Over the River and Thru the Woods

To Grammy's and Grampy's house we go....Lily and Layla came to the farm for 5 days, while Molly went with Joey to visit a friend in Utah. We had more fun than she did! She was barely out the door and we put on aprons and went to work. The girls were ready to make their gingerbread house!

Now we all know that Grampy is the real construction manager on houses, so he put in some serious building help.

Lily focused intensely on the icing for the gingerbread men standing on the outside of the house.

She took serious taste tests and determined the candy to be just fine for her house.

They did a great job and managed to have some left to take home at the end of the week.

Then it was over the river and thru the woods to Gram-Grammy's house we went.

We ate Subway at her apartment and enjoyed her fun conversations.

Lily loves to do this drawing game with GG where you start drawing the head of a person, fold the paper over and the next person draws the body. You keep switching back and forth until you have a very goofy person. They are a great team.

Layla wasn't into that form of entertainment, but, she LOVED her GG. How could you not?

Another fascinating treat at GG's was the electric recliner that goes up and down with a remote.

Oh, what fun it was...and 2 can ride it at once when you are 6 and 3 years of age.

They had so much fun here and the final treat was that GG said that they each could take home a stuffed animal off of her spare room bed. Oh, what a treat!!! Lily picked a Santa Bear and named her "Snowflake" and Layla chose a bear that had a bee outfit on and named him/her "Honeybee". So much fun at Gram Grammy's house. She is the BEST!

On our way home from Findlay, we stopped by Jackson and Logan's house. We went to Bass Pro, where Santa was waiting and his workshop was all set up. He was a jolly old sole, and after we chatted with him, we moved on to all of the wonders in his store. Games to be played and serious fun to be had.

Uncle Paddy taught Layla how to aim a gun...something every girl should know....

Layla and Jackson, always buds, watched the train go around the winter wonderland.

There was a really cool aquarium and we all know how Jackson loves marine life.

He also loves being perched on daddy's shoulders. What a view from up there.

Crystal and the girls loved the "window shopping" part also. It was great fun hangin' with the cousins.

The next day, Lily decide to write to Santa and discuss what she may want for Christmas. We mailed it in Saline because he had a personal mailbox downtown.

Then it was back to "working" in the kitchen. We made sugar cookies for the church Christmas party and they were a success.

Lily enjoyed the decorating part.

Layla enjoyed the dressing up like Santa part.

Lily is way into drawing and that is usually her favorite pastime. Here she is making a puzzle picture, while impersonating Rudolf.

On Sunday we went to church and the girls had great fun meeting new friends. That day, we again made cookies...12 dozen for Molly's book club and Christmas. I think that we put in our share of time in the kitchen the last few days.

So, over the river and thru the woods to G and G's house was fun!

Come again soon!