My Nana is in town for the next few weeks and our family got the privilege of having her spend the night on Friday. The boys were excited and couldn't wait to play with her and show her everything that was a part of their lives. For a whole day (because I try not to tell them anything TOO early for fear of hearing it every other minute) they were telling me what they were going to show her. This list included their shoes, their bats and balls, and Austin had to show her his "tiny pants" or shorts. So Nana arrived with mom and we began our two days of fun.
Austin LOVED sitting with Nana and holding her hand. He always wanted her to hold him, and pick him up (to which I said no to....he's around 32 lbs at least). Here he is probably telling her that he likes her glasses, but why doesn't she take them off?
After dinner we took Nana out to a frozen yogurt place where you build your own. Ingenious idea, and their yogurt is yummy. You have about 12 flavors or so and you get to throw all these really crunchy, fruity, or sweet toppings on it. The best part is that AFTER it's weighed and you pay, THEN you can add chocolate sauce or caramel. Good deal!!
The next morning we were wondering what to do, and we realized that the boys would love to show her around Bass Pro Shops (where else?). So we took Nana there and she commented that Papa would have gone shopping with her in a heartbeat if he could have gone there every so often. Papa loved fishing! Ethan wanted to hold Nana's hand - which is not too common these days - he's too cool for mommy at times.
BPS had an egg hunt that day and each department hid eggs in their merchandise. Kids 6 and under could look for them and when they got about 5 they could redeem them for prizes at the front of the store. Well, I think the ones having the most fun were Nana, Bryan and I. It became a mission and we were looking under every hat and around every fishing pole in the store. I felt like a kid again! The boys got BPS stickers, pencils and of course candy when they turned in their eggs. Right before we were going to leave, one of the employees told us that if you found an egg with a star on it, it was a bigger prize. Well, since we had stopped looking, we immediately fanned out to look for more eggs, but realized there weren't too many around anymore. He claimed there were "lots." Hm....
On Saturdays they feed the fish and Ethan got in on feeding the trout in the pond. He loved doing it, and was very cooperative. I can't say too much for the kid next to him who almost took a nosedive twice into the pond - only to have the employee tell him to back up. Where were his parents??? Yikes.
On that evening, mom and dad came out to have dinner and take Nana home. Dad enjoyed playing baseball on PS2 with Ethan and Bryan. Dad also got "examined" by Austin (the doctor) who used his foam sword as a "shot" and pretended to put it in dad's head. Interesting...I've never seen doctors use THAT approach. I think Austin's been to the doctor too much lately. If only he'd stop using that head of his as a landing device.
This is a cute picture of mom and Nana (her mom). I'm excited to spend more time with both of them this week. Thanks for spending time with us Nana!
Austin LOVED sitting with Nana and holding her hand. He always wanted her to hold him, and pick him up (to which I said no to....he's around 32 lbs at least). Here he is probably telling her that he likes her glasses, but why doesn't she take them off?
After dinner we took Nana out to a frozen yogurt place where you build your own. Ingenious idea, and their yogurt is yummy. You have about 12 flavors or so and you get to throw all these really crunchy, fruity, or sweet toppings on it. The best part is that AFTER it's weighed and you pay, THEN you can add chocolate sauce or caramel. Good deal!! 
The next morning we were wondering what to do, and we realized that the boys would love to show her around Bass Pro Shops (where else?). So we took Nana there and she commented that Papa would have gone shopping with her in a heartbeat if he could have gone there every so often. Papa loved fishing! Ethan wanted to hold Nana's hand - which is not too common these days - he's too cool for mommy at times.
BPS had an egg hunt that day and each department hid eggs in their merchandise. Kids 6 and under could look for them and when they got about 5 they could redeem them for prizes at the front of the store. Well, I think the ones having the most fun were Nana, Bryan and I. It became a mission and we were looking under every hat and around every fishing pole in the store. I felt like a kid again! The boys got BPS stickers, pencils and of course candy when they turned in their eggs. Right before we were going to leave, one of the employees told us that if you found an egg with a star on it, it was a bigger prize. Well, since we had stopped looking, we immediately fanned out to look for more eggs, but realized there weren't too many around anymore. He claimed there were "lots." Hm....
On Saturdays they feed the fish and Ethan got in on feeding the trout in the pond. He loved doing it, and was very cooperative. I can't say too much for the kid next to him who almost took a nosedive twice into the pond - only to have the employee tell him to back up. Where were his parents??? Yikes.
On that evening, mom and dad came out to have dinner and take Nana home. Dad enjoyed playing baseball on PS2 with Ethan and Bryan. Dad also got "examined" by Austin (the doctor) who used his foam sword as a "shot" and pretended to put it in dad's head. Interesting...I've never seen doctors use THAT approach. I think Austin's been to the doctor too much lately. If only he'd stop using that head of his as a landing device.
This is a cute picture of mom and Nana (her mom). I'm excited to spend more time with both of them this week. Thanks for spending time with us Nana!
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