Thanks goodness for busy, mostly happy, and talkative little 3 year olds! Jenna really enjoyed her art projects, using real scissors and gel glue. I tried to talk her into tearing the colored papers to make her art, but she was determined to cut with the scissors. She actually made 3 more art projects later with Tommy and gave some away.
We also met Maria, Tommy and Blake for lunch at McDonald's. (To give grandma a rest!) Then they came back to our place for more art, trampoline, and camper activities. Tommy went with me to Jenna's to see her new swing set and played on the finished part. Brian was taking advantage of the break in the rain today and was busy putting more of it together. It is going to be very nice.
I got to spend some time with Catie who was being very friendly and playful with grandma! We got good news about Catie's hip -- it is starting to grow, develop and seems to be progressing very well on it's own -- so there is no need for surgery at this time! I got a cool ball-sprinkler from Mary. So now I am very tired, but content! So there, rainy, cold and cloudy weather! You can't get me down for long!!!
P.S. And to top it all off, Maria told me about the funniest thing that happened to her going to church, Sunday! I hope she will post about it. I'm still chuckling!!
When we get into the car the first thing we do is call mom's sister, Judy so they can talk. The conversation goes something like this. "It is so good to hear your voice. How are you? We are going to visit Jerry. What do you do all day long. I can't hear you! We always remember you in our prayers". (Now this is repeated many times..at least 10-11 times) I guess it doesn't matter to them since they both have short-term memory problems. One time when she said, "We always remember you in our prayers", I guess Judy didn't understand and I heard mom say, "No, not in my purse, in my prayers! My mom is usually upbeat, laughing, and very cheerful. I know it must be nice for her sister to get calls from her.
Here we are playing our usual game of dominoes in the staff kitchen! Since we have done this everytime we visit (over 4 1/2 years now), the staff always have his dominoes ready for when we arrive.
Mom is helping dad with his hand. He's pretty slow getting his dominoes up and ready and not quite as quick at figuring out which dominoe he should play. Pretty nice of my mom to help him since she has always been soooo competitive when she plays any games. And dad won today!
Our next stop is a restaurant. Here we are at KFC. Dad chose it because he says he doesn't like to pay gratuity. But, I think he likes it because it is mostly fingerfoods which are easier for him to eat.
Riding home they always fall asleep in the back seat, holding hands. I usually put on CD's that I know they enjoy. 
Now, my dad is obsessive about playing each "C" piano key whenever he passes the piano and it is opened. It is next to impossible to get him to move past the piano until he has completed his "task". So if I am in a hurry, I'll need to remember to close it.
Thanks goodness for busy, mostly happy, and talkative little 3 year olds! Jenna really enjoyed her art projects, using real scissors and gel glue. I tried to talk her into tearing the colored papers to make her art, but she was determined to cut with the scissors. She actually made 3 more art projects later with Tommy and gave some away.
