special times

lately, we have tried to do a few "special" things with each one of the grandchildren.

we watch them regularly....and that is great...but they usually need to fit into our schedule during those times.....

it started with taking brody and wyatt to the circus

then i had the faerie tea for journey

papa took asher to the dinosaur museum

and then we took milo to the kids museum

little clay just thinks crawling around the house is special for right now!!!!

i thought i'd share a few more photos of our special times

(papa took photos of asher, but that camera is not cooperating right yet!)

papa and milo with his dino souvenir

he loved driving the car....until this little gal said he needed to share!!! :-)

grocery shopping was a big hit


so many products to choose from!


playing in the sand


the climbing apparatus was amazing and he loved it!!!
this museum is just wonderful and divided into age appropriate areas!




brody and wyatt at shriners circus

gotta have a souvenir ya know!

just watchin the show

got to ride the elephant....all by their very own selves

without papa or nonnie!

.....and the ponies

he really did have fun...i promise! :-)

same face his mama used to make when she was little!!!

(and his auntie)

it has really been fun getting to share these special times with these amazing little ones....

we look forward to many more!!!

and we are anxiously awaiting grandbaby #7

jessamyn's due date is today!

xoxoxo

Tea for Two

i have been telling journey,

our only granddaughter (to-date),

that we needed to have a TEA.

things got hectic and the TEA was put aside

but journey often talked about it.......

so finally nonnie got it together

and journey and i had

a

FAERIE TEA PARTY

and it was so much fun!

this was her invitation sent through the mail

i made faerie dolls and a faerie house

and i had almost too much fun doing it!!!!!

i set it up out on our patio

as the weather has cooled off now

faerie house and dolls

tea party friends

our faerie woodland

my little faerie tea partner dancing to faerie music

gotta have dancin shoes and a marvelous dress

we made faerie wands

and faerie dust necklaces

and had scrumptious food fit for a faerie tea party

(nonnie had hot tea but journey wanted "pretend tea")

although she did enjoy the sugar cubes!!!!!

faerie dust necklace

playing with her faerie dolls

her purse filled with goodies a little faerie might like

our dancing shoes

thank you journey girl

for all the fun!

my wings are put away for now but i'm going to keep them close!

october

“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on,

and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne

i love the month of october....

just something about it

that heightens the senses

and brings fresh hopes & awakened perspective~

a little shedding of extra baggage

and being free.

happy october all!

another one bites the dust

the other day

brody and nonnie

were on a mission!

we went to find a

WISH BOOK

but alas

after going to 3 different stores

it looks like the wish book

is extinct

and i was so sad.

brody would have been....but he really doesn't even know what a wish book is

when our kids were growing up, it would arrive in the mail

(only one to share between 5 children was quite a trick)

and our five girls

~ poured over the pages of that book for the next 2 months

~earmarking pages

~drawing circles around things that made their eyes sparkle

~writing comments next to their wishes to make sure we understood

and then, of course, they used it as a reference when they wrote their letters to Santa.

it was, looking back, such a fun tradition

and something that entertained our girls for hours and they bonded over

i guess with online everything these days....it wasn't necessary any more

and it was probably costly

but some things are worth the cost

little did i know what emotions it would stir in me .....

to have to TELL brody about this special book

instead of him experiencing it....

and i am sure i am in for more changes as time marches on....

guess i'll just have to sit them all around the computer and take them on a cyber wish trip!!!

super fans

growing up

one of the comics in our daily paper was

spiderman.

my mom was a huge fan....

(she also loved judge parker and mary worth)

so much so

that when she passed away

we laid my mother to rest with one of her purses

(she was NEVER without her purse)

and in that purse

(along with many other things my mama was known for)

we included a spiderman comic strip

brody and wyatt

are huge fans of spiderman

they never met their grandma gg

but i think

they would have

been a huge fan or hers too.

relief

the last magazine i read suggested that instead of buying a fall wreathe

that i go outside and use the "fall" foliage outdoors.....

well obviously they don't live in the desert!

but today

we opened the door

and were greeted with

cool temperatures

that have just been a memory for the past months.

pure relief and a happy thankful heart!

so the leaves may not change

and i will most likely have to buy a fall wreathe,

but change is coming

and it feels good!

finally

"some people walk in the rain; others just get wet"

monsoons are here......finally.