculating fountain on the deck and it had rocks in it. If you know Katie, you know she LOVES rocks. She lined them all up on the deck rail, wiped them all off, then put them all back in the water. So they'd be clean. *raises one eyebrow.
It was too rainy to ride her bike, so she colored nicely and busily played with the assorted dolls, bears, and Ellie the Elephant. She rarely sits still, the little Energizer bunny. I watched them through the window for awhile, my wonderful dad and my precious daughter. I wish I could capture those moments to replay them forever, it was so sweet.
My brother came over this morning and we were out on the deck playing ball. She likes her Uncle Wob. "He's funny", she says. Katie was going after the ball and hit her arm on the windowsill. Her little elbow hit RIGHT on the corner ledge of the brick and split open. Blood everywhere. A look of horror on her face as it registered that it SERIOUSLY hurt. We got it all washed up and put some medicine and a "ban-baid" on it, but not before some serious tears were shed. She even asked for her Daddy. Lots of snuggles til she felt better. She went into the living room to watch some tv and passed out on the couch from the exhaustion. My poor little love. It didn't look bad enough for stitches, but certainly was deep. Bad brick, bad! Once she woke up, she went right back to playing. She's such a trooper.
Our drive home was uneventful. I stopped about halfway coz I was starting to nod off. We had ice cream at McDonald's and had to run through a hard rain back to the van - THAT woke me up. She loves the puddles and tipped her head back, letting the rain fall on her face. Isn't it fun to see things through her eyes? Most of us would grumble, but she reminds me to splash and enjoy it :)
I learn so much more from her than I can teach her. But I'm trying! Our elbow-episode gave me a good chance to talk about blood - how it travels through the body and what it does. She's so smart, just slurps up information. I love her brain :)
Even when it does weird stuff like this, the other night. She was just about asleep when she said "Mommy?" "yes dear?" "Peter Piker picked a peck of pepples." "alright honey, goodnight" "nite mommy"
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