Happy Birthday, James!

We celebrated James' birthday a little early while he was here, by going out to dinner with him, his sister, two other granddaughters and one granddaughter's boyfriend. It was such a good time!

Welcome to 12, James!

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Peaches, Cake, Chickens and Fire

We've been mostly homebodies this week. The grandkids opted for that; we offered some places we could go but they preferred staying right here, and that was fine with us. This place is endlessly fascinating to children, for some reason. Maybe it's the pets, or the chickens, or the fact that they can roam about and do whatever they want, that they can make noise and build things and there are no neighbors close by to worry about.

Whatever the reason, we've had a lot of good times this week, whether it was picking peaches,

gathering wildflowers,

 checking on the chickens,

 telling tales by the firepit,

 

making a cake,

(Michaela made this one by herself, even the from-scratch chocolate butter frosting (well, a little help from Granny on that, but mostly by herself),

or making crafts, like this candle lamp they made with a jar, some glass pebbles, a tea light and a lamp chimney,

or learning to shoot Poppa Larry's slingshot

or just taking pictures of the cats,

we all had a great time. It was like a mini-vacation, right here at home. I'm going to miss them when they go home; there is nothing that livens up a house like young voices and energy.

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