This past week Grandpa and Grandma have been in New Hampshire visiting cousins Jay and Curtis. (Not Katey or Scott, of course. To my kids New Hampshire means Jay and Curtis…and a boat…and the beach…and the creek…and frogs…not aunts and uncles because they’re adults and boring.) When Grandpa and Grandma are in New Hampshire, it means we get to go to their house and enjoy a massive amount of play space! Not to mention an upstairs!
So, even though we half started school this week (Ethan has a full load but Emry only half), it’s been a good start to the week. Lots of outdoors to run in, a swingset, an upstairs where we can sleep, and lots of plants to water (and so put on swimsuits and get drenched). It’s like a vacation without going very far.
Ellyson, thankfully, has not discovered the staircase. However, she would spend half her day in the swing and the other half being escorted around in the Power Wheels police truck. She has also decided that her five cousins did not do enough exploring of Grandma’s cabinets and got into one they never ventured into, leading to a broken china cup. She also loves the Baby Shark towel Grandma got her for trips to Grandma’s, dancing every time I pull it out to get her out of the tub.
Emry simply likes the space. She explores, discovered the baby doll crib upstairs and that Grandma has a doll for it, and hides away playing with my old Little People for hours. She also loves sleeping upstairs. (Her dream house has an upstairs.) She takes care of Gus, the old dog. And when she does get frustrated at something, she has a massive lawn to run with all her might across and then sit down and pout until she feels better. Next to drawing, sprinting is her form of relief.
Ethan has, thus far, lost two balls somewhere in the huge garage. Not surprisingly, he has no clue which direction they went. He likes to be out with Ed throwing balls or Frisbees. They’ve even set up Frisbee bases and “play” baseball. With more space to play (and no fences to worry about loosing things over), tossing things around is more enjoyable.
Yea for Grandma and Grandpa’s!
Emry, Ethan and Ellyson on the swingset.
Emry, Ethan and Ellyson enjoying rides – especially Ellyson!
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