Grandma Camp - Day 4

The morning began with German pancakes for Lydia and Grandpa while Ellie scarfed down some Reeses Puffs and went off to draw.

After breakfast it was Lydia and Grandma's turn to draw some too ...

Then it was sewing time!

The girls had requested capes, and so while Grandma worked on Lydia's black cape, the little monkeys were a bit restless swinging from the posts ...

So Grandpa loaded Kit Kitridge: An American Girl to tame the restless wildlife ...

As soon as the first cape was done it was worn and the drawing boards came back out for the duration of the movie, while Grandma sewed ...

And sewed ....

While the girls watched and drew ...

Until Auntie came home and then it was time for divide and conquer!

Ellie and Grandma enjoyed a tea party ...

While Lydia and Auntie worked on Origami ...

After dinner we had a visit with our home teachers and the girls showed their magical talent, then we ran off to $1 scoop night at B&R.

After warm baths we settled in with story reading by Grandma ...

While coloring with the special Auntie drawings continued ...

Thus ending another full day at Grandma Camp ...

Grandma Camp - Day 3

Monday morning began with gradual waking up of Ellie followed shortly by Lydia and then Grandma.  The first activity of the day was to decorate the drawing boards.

The results:

It was then time to pick a movie for the lunch time theatre ...

After some debate it was "Molly - An American Girl on the Home Front" that was selected and the girls enjoyed lunch and a movie before we headed off to Pirate Park!

After some preliminaries ...

The focus then became the sand holes and Grandma helped to create a tunnel ...

that when water was poured into the the channel it emptied into the hole via a waterfall!

The day was so nice and warm that we then changed into swimming suits and enjoyed some time in the fountains at Bethany Village ...

After cooling off at the fountain we returned to Grandma's for some drawing time and then it was off to find the dinner movie - "The Wizard of Oz"  After some search we found a copy in Beaverton and then order our Papa John's Pizza and sat down to our Pizza and a Movie party ...

After the movie we spent some more time drawing ...

before going to bed and ending another fun filled day at Grandma Camp '09!

Grandma Camp - Day 2

Sunday at Grandma Camp is of course much more subdued.  Sleeping in until 8:00 am and a biscuit and eggs breakfast to start the day.  We had an enjoyable time at the Skyline Ward, sitting with Grandma and Auntie Alyssa in Sacrament meeting while Grandpa conducted. Then primary for Lydia with Auntie Alyssa as one of her teachers and Ellie off to meet new friends in her class.  After the block it was time to bake some cookies while waiting for Grandpa to come home.  After a nice big Sunday dinner of pork roast and mashed potatoes it was game time!

While Mousetrap has a compelling apparatus it lacks an interesting game play, so it was fun to set up but not really to play ... although it served the purpose of distraction while Grandpa finished the dishes prior to excursion to Great Grandma's for beading with the Great Aunties!

A highlight for Ellie was that the Aunties had scored several dresses at a garage sale that happened to be Ellie's size and a spontaneous fashion show erupted ...

And Grandpa learned that a fashion show with Ellie is more like a sporting event that a portrait sitting in terms of the camera work ... far more movement than I had anticipated (note the many blurred body parts and bodies)

Then it was time to be creative in the making of beaded jewelry ...

While Ellie was the first to be done, Lydia was also ready to wrap up long before Grandma and the Auntie Joannie had re-organized the beading supplies and we were ready to return home to Grandma's house and beds.

Another fun day at Grandma Camp 2009!

Grandma Camp - Day 1

Lydia and Ellie joined us on Saturday morning at the VF outlet in Centralia Washington to begin Grandma Camp 09.  We had a brief farewell to Mom and then after a pit stop to visit the restrooms and load up on snacks, we hit the road south back to Beaverton.

First on the agenda was to pick up Auntie Alyssa and then head straight to the Sunset Transit center to pick up the MAX into Portland ...

Then we transferred to the Streetcar ...

And soon found ourselves in biblioheaven!  

Also known as the Rose Room in Powell's Bookstore home of the largest selection of children's and young adult books in our known world...  Of course the challenge was - how many books can $15.00 buy?!!

Mission accomplished after much deliberation and debate ...

The purchases were made and we were back on the streets of Portland ...

A return trip on MAX ...

And then ... the resolve - the sun shall not set on any coinage remaining in the purses!!!

Another stop at the Bethany toy store to again engage in the battle of the balance ... what can I get for the remaining money?!

Whew!  mischief managed ... and then on to Grandmothers house we go to enjoy the purchases while waiting for dinner to be prepared.

After dinner there was just enough time to decorate handbags ...

Before a bubble bath in the big tub ...

Then settling down to an American Girl flick with Grandma ...

Quite a full day!