Camp Gramma comes to an end:(

Friday was the last day for Amaya to spend the night. I made her the other skirt out of material she had brought. I added some lace to the bottom that I had from my mother's collection of stuff. She put it on with her swimming suit and pretended she was a dancer and an ice skater. Evan and Jabin came over for awhile and we had pizza, "two" bags of popcorn and watched a movie. I can't believe the week is over.

I got a text at around 4:45 am from Tina. They just got home. They drove all the way home in 24 hours. Crazy Crazy Crazy!!! We will bring Amaya back this afternoon. The plan is to meet them at the ice races at Lake Magnor close to their house.

Amaya with her skirt.

The kids on the "majic" couch! I had to make a gingerbread puppet for Evan. He brought some red ricrac for me to put on it. I let Amaya sleep on it on her last night. They all think it's really cool to sleep on.
Here are the stitchings I made this week. Can you guess which one is for Amaya's Mom?

Andy and Greg came to pick up the boy's around nine. Amaya came out with marker all over her face. She was being a "tiger. Good thing it was washable and not a sharpie!!!

Andy took this picture of them. Amaya was upset because she thought she was in trouble. But is washed right off.

Cute ha!!

It sure will be quiet around here when Amaya is gone. It was alot of fun.

Gotta go and get Amaya's stuff all packed up and make some pancakes for breakfast.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Thursday tidbits

Here is a quick look at our Thursday's activities. Amaya played school for hours. She had the table set up with the "kids" and her teacher desk. The kids were the snowmen I made at Christmas time. She played play dough for along time also. We made a present for her mom. I'll post that at a later date. It has to be a surprise. Tanya and Cole came last night so the kids got to play. All in all a pretty quiet day.

Amaya playing school. Notice the snowmen on the chairs.

Amaya and some of her kids.

I made this sign and have it hanging in the kitchen. How appropriate!!

Tonight Evan and Jabin are coming. Not sure if they are staying over night yet. Amaya wants pizza and a movie. I guess we need to go get some. We are having pancakes for breakfast Saturday morning. Cole is coming in the afternoon to play also. No rest for Gramma quite yet (jk). My girls keep reminding me how much time they would spend at the farm with Grandma and Grandpa Retz. They always tell me paybacks!!! I'm just glad I can be able to do it. It will be kind of quiet around here when Amaya goes home. I'll miss her.

A look at Amaya's Day Three at Gramma's

It was kind of a quiet day. Amaya's dad dropped her off a little after seven in the morning. She cuddled up on the couch with a blanket and watched some tv for awhile. I decided to bake some "cake mix" cookies. So easy to make and yummy! See recipe below. Amaya helped moosh them down. We also made some little sheep. I painted mine and she used markers to color hers. She also reminded me that we forgot to "cook" them. She watches her mother bake everything. Mostly she just hung out and played. It was jammies all day for her. I think she has a bit of a cold because she's been coughing. So before she went to bed I did the old gramma thing by greasing her up with Vick's. I had read to put it on the bottoms of feet and put socks over. Hey, it worked she didn't cough all night!

Cole and Tanya didn't come over to play because Tanya was a bit under the weather also. They might come today after Cole gets done with school. If they do we might take the kids to the indoor playground that just went in. Kind of interesting to check that out.

That's about it. Here are a couple pictures from our day. Check out Tina's blog to see some pictures from her trip. They start home today and should be her to get Amaya sometime on Saturday.

Amaya "mooshing" the cookeis.

Our sheep.

Cake Mix Cookies

1 box cake mix

Add only the eggs and oil

I use my small melon scoop and dip the glass in suger before pressing them down.

Bake in 350degree oven for 10-12 minutes.

I used just a plain yellow cake and put icing on them.

Powdered sugar, butter and milk

You can add chips or sprinkles or whatever but we like them just plain.

Try them out. Great to make with the kids.

HAPPY COOKIE BAKING!

Day Two at Camp Gramma

After sleeping until almost ten Amaya got up , had breakfast and took a bath. That kept her busy for awhile. We then cut out some puppets and I stitched them up. I made four more. She wanted on to be a boy. In the meantime her dad called and asked if he could take her to McDonald's for lunch. While she was gone I made some clothes for her puppets. It was nice out so we decided to go outside for awhile. We made a fort out of the big chunks of snow and I dug a big hole in the snowbank so she could have a cave. We were out for about an hour. It was hot chocolate time when we came in. I also had her put the faces on her puppets. She asked me if I could make her a skirt, so I did. I guess we are making another one. Her fabric is all picked out. She spent the night at her dad's. Gramma got some rest!!!

Amaya's fort

Amaya in the fort

The "cave"

Puppets

The new skirt. What a lovely out fit she has on. Notice the new monkey socks. She was just trying on her skirt to see how it fit. We really didn't have a shirt to match. She can wear it for play if nothing else.

Wow what a busy day we had.

Monday with Amaya

Well Amaya sure did keep Gramma busy. I had gotten a foamie craft project on clearance at Micheal's so she made those. I made play dough and also sticthed up a puppet she drew on. Her dad stopped in for a visit last night on his way home from work. Andy also stopped to pick up her sunglasses she forgot here the other day. Her and Greg were on their way to Ikea and spend the day together for her birthday. Hope you had fun. Tina called Amaya from New Mexico to check up on her. Tanya and Cole came for a visit also. They are going to come over on Wednesday so the kids can play. Not sure what today will bring. Whatever it does I'm sure I will be tired at the end of the day!! I am so not used to keeping a five year old entertained!! It is fun though.

Amaya working on foamie crafts.

Amaya with play dough.

Amaya with her puppet.

It's nice out today so I think we will go outside for awhile. Check back tomorrow to see what happened today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDY!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDYIt's Andy's birthday today. Hope it's a good one. How old are you now???

Here is her present I made. She needed a replacement for the Christmas one I made for her entry wall.





Saturday we took a drive to the campground. Wow is there a lot of snow there. We didn't stay overnight. There was freezing rain and snow on the way so it's a good thing we came home. Here a few pictures of what it looks like up there. BRRRRR........

Next time we will bring a shovel. Plus it hopefully will be warmer.

Stay warm. It's -15 degrees this morning. That's not including the windchill.

New Year Party at Andy's

New Year's Eve I went to Andy's house for an overnight. Tina, Amaya and Amanda were there also. We had a fun time. The kid's stayed up until almost one in the morning. We watched the ball drop (actually twice) time difference you know. Then they saw Robby Knievel jump over the volcano in Vegas. They all thought that was pretty cool. The kids pretended they were cowboys and horses. What imagination they have. We munched on goodies throughout the evening also. Thanks Andy for having us.

The "Cowboys" Amaya, Evan & Jabin

Kids playing a game.

"Sisters"

Andy, Amanda, Tina

"feel the love!"

It's the New Year!

Whole lotta kissin' going on.

Andy & Evan

Andy & Greg

Andy & Jabin

Andy are your lips tired???

Everyone slept in late the next morning. It was about 8:30 when I felt someone tapping on my head. It was Evan. We had scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausages and toast for breakfast. Or should I say brunch. I came back home around eleven and just kind of hung out the rest of the day. I did work on Andy's birthday present. Can't show ya yet though her birthday is on Monday. I don't want to ruin the surprise.

Hope everyone had a safe New Year.

Have a good vacation Tina.