Hanging with GG

GG is in town so we paid her a visit yesterday morning! She had made the girls some new nighties for their birthday and wanted them to try them on. We got there just as she was starting to bake cookies and the girls helped her get the batch started. mmmmm yummy fun! I remember baking with GG when I was little so it's neat that my girls will have that memory too.

We didn't get very far on the cookies when we ran out of time and had to get GG to her hair appt. Before we left the girls did try on their nightgowns and they all fit! We dropped her off at the hairdresser's and went to the library to return books and hunt down some new ones while we waited. As luck would have it, I pulled into a space that had an hour left on the meter. Score!

After the library we made a quick stop at the bank and then back to Aunt Cathy's to help finish baking the cookies! GG has waaaaaaaaaaaay more patience than I do so I just let her do the cookies as the mangling was getting to hard for me to ignore! LOL

We had some sandwiches and were refuelled to run more errands, much to the kids' delight. I'm trying to continue my streak of "ruining" their vacation with doing things for them cuz that's the nasty kind of mom I am apparently!

I'm going to the gym in the evenings now, to save money on childcare and let me tell you, by the time class starts, I'm more than ready to go! It always takes awhile to get used to being on summer schedules, with nowhere we have to be at no particular time, things get too lazy around here! The wet weather isn't helping either, too much indoor time drives us all a little bonkers...

It's Violin Season!

Lovey is working hard on her violin pieces as she gets ready for violin week coming up in April. Her teacher has her performing FIVE different pieces and I think I got a slight look of disapproval when I didn't sign her up for MORE! Lovey has almost all of them memorized and is now mostly working on posture, bowing technique and watching her finger placement on the strings. All the boring stuff! She just wants to tear into the songs and have at 'er! She practices without complaint or even hesitation every single day and loves the songs more and more as she learns them.

Misty had a practice concert for some of the students last night so we had Mum & Dad at our house for dinner for a change and they brought GG over too. GG then accompanied us to the concert to see Lovey play we made sure she was awake for the important parts but let her rest up in between. She's almost 94 and it was a pretty full day. I say sleep when you can GG <3   :))) Lovey enjoyed listening to all the other students' music and she & her sisters got quite excited at one piece. I didn't recognize it but they all did! It was from one of the Harry Potter movies, Hedwig's Theme! Lovey's got her eye on that piece! Maybe I should write that down for a birthday idea!

Also want to send Happy Birthday greetings to Nanny! Today's her official birthday and her last one as a teacher! This time next year she's planning to be an official beach bum!

Lovey signing the guestbook: I ate chips. Happy Canada Day.

my quilt!
Honey's evening beach wear, we should all look so elegant for a sunset stroll!!

Murray trying out his new kite!

Every year one of my aunts invites all 4 generations of my family to her & her husband's cottage for the long weekend. Most years we have too much other stuff going on to make it. This year we did it anyway. They had a pretty full house so we actually slept at Murray's parents' cottage since they're only 9 doors down (I think it's 9 but Rick will let me know for sure right?) It was a fun filled weekend as they always are at just about any cottage! We had Grammie/GG, Auntie Ruth, Uncle Howard, Matthew, Jessica & Madeline, David, Uncle Ralph, Aunt Caroline & Clara, Mum & Dad, Aunt Wendy, Aunt Cathy as well as myself, Murray, the three girls and then there were the dogs, Murphy, Pip, Tory, Jazz & Max.

GG has a pile of leftover flannelette pieces so at least half a dozen quilts, including one for my house, were assembled over the weekend. It's quite a process to pick coordinating colours and patterns of fabric to design a decent looking quilt. Luckily Aunt Caroline has an eye and a flair for this and all I had to do was follow her excellent advice! I make a great gopher :)))

We spent most of Saturday down on the beach and Murray, Sweetie & I all ended up with some sunburns to show for it. The girls were excited to see G again this summer. I saw her come down with her dad & sisters, to head out kayaking. I went over to where my girls were playing and asked if they had seen her yet. Honey popped right up and wanted to go say hi. They all made a beeline for her and the next thing I know, G has abandoned her kayaking to play in the clay with 3 little adoring fans.

At night we went to the other cottage & tucked the girls in and then I ran back for more fun and games. We played cards, Dutch Blitz and Quiddler. Hilarity ensued as various escapades unfolded. These things are never as funny when described later but suffice it to say that we had a lot of laughs!!! GG is such a character, very inventive and sharp for 92 going on 93!!! and whatever you do, keep her away from your chips!!! oh and she cheats but what can you do??? As kids we always played lots of board games, word games etc so it was fun to recapture a bit of my youth (not that I'm overly adultlike the rest of the time....)

The weekend ended with Lovey coming down with the flu so we cut things short and headed home early on Sunday. Honey seemed to come down with a touch of it on the car ride home but it never developed into much. Lovey was still sick this morning but was doing much better by midday!

Conversations.... with Lovey.

Lovey was on the phone with my aunt this morning. They were discussing the recent baby shower at her house.

AC: and do you remember the names of the babies?

Lovey: L & B

AC: who do you think the oldest person at the party was?

Lovey: GG!

AC: do you know how old she is?

Lovey: how old?????

AC: 91

Lovey: omigosh she's gonna die SOON!

AC: don't tell GG that!