Grandma is a great playmate

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my mom was visiting for a few days last week while my dad was in NY for work. Mom had left Las Vegas very early since she dropped my dad off at the airport so she was here in plenty of time to pick Drew up at school with me. I'm not sure he even noticed I was there. He ran to Grandma and gave her a huge hug! As soon as we arrived back at home, Drew had a list a mile long of all the things he wanted Grandma to play with him: trains, Chutes & Ladders, puzzles, more trains, Candyland, more trains. While she was here they did all this and more!

The next day when Grandma picked Drew up from school by herself they headed straight to the store so Grandma could find Drew his belated Valentine's Day present and a St. Patrick's Day gift. When I mentioned this to my sister she claimed she didn't remember such presents existing for us when we were little. My mother claims that her mother and sister always took care of such things for us, so she was now just doing her grandmotherly duty. Drew proudly showed off his new treasures when they returned from Walmart: a new coloring and sticker book and crayons, Don't Break the Ice game, a bubble wand, and an Elmo going to bed book.


Here Drew and Grandma work on coloring.


Drew tries his hand at waving the bubble wand

But Drew decided it was way more fun to have Grandma blow the bubbles so he could chase them

Listen to his silly laugh as he chases down the bubbles

Drew and Grandma during one of their many train playing sessions


Drew had quite a time with Grandma Carolyn and was sad to see her "have to drive a long way back home." But he perked up when we reminded him that it was only 2 1/2 weeks before Grandma would be back at Easter time, and she'd have Grandpa with her then!