And altogether amazing Friday night and Saturday morning spent with my 8 year old grand-daughter. What a magical age, eight!
The evening filled with us cooking pasta together and making Playdoh refrigerator magnets and bath time with washable markers...and her turning the tiled bathtub walls into a work of art. The movie "Water Horse" and story-time and hot cocoa then snuggling with Tucker and several of the stuffed bears until she was fast asleep.
Up early to help fix "Pigs in a blanket" and hot tea...
and then to plunder the scarves, and coloured hair extensions and curls kit, and paint our nails together before our morning ended.
and ending up with Safari Nails....one hand zebra and the other leopard!
"Grands" keep you young.
(at heart anyway!)
She and Hannah are going to be able to share our (late) Thanksgiving next week with Chris and Tina.
The kids, who came in the other afternoon after work and collapsed on the sofa they were so tired. When I covered them up they looked so cute laying there sound asleep I stole a shot!
Exciting news as Nicki will be finding out if "The Bump" is a little girl or a boy today! Hoping to know before the day is out. And I may just go with pink or blue hearts on the quilt. Hearts go with everything!*
My bedroom an absolute disaster with all the Christmas stuff everywhere...inside from the patio room. Waiting not-so-patiently for the seasonal change after Thanksgiving this year. I have got to weed out and pass some of this on to the Senior Center. A much much better place to donate gently used items. The Goodwill put a price on things that it ridiculous since they were donated. The Senior Center keeps the prices low so that the elderly can actually afford them.
And Tucker...who is spending most of these cold days...indoors...on the sofa...and snuggling with his stuffed fish. One of the first plush toys he really seems to like. Of course the tail is stuffed with catnip! (...thanks Pam!)
This week's book "The Wedding Gift" by Marlen Suyapa Bodden set in the deep South during the times of slavery. The story of a young slave girl who is "gifted" to the plantation owner's daughter (as her maid) on her wedding day...and the girl's struggles to find her way to the North and freedom. A nice twist at the very end of the story elevates this book to a must read. Excellent period piece!
So back to cleaning the house and preparing for next week's holiday...looking forward to hearing from Nicki and have ALREADY received the first "HOLD THIS DATE" for an early Christmas Party at Donna, Dane's and Eric's, and hopefully the 12th for Christmas with both my Grandsons! Planning an afternoon Christmas High Tea with Judy, Loretta and Ola as well!
December's shaping up to be a busy month, already!
Have a wonderful weekend!
* And a tiny postscript...as the kids just told me according to the ultra-sound...maybe...
