Monday, December 29, 2008

Some Wild & Wacky Holiday Activities

The grandkids revived an old Cannon Kids activity--running around the circle in the front yard, barefooted in the deep, fresh snow. Tyler wanted to try it, too, but when the door was opened and the cold wind blasted him in the face, he had second thoughts. Daniel agreed to carry Tyler so he wouldn't get too cold, and promised not to fall down with him.

Oh, Oh . . . . . Daniel tripped over something at the end of the sidewalk (probably a rock or piece of lumber used to hold down the tarp over the recently poured cement) and poor Tyler biffed it with him. But they both recovered quickly. Daniel was slightly wounded and needed a bandaid!

We celebrated my birthday with a visit to Grandma Pieper's where three generations--Mom & Aunt Chris, Grandma and Great-Grandma--tied a quilt for the fourth generation Sadie. Debbie sewed the patchwork quilt together and it looked so pretty. It will be a treasure for Sadie. Grandma Pieper treated us to chicken & dumplings and birthday cake. She felt bad that she had forgotten to put the eggs in the dumplings, but they were still tasty. She is amazing!
The littlest grandkids shared lots of meals at the little table. The table was stuck to the floor more than once!
Tyler (Batman) and Peter had lots of fun playing together.
Spaced between the physical activities, we also got in some serious "watching time." Everyone watching a movie . . .
Sadie watching the snow pile up and up and up . . .
Katherine watching the prime rib roasting . . .
Chris, Sadie and Tyler watching Winnie the Pooh . . .

I didn't take very many photos--too busy doing other things. We had a lot of fun and I miss the "action." It is so quiet here . . . COME AGAIN!!!

1 comment:

Debbie said...

Mom, thanks for posting all the fun pictures! I stole one for my blog. We miss you so much and had SOOOOO much fun. It was kind of hard to come home and face reality:( Thanks for all you did to make it a memorable and fun holiday for everyone!