Bryn and Henry's Green Bay get away

It's been 3 days since I drove home from Green Bay, leaving my kids with my mom and dad and it feels like it's been weeks. I had been both dreading the drop off and looking forward to it all at once and now that we are about half way through I thought I should post some pics. My mom has been looking forward to this week for a while which shows in her preparation. She signed them up for a music class, set up visits with teachers at my old grade school, had all the ingredients for a banana split breakfast and filled up the closet with several project ideas!

I have lost track of how many times we have chatted with them on the phone since I came back, it's got to be close to 20 times by now. The first night home they knew we were going out for dinner but they still don't have a clear idea of time yet. The following morning when I talked to them on the phone, one of them asked me .."Have the people brought out the food yet?" How patient do we look?

I am so happy they are having so much fun and letting Grandma and Grandpa have a glimpse into their wild and crazy imagination and play. My mom commented on the fact that they don't even need toys, since they can take any household object and turn it into something silly. Like the wicker doll chair that Henry uses as a trumpet, or the hallway that they turn into a track complete with a dirt pit that they fall into! My mom has been "worked up" by her team of mini docs with stethoscopes, hammers and even a pair of pliers, thanks to Henry.

Here is video I took before I left town..... I was asking them what they were planning to do on vacation and here is what they said.... Don't ask me what they were doing with the baseball bat and golf club.

Henry making his pine cone bird feeder filled with peanut butter and bird seed!

Bryn cleaning up the floor after the project. She is such a little mommy

Henry and Bryn were somehow pretending that the wood stove was a computer and their calculators were the keyboards.


Bryn, and her cheesy grin showing off the banana split breakfast!!! Nummy.

I have not sat around moping (at least not for too long), as we really wanted to make use of all this extra time so Jay and I are actually going out to restaurants, watching movies in a movie theater, and taking Finn for walks at night! But, it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO quiet around here. The constant chatter, laughter, yells, and the non-stop singing that is typically bouncing off the walls is gone and we are pretty darn lonely. Friday night can't come soon enough!

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!