AH! SPRING!!

Spring is right around the corner.

Got a MUCH needed pedicure today!  

FIELD TRIP

While visiting in Chicago recently we took a field trip to the fire station.

Imagine 20 pre-schoolers & their parents roaming around the fire station.

We got to drive the truck!

 We saw a fully outfitted firefighter.
& even tried on his helmet!

While we were there the truck had to go out on a call.

When the truck returned we finished the tour with a look at the sleeping & eating quarters.

Of course no outing would be complete without a foot picture to document where we walked!

We had a blast doing what grandparents do best!!



Refrigerator Art!!

We received this in the mail the other day. 

It was promptly & proudly displayed on the FRONT of our refrigerator. 

Nothing has been allowed to be posted on the front of the frig before. 

Now the side is a completely different matter, but the front has always been clutter free.

The GRANDCHILDREN REFRIGERATOR ART GALLERY is officially open!!

P.S.  Too much time has elapsed between blog postings.  There was really nothing new or exciting to share.  When there was something to share I got frustrated trying to insert pictures with my blog postings.  I thought something was not set up right with my new laptop, but my wonderful spouse did some research & figured out I needed to do blog updates using FireFox NOT internet explorer.  There will be a few more grandchildren updates soon so stay tuned!!

Jingle Bell Rock at Zoo Lights

It takes some of us longer than others. 

I had to learn a new trick - how to post a video to a blog!

Needless to say it was as simple as clicking 'insert video' instead of clicking 'insert image'.

 

White Christmas in the Windy City

We visited the Windy City - Chicago recently.

We experienced the cold & snow once again!

Fortunately we still had all our winter gear, so we fared pretty well.

I would be O.K. never seeing snow again, but it is the price you have to pay for visiting grandchildren.

Rocky in the snow

Zoo Lights

 

 

Stockings hung by the chimney with care!

Making pizza with mom & dad.

 

 

 

ARRESTED!

We returned home Thanksgiving afternoon to this scene!

There were 7 police vehicles in our little court. 

We could not even get to our driveway.

We parked at the end of the street & walked to our house.

We asked one of the officers what was going on.

He said there had been two arrests with the suspects currently in 2 of the police vehicles.

 

We had to let Charlie out, so proceeded into the house. 

While I walked Charlie Jim asked our neighbor for more details.

One of the suspects is in the back seat of this car.

Apparently a car had come speeding into the court, parked in a neighbor's drive & 2 people got out & started walking around the neighbor's house.  Another neighbor saw the suspicious actions & called the police. 

Many police cars arrived on the scene plus dogs plus a helicopter. 

One suspect was apprehended quickly.  After some time the second suspect was apprehended.  This all happened 2-3 hours before we arrived home. 

We missed all the excitement!

It took another 2-3 hours to wrap up the details & haul the suspect's car away.

 

I guess it's a good thing we had Charlie, the watch dog, to keep an eye on things while we were gone. 

The suspects might have picked our house to check out if Charlie had not scared them off!

 

Meet Charlie Brown

This is Charlie Brown!

We are dog sitting while Charlie's family is out of town for Thanksgiving.

It has been an adjustment for Charlie & for us.

It has been over a year since our beloved Thor crossed over the Rainbow Bridge.  We have missed having a dog in the house!

Charlie is quite the mama's boy!

He follows me everywhere & whines when I am out of his sight.

I am enjoying having Charlie & will miss him when he returns to his family.