a weekend of firsts

Grandbaby's First Tractor Ride
July 6, 2008

It was a weekend filled with friends, family and fun! We were supposed to go out to dinner with friends Friday night but cancelled because I was still groggy from a medical test that morning. The kids with oldest grandbaby arrived Friday in time for dinner. Little Miss Sunshine was so excited to see boats yelling out bo and pointing every time a boat went by. Birds are called chi chis because that is the name of her babysitter's bird. Planes are called apane. Well were were in stitches watching her excitement between the boats, birds and planes while we enjoyed a bit of nice weather on the dock. Two new phrases are dat my mommy and dat my daddy. A sing song hi and bye complete with waving followed by blowing a kiss brought a lot of smiles. One of the cutest jesters she makes is mimicking the raised arm and snapping fingers to get a child's attention when taking a picture. Every time she spots the camera she makes the jester then waits patiently for her photo shoot. Talk about adorable!

Saturday afternoon we went for a boat ride. Grandbaby was excited but that wasn't enough to prevent the sleepies :) We couldn't believe she slept through noise of our boat as well as the noise from other water traffic. The go fast boats make a horrendous amount of noise! We anchored at our favourite swimming spot. It has a lovely sandy beach that is perfect for wading to. Many fellow boaters bring picnics including small barbeques to enjoy on the shore. We enjoyed a few snacks in the boat watching as she tried to take in all the new sights. Saturday night we enjoyed a nice family outing at a relatives for a barbeque and fireworks. Their property is quite large with a hill some distance from the house overlooking a huge pond. They set the fireworks off from the hill so it was quite an impressive display!

We spent Sunday morning by the water being a bit lazy. After lunch the kids took grandbaby to another relative's farm for her very first tractor ride. She is way up in the tractor pictured above and gosh did she ever enjoy herself! The kids brought her back to stay with us for the evening while they went to a concert. Everything was going along nicely until about 8 o'clock when she picked up her little stuffed lion and blanket then went to the stairs. The poor little mite must have thought mommy and daddy were upstairs! She turned around said bye, waved then blew us a kiss and headed up the stairs. Grandpa picked her up but she wasn't having none of that! Grandma's idea of a calming bath was anything but! Changed into cute little pink pajamas, she snuggled up to Grandpa while he rocked her in the sunporch finally drifting off to sleep. Oh I should mention that she flatly refuses to sleep in any crib! She insists on sleeping on the floor which is fine at her house but if you've read this blog you will also have read about our friendly centipedes so Grandpa laid her on the love seat where she slept until mommy and daddy arrived. They loaded everything in thing in their new Honda Pilot to make the long journey home.

It was a weekend well spent :)

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