THE MOTLEY CREW part 1

 

The Motley Crew in the vestibule of Habanero Grill

Part 1

FRONT LEFT: Alayna, Holleigh

DIRECTLY BEHIND:  Ainsley, Noelle

FRONT RIGHT:  Lilly, the face of Jacob, and Jayden

JAYDEN

10 YEARS OLD - CHESS

Spending the day at my house, after missig the bus, for supper Jayden fried himself some eggs, gobbled them all down with toast and sausages, and STILL went home to supper!

Since it was Friday, he asked, "Game night?"  It's my usual open house time slot for board games, so we finished up the evening with chess.   I haven't played in years and years, more like 40 years!  And, I was NEVER very good at it, anyway.  Mostly just knew the moves and rules.

The very first game we played, boy, I hate to admit this ... he won in 4 moves!

Second game I was awarded a compliment.

I only had King, Queen, Rook, and 4 pawns when he said, "Checkmate.  You have no where to go." 

And then the little bugger said, "You're doing much better GrammyPam I can tell you're using your brain." 

ALAYNA 

9 YEARS OLD - GAMES

Alayna decided to stay overnight.   Mom returned with clean clothes and, would you believe, she sat and played a game of Candy Land with us.  Earlier Alayna said, "I want to play games.  Jenga."  

So Mom left, and we did.  We played Jenga and then SORRY! and then it was more Candy Land, several times!

 

Before bedtime, it was bath time.  The grandkids love the whirlpool bath.  They can turn onf the gurgling water jets and create waves and sudsy bubbles.    I was thinking "Nothing like a bubble bath with ....  baby dolls? ...... toy dishes?"  Right?  NOPE.....DINOSAURS!  

Sheesh, I didn't expect that!  I think she's a little tomboy.

NOELLE 

6 YEARS OLD - NOELLE'S ANIMAL GUESS

See following blog:  Noelle's Animal Guess

 

AINSLEY

4 YEARS OLD - AT BAT

See previous blog:  Ainsley Up At Bat

HOLLEIGH

2 YEARS OLD - HIDING

This evening we had fun playing Bad Mood Bingo, and Mean Grandma.  Mean Grandma is hide and seek.  But to get Jayden, the oldest, I would have to get clever such as standing on the tub's edge then reaching to touch the top of his head before he spied me behind the door.  Scared him so badly that he called me Mean Grandma.  

But that little Holleigh, his youngest sister, only 2 years old, hid behind dad who was laying on a twin bed calmly enjoying all the goings ons of hunting behind the closet door, under the beds, behind the curtain, and behind the tall doll house.  I never saw a little child be so still nor did I ever hear one that didn't give itself away by some sound.  She was as quiet as a mouse and as still as a rock.  That toddler, not yet 2 y.o., never did give herself away.

She was buried under the covers that were bunched up behind her dad's back!

Dad was as delighted as she was to fool GrammyPam.

HOLLEIGH

2 YEARS OLD - LOLLIPOP

We've all eaten them.  We all know the commercial "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"

With the grandkids here, I passed out the small bag of them I'd tucked away.  The older 2 went outside, the middle 2 went to the playroom to play dolls, and the baby, under 2 y.o. Holleigh, just hung around me and mom, in and out of the family room and in and out of the kitchen.  

All of a sudden we hear crying from the kitchen, and it's a scared cry.  

Holleigh came hurrying in to mom crying with her purple Tootsie Roll pop partially in her mouth.  My first thought was "Oh, no, she's hurt herself!"

Maybe she bumped into the kitchen table's corner edge or fell, or bumped the stick not realizing how much it stick out.

So surprised was I when Mom started laughing.  Really?  Your child's scared and crying and you're laughing?   Here is this tiny child with tears in her eyes reaching towards Mom and Mom's laughing.  Well, get this.

The Tootsie Roll Pop wasn't being held half in and half out of her mouth because she was just holding it there.  Oh boy, no, she'd gotten the Tootsie Roll Pop stuck in her upper AND lower teeth.

Her mouth was too small!

Now, grandma's laughing.