Saving Private Grimm

Grimm loves being in the attic but last Sunday he was up there and I thought he was out and shut the door.  Around six hours later, I had a feeling and we went looking for him.  Baylor and I could not find him anywhere.  Baylor said he was starting to get scared and frankly, so was I.  I opened the attic door and he did not come out. For some reason I shut it again and we kept looking.  Something called me back to the attic and this time Baylor offered to crawl up there to look as well.  I turned around to go to the kitchen and when I came back Grimm was sitting on the floor just looking at me.  I asked Baylor if he saw Grimm come out of the attic because I did not know if he just walked out from somewhere else or from out of the attic.  I reached down to pet him and noticed he was all wet.  Since he likes to play in his water dish I thought maybe he had just gone swimming.  But when I touched it he was slimy, not wet, from his chin to his elbows.  It was not water, probably drool from panting in the scorchingly hot attic all afternoon. I scooped him up and we bathed him in the sink to cool him off and get his fur clean.  So when he ran into the attic this morning, I sent Baylor up there to get him down right away as we all had to leave the house and due to the heat I did not want to leave the attic door open all day.  

Baylor was glad to come to the rescue. 

After being the cat rescuer, it was time for his bath.  He wanted me to take a picture of Groot, another one of our flea market purchases.  

My cousin posted a photo on Facebook of my mom and her mom when they were just kids.  Mom looks to be around three and her sister around five or six.  Mom said it was a Fred or Frank's lake house in WI.  She could remember he ate raw hamburger sandwiches which she thought was gross.  My cousin asked her mom about it and she had the same memory.  

Baylor's First Sleep Over!

Saturday morning Baylor and I found our first mantis' of 2015.  With at least 13 egg cases I was expecting to see more but these two were a good sign we will have a least a few in the gardens this summer.  

They were just tiny, little bugs!  

The last couple of evenings I was busy making some cookies for a co-worker.  She was hosting a bridal shower for her oldest daughter who likes foxes.  I saw the cookies online and showed them to her.  I told her I would love to make them for the shower because, well, they are a bit fancy to make just for us.  They turned out great I thought!  I offered to deliver them on Saturday and with Baylor going to Kartikey's for a playdate that turned into a sleepover, it worked out even better.  

I packed up the cookies and Baylor and we headed to Kartikey's.  They have a nice apartment in a new complex.  Their front door leads out to a grassy area which the boys used to play while Greeva and I drank delicious spiced tea her mother-in-law blends back in India.  It was amazing!   The boys were excited to see each other, even though it had only been one day since the last day of school.  Greeva got them ready for the pool when I was leaving and kept in touch with me all day.  Of course I was a bit concerned since he had never spent the night anywhere but in the end he did great!  

I drove to Cathy's and then stopped at Sharp Shopper and The Christmas Tree Shoppe for some kid free shopping.  It was amazing because I was not rushed like I am when I shop over lunch.   When I got home it was just Eddy, Grimm and myself for the rest of the day. Weird, quiet, and lonely.  I missed having Baylor around but I did get a few things done around the house.  I think Eddy was even lonely and found solace with her water dish.  

Greeva took the boys swimming, to a movie, The Age Of Ultron, and out to dinner.  They watched some TV at their place and had a pillow fight before bed.  She said other than being hot in his fleece jammies, he slept well.  

I did not have to get him until around 9:30 so I checked out the garden a bit.  The black raspberries looked like they are going to give a bumper crop this year.  I think Grandpa would be proud of the patch.  It has come along way from the two sad canes that survived the last time I had to move them.  

The wineberries may actually survive and produce berries this year.  

After I picked up Baylor we headed to the flea market to see if the Lego guy was there.  And he was.  Baylor picked up a Hulk buster for himself and Kartikey and a few other new figures.  I love this vendor because Baylor really only wants the minifigs anyway.  And six for $10 is a steal!  

Baylor asked for ice cream which gave him some serious brain freeze!  It was good to have him back, chatting, laughing, and being his crazy little self.  And good for him on that first big hurdle, sleeping at a friend's house.  

