Last Monday my mom drove down to Ponca City and spent some time with her parents. Thursday late morning the all arrived to spend some time with Luke and Leta. L&L were exited to be the center of attention and spent the time being cute and silly with all sorts of grandparents watching them. Them mom took my grandparents back to PC and arrived around supper time Friday. She was able to stay for a long visit and didn't have to leave until right before lunch on Thursday morning.
Saturday we got up and headed to the Edmond Farmers Market. It was HOT! Both kids were played out by the time we made it home, but we've been enjoying our watermelon and other things since. Saturday evening we got out and set up the slip-n-slide. (Luke has asked to play slip-n-slide every. single. day. since we got it) Luke quickly got the hang of sliding. Leta never really tried and was content to splash in the little pool area and drink from the spraying water.
Sunday we all went to church followed by the traditional Qdoba. This summer our church is doing small groups every other week and on the "off" weeks we're doing some sort of fellowship activity. This past Sunday it was an all church kickball game. Luke wanted to kick once so he, Leta and I acted as one person. Luke kicked the ball and we made it to first. That's where we handed Leta off to my mom. Luke was tagged out at third base and couldn't understand why he didn't get a chance to run home. After that he was more into playing in the dirt.
Monday was a Body and Soul day followed by the church playground. Tuesday morning we went to the Edmond Historical Museum followed by a quick trip to Target for milk. The EHM has a small hands on children's museum, which is perfect for spending and hour or two in on a hot day. Or a cold day, too, I would assume, but we're not having any of those lately! Luke enjoyed playing with the train table, but when he was done with that he found some blocks that he took into their tepee and "constructed his structures". Leta wandered around a bit, but then settled down and colored mostly with markers and a little bit with the crayons for the rest of her time. She made two very nice pictures. The marker was also quite easy to get off her face, neck, arms and hands.
Wednesday was more Body and Soul followed by the Splash Pad. I didn't bring my camera this time because I figured the pictures would look quite similar to our last trip. We then ate lunch at Chick-Fil-A, which is exciting enough for L&L but today the COW was there. Leta was in love and terrified all at the same time and spent quite a bit of time mooing at the cow. Luke was more brave and waved to the cow and gave him a high 5.
Thursday morning before mom left we headed outside to play on the play set, only to find the sprinklers ON and the play set soaked. So we changed plans and played on the driveway instead. Luke and mom spent lots of time playing sidewalk chalk and our driveway is covered with turtles. There is even a Soper Turtle Family complete with Daddy, Mommy, Luke, Leta and Max. They got to have a Popsicle for their morning snack, which earned them both a trip to the bath tub before lunch.
"Regular Grandma" When I was telling Luke how grandma was coming for a visit and how many sleeps until she would be here etc. he kept asking for clarification on which grandma I was talking about. I told him every way I knew how that it was Grandma Olson, from Nebraska, the one who....fill in the blank with many, MANY examples. He looked at me and asked, "The Regular Grandma?" So, yeah, I guess the "regular" grandma. After talking about it, Kyle and I decided she must be the "regular" one because he has Grandma Binky and Gigi, grandmas with something else attached to their name or different about it. But Grandma Olson, is just grandma, which I guess just makes her regular.
