A little over a week ago our second week of having the grandkids at our house began. We met our daughter-in-law and grand kids in Springfield which is about the halfway point between our two homes. We arrived home after eating supper “on the road” and got the kids settled in their rooms. We went to church Sunday morning and out to eat lunch at Tios, a local Mexican restaurant, with our good friends Pam and Perry. Then we headed home to — swim, of course!
Monday was my husband’s birthday. As soon as he left for work that morning, we got busy making him some birthday cupcakes. They were to be “Minion” cupcakes. The grand kids and I had lot of fun decorating them.
Icing the cupcakes.
Putting on the Twinkies to make the Minion.
Next we used icing to put on the eyes.
Working on the details.
Now the brown candy sprinkles for the hair.
Minion cupcakes! I had to help with the black eyes, goggles, and mouth, however, they told me EXACTLY how to decorate them!
Originality abounded when decorating the faces.
Each Minion had it’s own individual character!
Their Minion cupcakes turned out pretty cute. Ooops! Open your eyes, Jackson! 🙂
After we finished making the cupcakes, we had to hurry and change into our swim suits. I had scheduled a former student of mine (Brooks), who is now a Junior in high school and a life guard and swim instructor, to come over and give a private swimming lesson to the two little ones. They “swim,” so to speak, and do quite well in the pool, however, they have gotten to the point where they think they know how to swim and won’t listen to our instructions when we’re trying to help them improve their strokes. I thought a young man like Brooks might be able to get them to listen and work on their strokes a little better than we could. I was right. He worked with each grandchild individually for 30 minutes while Jade, the oldest (who is a great swimmer!) and the other younger one and I swam on the other side of the pool. He said the kids did great and I could tell an improvement. It was well worth the money. Now we had to hurry to get ready for our birthday lunch surprise because their Papa Jack would be home for lunch very soon.
My husband finally came home for lunch – LATE – and I was sure glad for once that he was late! After we all ate, we brought in the Minions and had the celebration. We sang “Happy Birthday” and ate our Minion cupcakes. Then we gave Papa our birthday gifts.
“Happy Birthday to you!”
I gave him a new Keurig coffee maker.
The GIANT birthday card from the grandkids.
The grandkids got Papa all the coffee accessories.
After a stormy Monday night, we awoke to a very stormy Tuesday. Without the option of swimming, I had to resort to The Nana Files (aka: Pinterest!) for ideas of things to do to keep the grandkids busy. Look for The Nana Files coming soon!