Purple Popcorn Balls

 We watched an episode of Strawberry

Shortcake. Two of the characters rolled a

cob of corn down a hill and fell into a

pit with it. To get out, they popped the corn...

letting it lift them to the top.

We're to big to climb on top of popcorn,

so we made a special popcorn treat!

 Olivia loved watching the popcorn pop!

 Once it popped we mixed up our syrup and poured
it over our popcorn. Then we buttered
our hands and made popcorn balls!

Actually, I think I made popcorn

balls while the girls sampled

the popcorn mixture!



According to Grace, they were YUMMY!

Now we know one more thing

she likes to eat.

Purple Popcorn Balls!

What's That THING In The Garden?

 Grace was here visiting and as she brushed

her teeth she looked out the window!

Wait....What is that?

Could it be?

She spotted something and had

to check it out right away!

 When she was spitting seeds earlier in

the summer, she spit a few into the

garden, where one is still growing.

And right next to that

watermelon plant she found

a watermelon!

She wanted to get it

ALL BY HERSELF!

And she did!

 She rolled it right out of the garden

and right up to the back door!

 Picking watermelon is hard work!

 Look at it roll!

After she got it to the porch

Grandpa took it and put it in the

refrigerator!

 Later that evening we cut into it!

These two love watermelon!

Yum!

 

An Outdoor Tea Party

I wanted a tea party picture of all three

of my lovely little granddaughters

for my tea room!

I decided to do something outdoors

so that I can still enjoy my little

butterfly garden when winter comes!

 Grace was my helper!

It was her job to serve the little girls

and give them just a tad of tea at a time

until I got the pictures I wanted.

 Of course the little girls were happy

to cooperate by eating cookies

and drinking their tea.

 Aren't they adorable?

 Olivia also picked a few flowers!

 I picked my favorite pose and ordered

a gallery wrap!

Isn't it beautiful?

It looks small here, but it is BIG!

It's 24 inches high by 30 inches wide!

I LOVE IT!

The photo above is what you see as

soon as you enter the front door

of my home!

 Here you can see a bit more detail!

 Oh, how I love a beautiful

gallery wrap!

This is what it looks like

when you're straight in front of it.

The color is a touch off,

but you get the picture!

It's perfect for my tea room!



Bib BIG Smiles!

 This little girl is HAPPY and CONFIDENT!

I love that about her! And I love her

BIG, BIG SMILES!

Don't you just love to see a

HAPPY TODDLER?



Abby's New Hairdo!

 Grace is constantly wanting to fix

someone's hair.

She's fixed mine over and over

again, but there are times that I have to get

up and take care of things, so then.....

she finds a substitute!

 She fixes Abby's hair!

Abby is fairly patient even though

Grace sometimes pulls her tangles!

And eventually, all of the tangles are

combed out and her hair looks

beautiful!

See!

Gracie does a great job!

Now.... who wants their hair done?

Our Neighborhood Park

 Grace likes to ride the Razor

down to the park from time

to time.... and just play!

 The climbers and slides

are all just about the right size!

 She has so much fun!

And I love watching her!

But then....

with a face this cute,

who wouldn't?

Story Time And A Rainbow of Color

 We read about Noah's Ark!

 And Rainbows!

 And then we made our own little

rainbows of color in a pan!

 Both Grace & Olivia had fun!

 We covered the bottom of a cake

pan with Baking Soda

and put vinegar in some small

cups and stirred in a little

liquid food coloring.

 Then the girls could use a dropper

to pick up the colored vinegar mixture and drop

it into the baking soda.

It fizzed into beautiful fizzy colors!

 Grac eventually poured all of her

colored vinegar into her pan

and got this fizzy, foamy mess!

But - she had so much fun doing it!

She's already asked to do it again.

 When we were through, we painted.

Can you see the arches on Grace's Rainbows?

 

Razor Rides!

 These three girls love for Grandpa to

take them on Razor Rides!

 They zoom back and forth on the empty

lots next to our house.

 When they go up the hill they lift their

hands as if they were riding a

roller coaster!

 

And no one ever seems to want to

get off!

 

For a brief moment we thought

Brilyn wanted off.... Grandpa stopped and

she reached for me, so I got her out.

Then she reached for Grandpa

and smiled!

She wanted to DRIVE!

 Yep! That's what she wanted!

Her turn in the driver's seat!

Go, Brilyn, Go!!!!



Riding the Razor to the Pond

 Brilyn loves going for Razor Rides!

So - I put a carseat in the Razor so she and

I could run back and forth to the pond

while Uncle Deuce was down

there fishing with

several little friends.

Deuce often spends his days

fishing and swimming with friends

from church.

On this particular day

the fish weren't biting...

so they all came back to the house

to swim!

Between Deuce and four little girls,

only one fish was caught.

I guess that means that

Jael was the fisherman

of the day!

SHE CAUGHT IT!!!

But - she let Deuce take it off the hook.

She was not touching that thing!



Feeding the Ducks

 With the extremely dry weather we have
had this year our little duck pond is low.
It appears that the ducks have noticed
and most have moved on.
But, we did find a few
who were hungry.
They were nearly as big
as Olivia!

The girls broke bread and tossed it

to the ducks and the ducks rewarded them

by eating it! Even Olivia got the hang

of it pretty quickly!



It was cute watching her tear her bread into

pieces and tossing the pieces to

the ducks!

She is quick to catch on and mimmick

whatever Grace happens to be

doing!

And Grace is quick to catch on

and mimmick what she sees

her parents and grand parents

doing.

When children are around our

lives are like an open book!

We must be careful

about what we are writing on

our book's pages.

After all, children learn

more from example

than anything else!



Playing at the Park

 While we were at the park we

played on the playground!

 Heather followed Olivia around and

pushed her on the swings and

I followed Grace.

Grace went down these slides

over and over!

 Until another little girl sat down

on the slide next to her

and her competitive spirit

came out!

Grace is GOOD at sliding!

She wanted to beat

that little girl to the bottom!

So she pushed off....

and she flew!

LITERALLY!

She went so fast that she

flew right off the end of the slide

and scraped her back as she fell

right down on

her bottom!

After that she had

had enough.

Momma and Olivia kept

swinging while I tried

to comfort poor Grace!

But - even after she

felt better she no longer

wanted to play!

So..... off we went to see

if we could find any ducks

or prairie dogs to feed!