What is there to do at Papa and Nana's?

It's been a year since our grandboys have visited from
Saskatchewan so when they arrived they needed to check everything out.

There were dandelions to pick and present to Nana.

The hot tub is a huge attraction so it's on each day's agenda.

Papa has to measure each boy against the kitchen door post to see how much they've grown since their last vist. (Evan grew 3 inches and Kyle a full 4 inches!!)

We pulled out the super scrabble and E proved his expertise by pulling off a Scrabble (using all 7 letters on his tray at once) on his first turn!

They boys went exploring in the crawl space and found the trumpets and blew us an energetic tune.

Of course the creek always holds its attraction - a bit scary for Nana but she gave in and found fishing rods, so they dug for worms and went fishing and then their Mom gave a hand to span the creek with a board so they could dangle their feet in the cold cold water.

Since then they've played Lego, read voraciously, gone bowling, rode their bikes, took the dirtbike for a spin, decorated cupcakes, watched the birds (calling PopPop to show him one we hadn't seen yet) cheered on the hockey game, went for ice cream, checked out the used bookstore and shared their favourite stories with Nana.

They've also been a great help - setting the table and clearing their dishes after the meal, making their beds, tidying up the toys and helping Nana cook.

On his first morning here, 9 year old Evan cooked breakfast for us - scrambled egg and bacon wraps.

And that was only the first couple of days!

Then the Seattle cousins arrived and the excitement has risen to a fevered pitch.

More on that next time.