On the 26th we went to Grandma Sue’s. It’s a trade-off for Ian. He gets to spend time with a different grandparent, and seeing everybody is good, of course. On the other hand, it might not seem like it would be as fun with less kids running around over at Grandma Sue’s… but on the OTHER other hand… he’s the ONLY kid over at Grandma Sue’s, so the spotlight is on him. So no matter which place, he wins, right?
Ian got to open some presents that Santa left at Grandma Sue’s for him to open… This easel was very cool, and to this day Ian guides anybody who will help to follow Grandma Sue’s instructions for drawing a happy face, whenever we’ve got something to draw with: “Curcle… eyeee… eyeee….” See this image larger.
Cute little bugger, isn’t he? What if I told you he chased Grandma Sue’s cat K.C. to the far corner chair, where it sat cowering and saying a little kitty prayer that it be left alone? Does that make Ian less cute? Probably only to a cat. See this image larger.
Melissa skillfully pulled off this shot… if I were to hazard a guess, however, as to how this happened, I’d say Ian chased the cat right through this cube. I’ll take this time to again apologize to the cats of Florida, in this case K.C. in particular. See this image larger.
Ian tried out Grandma Sue’s cool vibrating chair cover. I’m guessing it made him completely fill his diaper. See this image larger.
Grandma Sue offers up a bed-time story, so that Ian might sleep well, and he did… as you’ll find out in part VI, it turned out that he’d need it — the plane ride irritated those ears of his, and sleep would be hard to come by for the next several nights. See this image larger.
The trip to Chris and Anne-Marie’s, and off to Great Grandma Betty’s in Part VI!
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Mostly Christmas morning went smoothly. If anybody had a problem it was Ian… we think he was a little tired, and not as used to sharing toys — especially new ones. There were a few moments where he looked like he was going to go hysterical. It seemed like maybe Kaylee was also a little sensitive to this, I imagine a sibling brings that out of you… but Ian definitely put up more of a fight. You’ll see a lot of pictures with Ian’s “zooey” (pacifier) in, (in the previous blog entry) that’s to calm him down. He really only uses that at bedtime or during extremely long car rides these days.
Ian did incredibly well with names and directions on this vacation. He called Melanie by her name and it was spot-on. He was a great helper in throwing trash out, etc.
Grandma Sue and Kaylee and Connor’s Grandma Elizabeth came over for a wonderful dinner, which the kids choked down so that they could play with more toys.
At some point it gets difficult to take a family picture, mostly when you’ve got three kids to wrangle… but one thing I learned with this shoot, and the one at Great Grandma Betty’s is that there should only be one camera taking pictures visible from the subject’s point of view at a time. This shot turned out pretty good, though! See this image larger.
Ian hangs out behind the wheel. At some point Ray or Barb suggested that Melissa, Ian and I do a tour of the lights in the cart, and I think it is one of my clearest memories of the trip. Ian was awed by the golf cart, and the night air on his face, the “pitty” (pretty) lights, the star-filled sky, and just had a lot of fun zipping around. See this image larger.
I want to thank Ray and Barb for their generosity and hospitality… and thanks to Mel, Ben, Connor and Kaylee for coming as well! We all had a great time and look forward to seeing everybody again soon!
A special apology to Trouble kitty. Ian was not kind to even the most helpless of domesticated cat on this vacation.
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Happy 30th Anniversary Grandma Marcia and Grampa Dave!
Wow 30 years already, congratulations!!!
Here’s a special Anniversary gift for you two, and anybody else who’d like to listen, of course!
Part 1!
Part 2!
And so this is Christmas ’08, Part V
On the 26th we went to Grandma Sue’s. It’s a trade-off for Ian. He gets to spend time with a different grandparent, and seeing everybody is good, of course. On the other hand, it might not seem like it would be as fun with less kids running around over at Grandma Sue’s… but on the OTHER other hand… he’s the ONLY kid over at Grandma Sue’s, so the spotlight is on him. So no matter which place, he wins, right?
The trip to Chris and Anne-Marie’s, and off to Great Grandma Betty’s in Part VI!
And so this is Christmas ’08, Part IV
Mostly Christmas morning went smoothly. If anybody had a problem it was Ian… we think he was a little tired, and not as used to sharing toys — especially new ones. There were a few moments where he looked like he was going to go hysterical. It seemed like maybe Kaylee was also a little sensitive to this, I imagine a sibling brings that out of you… but Ian definitely put up more of a fight. You’ll see a lot of pictures with Ian’s “zooey” (pacifier) in, (in the previous blog entry) that’s to calm him down. He really only uses that at bedtime or during extremely long car rides these days.
Ian did incredibly well with names and directions on this vacation. He called Melanie by her name and it was spot-on. He was a great helper in throwing trash out, etc.
Grandma Sue and Kaylee and Connor’s Grandma Elizabeth came over for a wonderful dinner, which the kids choked down so that they could play with more toys.
I want to thank Ray and Barb for their generosity and hospitality… and thanks to Mel, Ben, Connor and Kaylee for coming as well! We all had a great time and look forward to seeing everybody again soon!
A special apology to Trouble kitty. Ian was not kind to even the most helpless of domesticated cat on this vacation.