Post-Thanksgiving Grandparenting

Now we get down to business! Today is our fifth full day of having Emma, Vivi and Princess with us. The first two days were cold and rainy, and if that had lasted one more day, we might have had some cabin fever to deal with, but as it was, we made it just fine. I really don't remember what we did on Saturday, but the horses and blocks and some coloring books filled the time pretty well. On Sunday, we went to church, and I WISH I had taken pictures of the girls in their finery. I'll try to remember to do it this next Sunday, because all the Johnsons will be with us for the weekend. They really looked awfully pretty. . . . So pretty that we just had to show them off after church, so we went downtown to La Madeleine for "brunch." Later that day, I took the girls back downtown to see the movie, "Enchanted." It was a so-so movie, but did help pass the rainy afternoon.

Monday, I took the girls to the National Cowgirl Museum and the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.

FWMSH is currently undergoing renovations in their building, so shares space with the NCM -- two museums under one roof! Of course, the space limitations keep FWMSH from having much of their display, but the kid-oriented activity center is re-created, and that's what the girls were most interested in. Couldn't take pix in the Cowgirl Museum, but did get a few shots of Emma doing the "jitter critter" activity, and of Vivi convincing a much younger girl to give up her "car" at the "ATM."

When we're not doing museums, movies, etc., the girls play with our limited supply of toys (most are still in the garage, but the horses & blocks and some books are available), work with clay (snakes and coil pots), and spend a bit of time checking their email (thanks, Uncle Steve) and playing Webkinz (only on Saturdays & Mondays, I'm told), and reviewing their math flash cards (can't skip school entirely, of course). And Gramma's Big Indulgence is a couple of scoops of ice cream after dinner -- not EVERY night, but most nights.