Ahhhh, the trip to Grandma's house (and Grandpa's too). Our annual pilgrimage back to where the A's Daddy grew up. It is always a week full of trips to the Avenue Deli (Roast beef and swiss joe, please- three layers on rye with cole slaw and russian. Heavy on the Russian...) playing cards, helping Grandpa with the lawn, inpromptu teaching moments with the retired teacher Grandma, more food, watching the Yankees, playing some golf, swinging on the monkey bars at the park down the road, and trips to Delaware.
On the way there, a great and easy trip on the airplane- Abby and Aubri love to fly! A passenger on our flight to NJ said they were the best behaved children she had ever seen on a plane. Now if she had seen them in the airport...
Coming out of the airport, check out how close the guy parked next to Grandpa.
Didn't know he was so limber...
Grandma went on a grand daughter date with Abby to "Little House on the Prarie, the Musical!". Yes, it stars Melissa Gilbert, the original Half Pint, and she called in sick for the Saturday night performance. Way to step it up, Half Pint.
Sunday was church- the girls were very cute- and we showed them off to my old friends at the ward. Why is Abby holding Aubri's face? The ratio to "Aubri looking" to "Aubri looking away" photos is about 1:7.
Went to see Grandma's Cousin Phoebe- more than 90 years old, and we had a great visit!
It is always story time at Grandma's house! "Dooley and the Snortsnoot" was a favorite- one of Daddy's favorites as a wee one.
Always an adventure- the two A's in the teepee.
Home made pancakes! Auntie Allison's recipe- delish! Almost as fun eating them as making them.
Abby helped Grandpa with the yardwork- and got a free ride and $1 for the efforts. Yeah, big spender that Grandpa...
Halloween means pumpkins. Grandma helped with the decorating, Mom is in the picture. Sorry Grandma! (Notice Aubri isn't looking...)
Grandma did the solo trip to Turtleback zoo with the girls- Mom was in NYC, Dad golfing with Grandpa. Lots of fun had by all- Aubri still doesn't know where the camera is, however.
Both girls got a chance to get a pony ride as well- heaven!
Abby took this one- not bad! Aubri- oblivious.
We also spent a day in Delaware- a family photo in front of Great Grandfather's studios- Frank E. Schoonover. Lots of history in this place- Daddy used to visit when he was Abby's age.
Uncle John being a tour guide- also gave Abby a small palette used by her great great grandfather at some point in his life. A treasure to be sure!
And the eating continues... Grandpa's famous Ceasar salad and NJ pizza- yum!
Last night in NJ- one more story!
The way home, not as good- 15 hours and four airports. We got the first class upgrade from Cincinnati to Chicago, a city we had hoped we wouldn't see, but went through in a re-route that got us into our final destination only 8 hours late. We got some looks from the passengers filing past our seats in the front, but we deserved them! A great and memorable trip to be sure!
Yes - it was a great visit. The blue-eyed ones are getting so grownup now that there was very little fussing, and they seemed to enjoy everything. What happened to the pictures of Dad beating Andrew at golf (with the appropriate handicap, of course)?
ReplyDeleteI love this post! It bring back memories - sweet and fun - and will be my 'roses in winter'.
ReplyDeleteReading books to the girls is rewarding indeed now that they are so into listening and laughing and getting excited about the stories. The zoo and the grandma date are stand-outs and we will have to have repeats on those, depending. Of course, the games - kids and grownups - are a favorite with me as well! What a great time was had by all...
Love and smiles around,
Grandma
What a fun trip! You're killing me with all that good food... Also, are those pigtails in Aubri's hair? So cute :)
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