Thursday, June 28, 2012

The happiest place on earth

The happiest place on earth--that would be our house these days. Our 7-year-old grandgirl is staying with us for a few weeks this summer. The first week after her mom went home, we went to California to visit various amusement parks. Boy! Did we have fun! GG’s favorite amusements all involved water. As you can see, she is very happy here.

At SeaWorld, though we were deep in the soak zone at the Shamu show, GG got only one tiny drop on her nose, and I got none. DH was out of the soak zone taking video. We actually had to ride the rapids ride at the end of our day in order to get any water on us. GG found lots of opportunities to play in water at Universal Studios.

Her big interest at Disneyland the first day was to get autographs of some of the princesses. The second day, though, we really got into the rides. All in all a great trip, but at times, we weren’t sure we could walk another step!
Today she is playing with dolls and eating a lot, getting ready for a growth spurt, while I am making a sundress for her to match the one I made for one of her dolls yesterday. Tonight when DH gets home she has plans for us—go outside and soak each other with our new water guns—woo hoo!

Have to return her to her mom and dad next week. Our house is sure going to be quieter and not quite so much fun after that. Enjoy your summer!