Well it has been a few days and I have been busy… The Grandson came up and spent almost a week here… During this time we were really busy…
He and his mom got here Wednesday evening and Thursday morning we were off to Grand Parent University for two days of class work… We checked in and then checked out our dorm rooms…
We got a suite with 4 bedrooms… he had his own room. I can’t say much for the beds… sure glad we only had to do this one night…!
Grandma (MaMaw) got him fixed with sunscreen first thing…
We then road the bus over to have the opening seminar… was a pretty large crowd there… took 4 buses…
after the opening we made a trip to the Equestrian center and had a short intro about the styles and types of things the equestrian team does…
After lunch (again I remember the food was a lot better 40 years ago?) we went to the first class. He had chosen Videography…
The group in this class getting started. We would be making a commercial during the next two days…
parts were shot at Theta Pond…
and some in the studio…
Then you had to learn about editing and putting stuff together…
And running the equipment…
And of course at the end you had Graduation on Friday afternoon…
Once that was over we had to go meet up with his Great Aunt and Uncle for dinner…
Saturday we made a trip up to visit his Great Grand parents and he got to ride on a tractor…
Sunday was a learning trip… first up… the Gloss Mountains… and probably Oklahoma’s smallest state Park… ?
Of course we made a run into Woodward and had lunch then off to Boiling Springs… and they were still boiling after all these years!..
Although the weather this week has been exceptional for June/July… nothing in the 90’s (after the 100 on Thursday at GPU)…
Then off to Alabaster Caverns and see some real Alabaster crystals…
and one bat… well ?
maybe two?
We also stopped at the Freedom Jail… !… but he didn’t have to stay…
On the way home… a stop at the Salt Plains to dig for Selenite crystals… after they got tired of digging we walked around and picked up a pot full from old digs that were now visible after the rains… much easier to pick up those than trying to find your own in a hole…
Monday they had planned on a trip to Tulsa to tour Blue Bell Ice Cream but they were down for repair so that trip was cancelled… whew! MaMaw was pooped out anyway… so they played in the front yard a little and rested a little…
Then Tuesday he was all set to go home but after over-eating for lunch he “purged” his stomach in my jeep and that caused a one day delay as we had to wash everything out… clothes and car-seat and jeep… so they finally got home Wednesday evening… just in time for a big 4th in Dallas… I think his Daddy has some big popping plans…for the 4th…
In all this MaMaw and I have figured out why our parents were so nice to the grand kids…
- When they come to visit you go do stuff you wouldn’t normally do on your own…
- You learn a lot about them if you spend some time with them… and you learn some things about yourself too… (I learned I have a shorter tolerance than I used to for the constant talking, uncontrolled behavior, silly things that a 7 year old doesn’t understand yet, that drives older people nuts…)
- At the end you know you can send them to their home with a smile.
- You can remind their parents that you remember some kids that acted just like them years ago…
When my kids were younger I told them I would give it all back to them some day… I didn’t realize I would be able to do it so soon and enjoy it…
WD0AJG