Enjoying but busy

Hello,

We are enjoying this time with grandchildren, but we admit to feeling booked for almost every minute. I have been surprised at how the kids just managed to settle in so easily. This afternoon, however, Logan seemed to wilt. He thought maybe he needed medicine because of his cough even though he had not coughed in some time. Then he complained that his tooth hurt. He looked pale and listless. The next thing he said was that he wanted his mother. I called them and we did a video chat with Brian and Jen. After that he was a changed little boy, his color came back and apparently all of his ills disappeared. He did not mention them and I did not either. He was eager to go for the bike ride around the lake.

It was a chore getting that bike ride accomplished. Leroy rides the bike for two by himself to the lake while I take the kids in the car with my bike on the carrier. Some of the hard parts were getting Logan’s car seat out of the car. One of the clips would not release.  It is a hard ride for Leroy to move that bike by himself and there is a bit of a hill to manage. I had the kids at the lake first. Luckily someone had caught a fish so Sophia and Logan got to take a good look at that. Then the people showed us the string of fish that they had caught that afternoon. It was quite an impressive assortment.

When Leroy got there we loaded up the kids and headed around the lake. The highlight of that circuit was all of the small geese of various ages that we saw. They also liked going so close to the train cars that we on the other side of the fence.

That bike is just the greatest for hauling two small children in one vehicle. We even managed to store it in our garage so we can use it when we want as long as the kids are here. First we left one of our cars on the street. Leroy used that big space to have the kids pound some nails in boards. It must have been a good time because they wanted to hammer when we got back from the lake and waited for Leroy to get there to help put things away.

Leroy noted that we should get rid of one car and then he could have some work space out in the garage. We just might do that since much of the time we do not need that second car.

Paula