07.25.10
Camp Grandma – A wonderful gift!
This week Dean enjoyed spending time in Humble with his grandparents. My parents took him home with them when they left on Sunday and passed him off to his Honey and Pops on Wednesday. Dean enjoyed running errands, playing on the toy isle in Target, visiting with GG and Grandaddy, eating at chick-fil-a, story time at the Atascocita library, play time with the Tucker family and much more! I think his week was filled with fun and lots of love!
Dean’s Mom and Dad also enjoyed the quiet week. I made sure to arrange lots of lunch and coffee dates with friends as well as a shopping trip to the Allen outlets with Miranda and Glenda. I was able to score some great back to school finds and have a nice relaxing time shopping w/o having to worry about making sure Dean was having fun. On Friday Glenda and I set out for an early morning trip to Canton. Although it was warm we were able to find some great deals, I even managed to get one Christmas gift! Matt and I also enjoyed a few dinner dates and a trip to the movies. We had a great week of rest and relaxation. The week ended with a special treat, Matt went to Houston to pick up Dean and I stayed home…alone…for the first time in 20 months…it was heavenly! I truly feel like the entire week was a huge blessing and was just what I needed the week before heading back to school. Thank you Grandmother, Papa, Honey and Pops for loving and taking care of Dean – we look forward to the 3rd annual Camp Grandma next summer. Hey, maybe we can figure out a way for it to be semi-annual…I’m sure Dean would love to come for a week at Christmas!
There are many great pictures of Camp Grandmas. Matt’s working on sifting through them (about 1,000) and will post them here after he is finished. So, check back for pics of Dean’s great week! Until Then!
Honey was nice enough to document Dean’s time with her. I wanted to include her notes in the post so when we look back on our blog years from now we will know how much Dean was enjoyed and how much Dean enjoyed his time too.
Sunday:
I just wanted to let you know what a great evening we had with DT, Grandmother & Papa! Dinner was all ready when they arrived – the pasta, asparagus & mushroom salad was perfect with dad’s grilled steak, chicken & corn on the cob! My warm praline pecan sauce on Blue Bell may have been a little over the top…but everybody forced it down! Dean enjoyed grapes, cheese stick, ravioli, and “more please” ice cream! It was so neat to have just the 4 of us together for a wonderful visit. Prince Charming had all our attention as he played ball outside, picked up rocks, pet Coal, looked at books and played a piano concerto for his grandparents! We LOVE your kid!!
We’ve worked out a perfect “camp” schedule for the week that should keep Dean very busy and make lots of people happy who want time with him!
Now……you two get to just relax, take care of yourselves and know that your boy is experiencing the beginning of a tradition of “camp” with his loving and adoring grandparents!
Thank you so much for this amazing blessing and joyful week in our lives!
Wednesday:
We had a lot of fun from 9:30 – 1:00 while Grandmother & Papa went to the Woodlands. We sorted colored blocks, read books and played with Coal at home, then we went to Target and spent an hour playing with toys in the toy section!! Dean would really focus and play with something, then sign “finished” and hand it back to me to put back on the shelf. When I asked if he wanted to take it home he’d say, “No” and point to something else. We got lots of great language and free entertainment before he finally said “Yes” and put something – ok, a few things – in the basket!!
Then we went over to GG & Granddaddy’s house for a turkey dog, chips, applesauce, cookie & “cold purple” (popsicle)….followed by hide & seek, bubbles and tickle time! Dean was so cute and playful with his great-grands….just adorable! He is talking so well – putting 2 words together a lot!!
Our little guy fell asleep in the car on the way back to Grandmother’s, so it was perfect timing for his nap at 1:00.
Tomorrow (Thursday) we’ll walk over to the library for 11:00 baby storytime with puppets & music – Dean should love it! Then we are meeting Mandi & Emily at Chick Fil A for lunch and fun in the playroom. They’ll come back for more playtime until he’s ready for a nap and they have to leave for Baytown to play softball. Nancy is planning to come over later tomorrow for her turn with DT!
Thanks for documenting Honey. Matt and I both enjoyed reading the nightly updates!