Last Day of Kindergarten!!!

I cannot believe 180 school days (or less due to snow days they have chosen not to make up) have passed any Baylor is on his way to becoming a 1st Grader! 

 Here is is a few short months ago on his first day.

And now, a bit older, wiser, and a beginning student.  

On the way to COF, he was looking cool and collected for his last day.  It was a half day for most of the school but AM Kindergarten actually had to stay longer until the rest of the school was done.  

I was not able to take off in the afternoon but we did go out for ice cream after I picked him up from COF.  We went to Oak Grove for some fruit and veggies.  They have a wonderful ice cream case with some featured flavors from a local dairy. But this time he went with mint chocolate chip.  

We had to go for dessert first so we could waste some time before going to Toyko Diner for dinner with Gloria.  She is done with work at 6 and I pick him up at 4:45.  We were there early but I was able to order for her so they seated us at the table.  There were two other families there, both with boys.  One was a three year old going on four and was having a hard time.  Being me, I started to engage him with Baylor and with me and by the time dinner was over, he was our new best friend. We encouraged him to use the cheater chop sticks and was showing off his skills with his broccoli and chicken.  I don't know why I do that but I love helping out parents by distracting their kids for them.  

Mrs Murray gave all the kids stickers and Baylor's ended up on his pants.  Dinner was fun and delicious.  And with a table of little boys, the fire was the best part!  

We gave Mrs Murray nail polish as a gift with a gift tag like this. Baylor picked out the colors which are not like the colors below.  He was more into darker and brighter shades.  And I sent three pieces of clothes for her baby which is due in July.  

What Happens When You Wake Mommy Up at 4 AM?

She gives you a bath because she has a lot of free time.  And you get second bath water after Baylor too.  She does not look very happy but her poor skin was so inflamed, I think she felt better afterward.  She is my pretty girl!  

And Baylor was pretending to be Cyclops and was just too cute tapping his fingers on the side of his glasses.  

Cyclops selfie.  

Kindergarten Field Day

I signed up to volunteer for Field Day as I did not want it to be cancelled due to lack of volunteers,  It turns out it was just me and Leigh Ann but apparently that was enough.  I thought we would be setting up games Mrs. Murray had planned but she showed us the cart of game parts and some ideas she had for them and then it was up to us to figure out the rest.  Well, I am good with games and had some ideas and Leigh Ann did as well. Between the two of us we made four game stations with room for another for Mrs. Murray.  The play ground was a bit wet in places but we used two four square sites to set up a water relay.  A bin with water on one end and an empty one on the other side of the site.  She had the kids divided up into two groups and we did the relay first.  They had to fill their cup and get the water into the empty bin.  Most of the kids thought speed was the key but I kept telling them slow and steady would win this race.  The faster they went, the less water in the cup and the more they splashed dumping the water into the other bin.  We did three relays and team One won twice.  

Landon loves camo and I tease him all the time that I cannot see him.  It eventually came off because it was pretty swampy.  

I love Kartikey's winning look while Baylor raced against him.  

Then we split the teams and I had team Two first.  We did a bean bag toss, without any real goal other than to get a bean bag in one of the circles we drew on the other two four square sites.  We made the circles smaller the further out they were and there was no point system.  And they had to retrieve their bean bags, I was not running willy nilly after them.  

I was at Kid Writing last Friday and worked with Lydia a lot (the girl in the purple) Her mom's name is Heidi and well and Lydia told me they are moving this summer so she won't be at Lower Allen next year.  I asked her where she was going to school and she said she did not know only that it had a scary eagle. 

The other game we had set up was to build the tallest cup tower in one minute.  Some kids went for big bases and others just stacked them up one on top of the other.  So many fell over in the last few seconds, mostly due to a breeze.  

Landon, sans camo hoodie.  

Mrs Murray did anchor word races on the concrete. 

And Leigh Ann held the hula hoop event on the US map. She sent me a video of him hooping because he always says he cannot do it.