Sunday, December 21, 2014

How toddlers think....

When the four "older" grandkids were playing together
this week, Andrew & Everleigh were playing with
Brigg's 4-story Fire House pictured below.
When they walked away I noticed that Andrew
had set up a scene in the Fire House bathroom
that he is familiar with....pictured below. 

Then I noticed that Ethan was giving his kitty a ride
in the dump truck,

Briggs had set up 
Darth Vader and R2D2  battling in the downstairs playhouse,
(look out, R2D2)

Lego man and the cast of Star Wars were battling
on the "stove",

and later in the week, Ethan had positioned himself
under the recliner and was "fixing it", much as you
would a car up on a hoist....

Overheard recently:
Andrew, talking mostly to himself in the backseat of the van,
"It's ok if you're sad, people will still love you."

Ethan (2), holding up 2 fingers said to me,
"Grandma, my number is 2.  What's your number?"
When I said, "64", he looked at his hands
and fingers, and was stumped on how to show "64".

:)

Sunday, December 14, 2014

In the beginning....

Five years ago this month Grandma Bunny started
daycare for baby Everleigh.  Here she is
that first day, saying goodbye to her daddy.

And here we are later that day.....


Here's an early outing on a shopping trip.

Christmas with Andrew and me
 A daycare days with Andrew


An overnight at my house learning about smores

Another daycare day with Briggs and Ethan

A springtime project...a bird feeder

She and I get to know baby Foster.
 Everleigh loves projects.  Here's her drawing of Disney
princesses...top row, Rapunzel (long hair), Aurora (pink),
Cinderella (upswept hair, blue dress), bottom row, Ariel (red hair),
Belle (yellow dress), and Tiana (black hair)
Five years has flown by and she's as sweet and
beautiful today as the first day we were together.
Can't wait to see what your future holds, little girl.

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Andrew's recipe for cookies

You might think that Andrew is
too busy thinking about tow trucks
and legos to pay attention to
how to make cookies.
Here's his recipe (told to me recently)

1)  Put in sugar
2)  Mix with a spoon
3)  Turn on Oven
4)  Wait