Wrap-up three of three - Jack

Jack - Facing the future with ideas as fresh as the earth after rain! This could be a campaign slogan if he ran for secretary of agriculture? He was showing me how he loves the smell after it rains, he really has discovered one of life's simple pleasures!! He was the leader of the pack and couldn't have been a better boy.

 The Yahtzee master!

 Young Gentleman opening the door of the church for us on a rainy Sunday

 Jack's front teeth are finally growing in so we bought corn on the cob to celebrate.

Jack is doing great on the piano. We played duets together. Here he is teaching his home evening lesson. He created the whole lesson, used his scriptures. They have been well taught.

 yeah, you know.....

 grandpa enjoying popsicles

 the whole crew on the fun night on the patio enjoying life.

This was a memorable time as the kids watched Catsy venture over to the neighbor's yard where the two dogs were. They were understandably concerned but they learned that cats can leap out of the way and leave dogs in their dust.

 We made brocoli cheese soup for Jack one night, and when Amy took me grocery shopping we bought onion and mushrooms to add in a side bowl for the grownups and Amy told me she had never bought an onion! I took off the photo just for you mouse (it was kinda gross-looking!).

 Playing in the rain!

 Catsy licked the top of Dennis's head one night, which meant he had been accepted. And on our last night, he let Dennis scratch him. (He rubbed up against my leg one night too so I guess that's something?)

 At the bottom of the 200 steps.....

 and whoosh they were at the top. Amazing how strong little kids are!

 Dennis made it up fast too. I lagged....................

 Jack created some artistic and creative molds with his plastic beads!

Jack is so obedient, and good and kind and strong and smart. A little adult. He was always up and ready to go 20 minutes before our alarms went off, just to make sure we weren't late for school or church. Already a responsible young man and a dream to spend a week with. XOXOXO Grandma Sweat

Wrap-up Two of Three - Macy

Amy is teaching piano to Macy and Jack and they're both naturals.

This is a casual photo of Macy in her natural freckled cuteness....

....followed up by a close-up of those cute freckles....which....

.....matched the skirt I was working on for her!!

Okay, so we were playing Yahtzee one night, and Macy was drinking milk and the milk cup looked a lot like the Yahtzee cup and yup, she ended up accidentally putting the dice into the milk cup!

This is the f-f-f-f-f-freezing day at the outlet mall. They have such a fun candy store. We had a blast buying candy and some for Jack and grandpa too.

It's a "must" to have a tea party!

This is a photo of a lunch plate with blueberries that Macy and I joked looked like it could be a modern art print at a museum!

ze grandma glasses

Macy picked this flower, so we put it in a little crystal vase and it was the centerpiece on the kitchen table all week.

Macy invented "bread cake" and mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, she and Jack and Carly love it. White frosting on bread with sprinkles.

Okay, me and hair. Jane, help! Anyway, I resorted to watching a couple of Youtube tutorials on gymnastics buns because the first attempt was an epic fail. I watched this tutorial at least five times.

Macy doesn't like bobby pins so this was the best effort. Amazingly it stayed in!!

     Macy "resting" during snack break!

This photo captures the gruelingness of what they do. She would work on things with her coach and then the coach would move on and help someone else, and Macy would continue to practice on her own over and over.

Many of the women in all generations of our family share a love of lilacs. These belong to their next door neighbors :-) (Amy's are probably on this week, but on the north side of her house so later bloomers).

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

We made smores one night and Macy said "What's that word you told us about when you take food apart?" It's "deconstructed" you little budding food network star you!

It's so fun to watch the kids use their ipads for photos. Macy's doesn't take photos using the ususal look through the lens on the back, so she has to center the photo from the front,  using her judgment and it takes lots of concentration. These are the legos Amy gave them for one of the daily surprises and the monkey is another day surprise with the little rubber things we ironed. Amy, they LOVED THEM!

And finally a goofy photo of the all clean girls. Macy is a teen-ager, endless conversationalist, engaging, multi-faceted little adult power packed into a child. I love being with her.
XOXOXO
Grandma Sweat

Wrap-up one of three - Carly

I was trying to put the "random" moments (which are often the best) into one final post, but there's too much so these will be quick posts one for each child. Here is Carly playing Yahtzee and she has luck in her that girl. One of her numerous Yahtzees!

It rained and rained and RAINED while we were there. This is Sunday morning, looking spiffy with her umbrella. and her dress was on backwards but I don't think anyone noticed because she looked so darling!

Those eyes!

Little cutie with some old person.

I have to put all three kids in this one. We bought some little squeeze toys and they each made a face to match their toys - they did a great job too!

Since the older children were in school all day I got to spend a lot of time with Carly and this is a special photo to me where she is seeing how the sewing machine works. I brought some fabric to make a skirt for her but never did get it even cut out.

The little girl who is handing Carly the wand is so shy and quiet. Her mother is Amy's counselor in Relief Society and told me her little girl always remembers to bless Carly when she says her prayers :-)

Ready for pre-school and showing off her reading skillz.

Of course there is a picture in grandma's glasses!

We had grandpa drop us "girls" off at the outlet stores to shop one afternoon. It was f-f-f-f-f-reezing outside. This photo captures how cold the little girls were! But they were troupers and we found some shoes too!!

This photo is awesome! Their hair was so static on the tramp!!

One night we sat out and enjoyed the beautiful quiet of the evening and had popsicles it was one of my favorite nights!

Loves her grandpa!

Swinging at the park

Three darling photos enjoying dandelions.

And finally the squeeky clean little girls after their Saturday night bath!!

I loved spending time with Carly and really getting to know her better. She has grown up so much and was so fun to be with and such a good girl! She is a glorgious goofball and a love!
XOXOXO
Grandma Sweat