May 22, 2013

The Great Grandparenting Adventure: By Grandma Baker

First, I have to say, Grandma Baker is THE BEST! Not only did she and grandpa fly all the way out here from Missouri to watch our 3 little handfuls, but she also documented it all for me! I asked her if she would piece together a blog post of their 7 day adventure and she did, along with pictures! I sure love her! Here is their week back in Utah while Rich and I were on our cruise:
The Great Grandparenting Adventure
We had a wonderful “grandparenting adventure” last month when Jessica and Rich went on their cruise! I must say we were a little apprehensive…what would we do for a whole week with three grandkids ages 3, 4 and 5? Well, we found plenty to do!
Mornings were a sleepytime…
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Climbing in bed with grandma and grandpa.
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We were slow to get up and around…but that was ok!
It took a long time to put together a giant puzzle one morning and then we found it had 1 piece missing. We found that all three kids are masterful at puzzles! (Side note: I was told that they later found the missing piece but by then Arabella had destroyed the puzzle.)
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On Sunday it was a beautiful sunny day to go to church together.
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We discovered a park up the hill from home and took a hike up to play in the sand.
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We brought the kids bubble blowers so we spent one morning blowing bubbles and catching them!
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The kids loved to bicycle and ride their scooters anytime of the day!
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Utah bikers
We discovered a great bowling alley on base and they had slides for the kids to roll their balls down…perfect!!
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Oh there was so much to do! The kids loved being outside so we spent one morning playing baseball! Aidan was quite the hitter!
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And Maya was quite the gymnast on her jungle gym!
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Later we washed the windows to get ready to celebrate spring.
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We hiked to the splash pad a block away and though the water wasn’t turned on yet, we pretended it was!
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Later on, Maya wanted to plant pretty flowers so she picked out her favorites and we brought them home to plant.
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Making Rice Krispie treats was a real “treat” for Arabella!
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We made cookies too.
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When our week was up we were sad to leave our Utah family but knew it wouldn’t be too long before we would have another adventure together!!
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The End
Aren’t they the greatest? I know that there was so much more to be written about their adventures but here we got a little glimps into the great fun they had. Our kids had so much fun and still tell me all about the fun stuff that Grandma let them do. I don’t know if I can live up to her! We are so blessed to have the world’s best grandparents for our kids!

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