The plane that Gramma & Granpa flew on...

That was the title of a little drawing of an airplane on a piece of paper left behind after their visit. Gramma drew it (more the artist than Granpa... who is more the handyman and noisemaker) for Ian, on his Tow-Mater note pad. I found it last week while cleaning up, and it made me sad that they got back on that plane and went home to California. But, it also made me happy that we get these visits- who else gets a week of non-stop Gramma and Granpa action, and their undivided attention, unless one has to take a plane to visit?

I could outline the exciting adventures of the week, but there weren't really any. It was much more of a help-mommy-survive-the-one-and-three-year-old while Daddy was away at a conference type visit. We shopped a little, we saw Madagascar 2 in the theater (which I do believe G&G loved more than Ian! And thank you, Maggie, for sleeping through the whole thing, quite out of character!), we cooked, we ate, we did projects around the house (okay, Granpa did projects), we struggled to get everyone to sleep at night. It was good old fashioned quality time together. There was quite a bit of "conductor" playing, which is of course when Ian cuts up little scraps of paper and then hole punches them for Gramma, telling her to "have a nice trip!" on the train. Very cute. And there was probably more weaponry and kung-fu than Gramma would have liked, but hey, we are "Raising Cain"

Ian, wearing his "Argh, Matey" getup- which sounds more like "armitty" coming from the pirate himself.
Just a signature Happy Maggie face for the camera...
Pat-a-cake and lion roaring put Granpa in Maggie's good graces... except for during this little photo session!
Awww, a rare tender moment with the busy man.
A little bit sad on departure day, but glad for the fun week.

So, Thank You, Gramma & Granpa, for everything! Our thank you is belated, but I'm sure you understand why after experiencing our current busy-ness first hand. We appreciate all you did, from taking over Doggie duty to finishing some annoying little tasks to shopping with us and for us. We love you and can't wait for our next visit!