We have been busy here at the Cave Casa with family stuff…We went to
Zionsville,IN to babysit the Wolff Cubs so their parents could go to Jamaica for
5 days. Aiden is now 8 and Maddox is 5..No more diapers to change or lost
pacifiers to look under a crib for…AND…no more cribs, either!!! Both kids are in
school now, too. The school bus picks them up on the corner in front of their
house at 8:24AM..NOT 8:23…NOT 8:25….AT 8:24!!!! And they get dropped off at the
same spot at 3:45PM…exactly!!! We arrived Friday afternoon . Chris and John had
a 5AM flight on Saturday, and they arrived back home on Wednesday evening at
9:30PM..The most time we spent with the boys was the weekend because they were
in school Mon, Tues. and Wed.…
The boys had a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle that Papa got roped into helping
with. Well, not really “roped in”..Dennis is obsessed with these puzzles! We
have been known to take as many as 6 of them in our Hiker when camping..We even
had a special cloth to put the puzzle on while assembling it.. That way, you
could fold it up and put it away, and still use our RV table to eat on..Now THAT
is ridiculous!! .It took 2 boys and one Papa 2 days to finish it..The boys are
pretty darn good at puzzles on their own too!
They finished this one in no time…working together…This isn’t
always
the case!!!
Satuday we walked to the park in Zionsville. The weather was fabulous..60
degrees and sunny…and these kids were lovin’ it!
This park is on the Eagle River and is really pretty…There are 3 different
playgrounds, a tennis court, and a couple ball parks there too!
These are great kids…cute too..but I might be just a tad prejudice…..Ya
think???? They did some posing for Mimi (me)…
Actually, the photo above is more the “norm”…Saturday night the boys
and “moi” put together an award winning stuffed crust pizza!!
We used string cheese to roll into the outer crust…WALLA!! That pizza was
seriously awesome!!
We had a great time with the boys and their Mom and Dad got
some much needed relaxation in Jamaica..”NO PROBLEM, MON!”
After we got back home, we had another great family day with the Heisers…Our
youngest Heiser grandson is following in the thespian footsteps of his big
sister and loves to be “on stage”. We attended his middle school play, “The
Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes” on the following Sunday matinee. Campbell
(nicknamed “Soupy” by his friends) is in 7th grade and the play involves 6th,
7th and 8th grade students. The setting was a mental hospital where most of the
patients thought they were someone famous. One patient thought she was the
Queen of England, one guys thought he was George Washington..and so
on…Campbell’s character was named Henry Lee, but he thought he was Count
Dracula…OMG..Campbell was the littlest, skinniest Dracula I have ever had to
pleasure to encounter…Here are a few pics taken on stage..
He may have been small, but when he opened his mouth, his Dracula voice was a
booming one!!And check out that slicked back “do”!!
He apparently forgot his coffin and used the floor…He cracked me
up!!!
Curtain Call!!! (Look at his skinny little legs!)..
After the play we had to get photos of the Count with all of us,
naturally!!
Taylor, his big Sis, and Peyton, his big bro were sooooo proud of
Campbell..This is a big deal for him…He use to be very afraid to be noticed and
has some sensory issues..For Campbell to begin stepping out of his “comfort
zone” and up on the big stage is a huuuuuuge deal!!!
Grama and Papa were extremely proud of our grandson!!!
Group photo!!!!!
Soooo,now that I have bored you with more family stuff, I need to
say that Dennis and I are no longer upset at the fact that we won’t be going
anywhere this Winter..The fact is, we are so blessed to have our health and
family, we are actually getting ready for the holidays with anticipation at
being here…NOT, however, the shoveling part of being here..but it is what it is!
I even had to go buy a new Christmas tree, since we haven’t been home for quite
a few Christmases, our old tree went to Wolff Den about 6 years ago!!
This is our new and improved, slim and “trimmed” Christmas Tree.
I hope everyone had a very wonderful , peaceful and safe
Thanksgiving Day, filled with love and hugs and lots of good food!!!
“Blessed are those that can give without
remembering and receive without forgetting”…
~ unknown
