Granny is Here: Week 2

The second week we had a couple of days at home, made bird feeders, went back to Marsh Creek lake for a picnic and to play in the water, and we visited family up in Connecticut.

Grandma's niece lives in Stonington, CT and we thought it would be fun to pay her a visit. James unfortunately had to work so he stayed at home with Cisco. It was Hayley's first road trip and she did great. If we weren't stopped to feed her, then she was sleeping!

 After traveling for the day we took it easy, caught up with Ruth and dinner. The second day we explored the town of Stonington, its a quaint town, not touristy and beautiful. We hit the park, right next to the water, grabbed lunch at a little café and spent the afternoon playing in the sand and water. Somehow the boys still had energy, and played outside in Ruth's garden rolling down banks and jumping off tree trunks.

 



Our third day we were heading home but not until the evening so it gave us the whole day to fit in a few more fun activities. We headed over to Mystic and while there is a ton to do there we skipped all the attractions and had a quieter day. We took the boys to an ice cream shop that sat next to the town drawbridge, great view and best ice cream I've had. The boys ran off some energy at a playground and we ended the day by taking a walk next to the water and got to see the drawbridge go up. The boys were fascinated and I'm so glad it worked out that they got to see that.



We really had the best time and are planning on heading back this summer, with James in tow.

Granny is Here: Week 1

May, the month when school winds down, summer unofficially starts and when Granny comes to visit!!! With it taking her two days to travel from Exmouth to us here in America, she decided to stay for close to a month, which we fully approved of. The kids took to her pretty much immediately and are loving having Granny here when they wake up in the mornings. It's been wonderful having her here for so much time as we don't have to cram a ton of stuff into a short amount of time, but have had some laid back days at home, mixed with some fun days out.

After Grandma had settled in for a day or so we decided to take her to Oley Dairy Farm, a favorite place of ours to go and feed the goats. It got off to a wet start with a random rain shower but we waited out the rain and had a fun afternoon feeding the goats and playing on the playground.

Instead of calling Grandma for her birthday, this year we got to celebrate together and it was such a fun day, spoiling her! We opened cards and presents in the morning before heading to Winterthur for the day. We had been to Winterthur recently and thought Grandma would really enjoy seeing the gardens. Before heading home for cake, we took her out for a birthday meal to McKenzies. The weather was beautiful and we got to enjoy dinner out on the patio.

 

 

Even though the weather wasn't ideal, after church, we took a trip to Marsh Creek Lake. Armed with nets the boys were determined to catch minnows, yet those tiny fish were just too fast. A good time was had though and an ice cream stop on the way home made for great day.

 



We rounded out Grandma's first week with a BBQ on memorial day, a trip to the bowling alley, the boys acquired Lightning McQueen scooters thanks to Granny, and an evening at the pool where Hayley dipped her toes in the for the first time.