Ten days is a long time to be away from home and hubby! It was a great visit and I loved almost every minute of it but it is nice to wake up and be able to kiss my hubby goodbye as he goes off to work, to play with my ferret and then to sit down to my computer!
Darcy and Scott got back from their cruise on Monday and they had a great time. I won't write more than that as I'm sure Darcy will be posting about it soon. I have to admit it was good to see them again! Jessy went down to the airport with me and she was trilled to see them. She really missed them, even more than Kody did I think.
The week was fun and a LOT of work. I am just so spoiled that it is hard to have to be on all the time! One morning at 5:30am I woke up with three faces, two dogs and one little boy, two inches away from my face. Talk about waking up fast!! Ah yes, the morning starts early at the Wearing house!
On Thursday Jessy and I went over and hit a bunch of tennis balls around. I think
around is the right word as we didn't hit them back and forth to each other much of the time!! I have never really played tennis much and it really showed! Jessy thought she was playing in two courts I think as she was hitting it to the next court a lot!! Good thing no one else was there! We had a great time anyway. After that I talked her into going over the Jamba Juice for lunch. Then we headed home and played Polly Fashion Dolls. That was the only day we played Polly Fashion.
On Friday the three of us headed off to the Lost Dutchman State Park for a hike.
http://www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parkhtml/dutchman.html
The park has a great Discovery Trail that is nice and wide and fairly flat and cleared with rock marking the edge of the trail so it is easy for Kody to walk on. We had fun playing in the water and picking up rock and then Kody took lots of time to toss all the rocks. Jessy got a little bored waiting for her brother to get done but think we all had fun anyway. It is real rough having 9 years between the two of them and finding things that they both can and want to do.
After the hike we drove down the road to Goldfield Mining Camp for the treat of the day, Ice Cream!! I got to sit and watch the birds at the feeders for a few minutes and they got to eat ice cream so all was great!
http://www.goldfieldghosttown.com/
Then it home for a much needed nap. Oh, Kody took one also!
Saturday started out early as always. Think that was the three faces in my face morning. Saturday and Sunday played out pretty much the same. Kody's normal morning starts out with " Boppies" (I don't think I am spelling that right, I can't remember quite what he says. Darcy you will have to correct it for me!!) That is what he calls Chocolate Milk!
(On a side note I remember when Jim was about that age and he would have "Hot Nop" before bed. That was what he called Hot Milk! Ah, the things that I remember!)
Back to the story; he gets his milk and then sits down and watches "Pigs". That is his favorite movie right now. Now normally it is called "Home on the Range" but of course we have to call it "Pigs"! I know he has seen it a lot as Jessy can quote the lines in it as it is playing!! We went outside and worked and played in the yard until his nap and then went to the park after nap time.
Now I have no pictures of them at the park and there is a good reason for that! This boy has no fear or even an understanding of fear! Full steam ahead and jump off anything and everything. I had to be with him all the time to keep him from killing himself or someone else! I was worn out when we got done!! I pulled a muscle keeping up with him and didn't think I could even walk after that but of course I had to! (Muscle was much better in the morning thank you for asking.)
When I tried to stop him and tell him no he just looks at me with this scowl on his face and says " You no talk to me!!" Wish I had got a video of him doing that as it is so cute!! I know I shouldn't encourage it and tried not to but it was hard not to laugh and give him a big hug when he did it!! Sunday we ended up at the school playground and I found that a more Gramma friendly place. He could do more without me rushing worrying! Now Jessy on the other hand did more climbing there as she loves to shimmy up the swing poles and sit on the top of the swings. I really don't worry too much about her as she has a sense of what she can and can't do and even though she really doesn't have any fear she is careful of what she does. Makes me feel better at least!! I really wished I had my camera to take a picture of her sitting on the top just as relaxed as if she was sitting on a chair! It has to be 10 feet high. She sure doesn't share her mom's fear of heights!
I'm going to go ahead and post this now and finish up tomorrow morning. I need to get outside and do things! It is beautiful out.
