It came as a surprise last night. An email told us that Grandpa was sick and could we have the greatgrandkids over here. Sure! It was a professional development day for educators and the kids got here at 7:30 AM. What do you want for breakfast? Pancakes! So, it's off to IHOP and pancakes, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs.
Back home: games, including Crunch, a dangerous, full-body form of multi-player solitaire. Other games.
Shoveling a path to the birdfeeder so Lynn could reload it. Playing on our snowhills and putting footprints and pathways over as much of the property as possible. Lunch at Dairy Queen. Why are there some many kids and gray-haired caretakers? It's a professional development day.
Take Lynn to Gallery Q, where she will hostess for the afternoon. Home to the movie: The Secret Life of Pets 2, a lesson in courage and physical agility (and animation). Mom spent the day attaining her 2nd notch in the positive approach to working with kids. She showed up and piled the 6th grader and the 4th grader and backpacks, plastic bags, a paper shopping bag and assorted tools, devices and games into her van.
We realize that such opportunities are not always available and we are glad we had this chance.
