First Mema camp for Elijah

Yesterday we brought our grandson Elijah home with us for his first Mema camp by himself.  He has come to stay before with one of his siblings but we decided he was old enough at 5 to come by himself.  He had been wanting to.  We had hesitated only because his folks live 4 hours away and if he was unhappy here it would be a chore to take him home.

He was a good boy on the trip home sleeping most of the way, and chattering the rest of the way.

Last night he soaked up the attention.  I think he really enjoyed having Mema, Papa and Hannah plus the two dogs all to himself.  I know it gave us a chance to enjoy him more.

He only gets to stay two nights this time but I am sure we will be doing this again.

I gave him a hair cut before his bath last night.  He looks so cute.

Today we will be playing games and working in his workbook.  I made a few learning activities for him to do.  As a reward, Hannah downloaded a few learning games for him on my tablet.  At home he plays a lot of Mario Brothers but we don't have that here thankfully.  We seldom even turn on the TV.

I will post more pictures to this post later as we do things together.

Stamping bookmarks

Hannah brought Pamela and Nancy over today.  We really enjoy it when they come for a visit.  They have such fun and happy personalities. 

Today when they came over I had them stamp some book marks I had made up.  They did a really good job.  They picked a few out to take home but the rest I will keep and send when I send out greeting cards.  Maybe you will be fortunate to receive a book mark stamped by these delightful girls.

 Hannah didn't get in the picture but we were sure having a fun time.  Its always fun when Pamela and Nancy come for a visit.

 Nancy is showing some of the book marks she made.  She did a really good job making them. 

 Pamela showed quite a bit of creativity stamping her book marks.  They all kept me busy because I was the designated stamp cleaner.  They made sure to use lots of different stamps and lots of different colors so the book marks would turn out fun and bright.

You can tell we were having a good time.  Next time I might try to have some cards ready for them to stamp.  They do such a good job and we have a good time together.