President's Day with the Boys

Today was a "no school" day (or as others call it a Holiday) for me. Margaret called last week and asked it I would be able to watch Oliver and Lucius for her while she went to work for the day (it seems her work is swamped and needed her early from her maternity leave). Of course, I said yes and they arrived this morning at 8 to spend the day with their Mormor.

Oliver loves to carry on a conversation and let you know what he is up to, which was fun to hear all about his adventures. He had the opportunity to check out the "new" toy room in Mormor's basement and loved the freedom to go up and down the stairs to play with the different toys that were down there.

Lucius is such a good baby and loves to be where the "action" is in the room but sleeps through most any and all noise that happens. Lucius loves to swing in the portable swing that I got as a hand-me-down.
Oliver went out on the deck to help Morfar shovel the snow off.

Then he discovered the rocking chair that we brought in the house from the garage when Danya was here and decided it was sort of a recliner. What fun to have spent a the day with my two favorite grandsons.

Thanks for coming over Oliver and Lucius.

The Rest of the Story

I realized that it has been 2 weeks since Laura and Danya returned home to Hawaii and I have not posted the rest of the story from their trip. It was a busy time while they were here but a very fun time. I had to work during the day so Laura took time to clean the lower level of my house and arrange the bedroom down stairs so that I could have my grandkids over and they would have a place to sleep on their overnighters. Then she took the room right outside of the bedroom and created a toy room of sorts. She went to savers and found a pop up castle that could be set in the corner for a hide out and sorted the toys and created separate buckets for different kinds of toys. What an amazing job she did. Thanks Laura for all of your hard work. In the evenings we went visiting and sometimes just hanging out loving having a very active 2 year old to chase and play with. It has been quite quiet here since they left and I miss them immensely. Luckily I have three, soon to be four, wonderful grandchildren who live here to play with until I get to spend time with them again. On the last night here, Laura took Danya out in the backyard to play in the snow and make a snow angel. Laura first showed her how and then she did one all on her own. What fun they had playing in the snow. Here is a slideshow of the rest of the visit.

Picture Collage of Valera Visit

For the past week Gary and I have been the proud hosts to our Daughter, Laura; son-in-law, John; and our granddaughter, Danya. Through this slideshow, I am hoping that you catch a glimpse of the fun that we have had during this past week. We picked them up at the airport at 6 am on Friday, January 22. We have had times of visiting with sisters and babies, a cousin's wedding, watching the Vikings lose, and hang time at the house. John had to return home on Sunday, January 24 but Laura and Danya will be here until the 1st of February. It has been a wonderful week and we look forward to spending this coming week with them before Danya and Laura have to leave for home.

Christmas Eve Morning

Oliver came to stay at Mormor's house while Mommy was having Baby Lucius. Oliver loves to read books or be read too. Morfar was trying to get him to calm down a little before bed after he
chased him around the kitchen for a while.

He loved to examine the ornaments on the tree. Here he is all ready in his "monkey" jammies making sure the ornaments are in the right position.

Then on Christmas Eve morning it had snowed and Morfar was out shoveling snow while Mormor was having physical therapy for her knee. Oliver decided to go join Morfar on the deck and play in the snow.

What fun to see a child's wonderment over something new.

How to wear our Morfar

The night that Oliver's little brother, Lucius, was born he came to stay at Mormor's house. As the evening wore on and it was not quite time for bed, Morfar decided it was time to play a game of chase and the fun ensued.
It's always fun to hear the laughter of a little child when they are having fun.