"Hi, hi, hi, Beautiful Sunday"
Remember that Daniel Boone song? In '72 it sold two million copies! It's a beautiful song. But, I digress. Let's talk about the sillies on Sunday.
The grandkids painted rocks. And everything around them -- some coloring pages, their arms and faces, the table, and the chairs in which they sat. And even though I'd given them each a child-size Home Depot orange apron, they painted their clothes.
Alayna's dress was a mess. It was so covered in paint we took a picture and sent it to her parents to see if they wanted it pre-soaked since she wasn't due home any time soon. Surprisingly, they said, "Don't worry 'bout it."
We also had to tell the parents "Noelle's gums are not bleeding." She'd scraped the red paint off her brush with her teeth!!!!
"You said, said, said, said that you loved me"
Miss Lilly also painted a red heart on her paper plate, and said, "You can hang this up when it dries to show that I love you."
Jayden rode his bike only for the second time and ran into the fence. The first time his dad and uncles taught him to ride. I looked at the cut and the dripping blood on his right arm and said, "I think you need to get more proficient at simple riding first" because he'd declared, "I'm gonna go do a twist, and a wheelie!"
"Let's take a car and go for a ride"
We'd drove to Red Robin for lunch. Daughter-in-law lined the 5 grandkids up along the wall on the booth side, adults on the outside. Noelle, being a 4 y.o., seeing the separating crack of the two cushioned seat, decided to kangaroo hop over it! Adults came unglued. I laughed my head off. The kid's got "personality".
(That's another fun song; it's by Lloyd Price.)
"We'll drive on and follow the sun"
Standing on the church sidewalk I saw Jacob opening the suicide doors on my red car and was surprised this little guy had the strength and knowledge to do it all by himself! I knew what he wanted, I'd have to ask the parents if he could ride with us.
When I walked over to the car, carrying his car seat, he'd already taken the blue booster seat out of the back and was sitting on it -- in the front, behind the wheel, and driving!
Doors wide open, keys in hubby's pocket, thank goodness, and yes, 2 hands were on the wheel. Though the engine wasn't running, the engine was running, and with every excited giggling swivel of the steering wheel, he was driving somewhere!
"Sunday morning we were up with the lark"
Not knowing how the day would unfold, we were "up with the lark", well, the morning doves, actually, then John ended the day with "It's what kids do. Their little minds haven't developed yet. Manners are the last thing on their minds."
Then we retired.
"My, my, my it's been a beautiful day!"
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