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Yesterday at Gramma's: Up, up and away
/Mac and Bubby, ready for take-off in the Squeak Soda Shop balloon—though clearly a bit anxious about what will take place once the coins are dropped in the slot.
Note: While my grandsons are in town, posts will be short on text and long on photos, with the exception of Monday's GRAND Social linky and Wednesday's Grilled Grandma, which will be featured as always.
Today's question:
Hot air balloon ride, bungee jump, or sky dive—which have you done and which would you like to do?
Yesterday at Gramma's: First things first
/Hunting for treasure—aka coins PawDad buries in the sand—has always been one of Bubby's favorite things to do at Gramma and PawDad's house. So when I picked up Megan and the boys at the airport yesterday, Bubby's first request was to hunt for treasure when we got home.
Which is exactly what Bubby and Mac did.
Today's question:
When did you last play in sand, whether in a sandbox, at the beach or elsewhere?
National Humor Month: Giggles and grins for kids
/April is National Humor Month. Don't let it end without getting in a few giggles, grins, and groans with the grandkids.
Here are a few to get things started:
What does a baby ear of corn call its father?
Pop Corn.
Why are movie stars cool?
Because they have so many fans.
How many months have 28 days?
All of them.
Two snowmen are standing in a meadow. One snowman turns to the other and says, "Do you smell carrots?"
What is the strongest bird?
A crane.
On which side does a leopard have the most spots?
On the outside.
What did the hat say to the hat rack?
“You stay here. I’ll go on ahead.”
How do you find a lost rabbit?
Easy. Just make a sound like a carrot.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Donut.
Donut who?
Donut ask me any more silly questions.
What kind of tree fits in your hand?
A palm tree.
What did the farmer say when he lost his tractor?
“Where’s my tractor?”
How many letters are there in the alphabet?
Eleven—T..h..e...A..l..p..h..a..b..e..t
What is the difference between here and there?
The letter T.
What did the bad chicken lay?
A deviled egg.
Why did the students eat their homework?
Because their teacher said it was a piece of cake.
Why does a flamingo lift up one leg?
Because if he lifted up both legs he would fall over.
Where can everyone always find money when they look for it?
In the dictionary.
Why do male deer need braces?
Because they have buck teeth.
What kind of hair do oceans have?
Wavy.
What kind of car does Mickey Mouse's wife drive?
A Minnie van.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Mayor.
Mayor who?
Mayor days be filled with love and laughter.
Today's fill-in-the-blank:
The last person I shared a joke with was _______________.
Pine cones, pain, and peanut butter
/I mentioned in yesterday's post that the book Grandma's Bag of Tricks: Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars is a great boredom-busting book. It's also an awesome need-a-mellow-activity-while-recovering-from-tonsil-and-adenoid-surgery book. I can vouch for that because that's exactly what it offered up for my recent visit to see Bubby while he healed from his surgery.
The mellow activity I chose to do with Bubby was to make a pine cone bird feeder, using the pine cones I packed away in my Grandma Bag for the trip. (I lugged them along because while I have far too many pine cones in my yard in the mountains, they're nowhere to be found in Bubby's yard in the desert and he didn't even know what pine cones are.)
This is how the activity went:
First you take the pine cones ...
Then you add a wire to the top and coat them with peanut butter:
You taste the peanut butter, of course:
Then you spread a little more on the pine cone:
You roll your coated pine cone in birdseed:
And realize too late that tasting the seed probably wasn't such a good idea:
You finish the feeder:
And take a break because your throat hurts so cuss bad (maybe as much from swallowing peanut butter and seeds as from the T&A surgery):
Next, you hang your completed bird feeder in the yard:
And smile so proud for a job well done:
Then you sit back and wait for birds to arrive. Or for a dog, enticed by the scent of peanut butter, to nab the low-hanging fruit and gobble it down within a day of being hung. Which Roxy did. Twice.
So you complete the process all over again (thankful that Gramma brought spare pine cones and seed) and hang your new feeder up for the birds ... only this time you hang it high enough that Roxy can't reach it.
Today's question:
What is your latest project, completed or still in progress?