Yesterdays Memorial Day lunch was a great example of the old phrase, "many hands make light work". We had lots of family over fun lunch, games, relaxing, and visiting. We came up with the idea for a gathering a couple of weeks ago ~ then I remembered that I had a ham & a turkey in my big freezer ~ then the rest of the menu was born. Greg smoked the ham and fried the turkey, I made broccoli salad & tea & sliced the tomatoes, Allen & Jennifer brought drinks and yummy baked beans, Katie & Bryant brought drinks & homemade chocolate chips cookies (Robert helped with these), my Mom contributed her yummy potato salad, Amy made us cupcakes (with red/blue sprinkles, and my sister Brenda made us a huge vegie tray with dip. We used plastic silverware, plastic cups, and my clear glass plates. Everyone ate & ate and then started snacking throughout the afternoon.
All 3 grandboys were there and enjoyed the sunroom with MaMa & PaPa's toys, and lots of attention. An almost 3 year old, a 15 month old, and a 9 month old keep things interesting......and by the end of August, our family will welcome another little buddy to the mix. Our cars & trucks and car rug, plastic animals, and play food/kitchen stuff was well used and scattered all over the porch. Robert especially loves the "Thomas the Train" battery powered ride on toy that I got at a garage sale for $5. (Today I found a Little Tikes play kitchen at a thrift store for $10).
Over the weekend, Amy also added to the Jackson Farm Menagerie. We drove to SC and picked up 2 baby angora bunnies. They are both females and she named them Ana & Elsa. They are living at Grannys house with Jack until after we return from our NY Mission Trip next month.
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| Thomas decided the train car went faster if you pushed it! |
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| Robert playing on the back porch |
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| Auntie Amy having a play food picnic with the boys |
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| art time with Auntie Amy |
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| My nephew Bobby and grandson Robert with Ana & Elsa ~ Amys new angora rabbits |
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| Aiden & Robert |
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| Hi MaMa |
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| Robert brought Aiden a dinosaur to play with ~ Aiden decided to eat the head |
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| Yummy food! |
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| Bethany, Amy & Bobby |
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| Aidens cutting bunch a bunch of teeth, so everything goes in his mouth to get chewed on |
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| James, Granny, Brenda & Doug |
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| Robert, Thomas, Bryant & Greg |
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| Aiden wasn't too sure about the live bunny...Auntie Amy wouldn't let him yank on the bunnys ear |
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| Amy, Bethany, Aiden with Ana & Elsa |
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| Robert has a pained expression on his face ~ with Elsa & MaMa |
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| this boy loves the train |
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| new way to ride |
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| Thomas trying to get in on the engineer act |
I love that the rabbits were instantly named Ana and Elsa. I was skyping with my little daughters the other day and said to them "hey, I just noticed how Grace is fair-haired like Elsa and Rachel is dark haired like ANna". Grace corrected me, with the frustration you can only get from a 5 year old discussing Disney "Dad, it's not ANna it's AHna!"
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