Grand Parents Day

Today was grand parents at my grandson's school. So I was surprised by Jay asking me if I wanted to come to his school on this special day. It was such a good time that I will not forget it for a long time. His teacher had many plans for both the students as well as the grandparents that attended. During the 2 hours I was there I took a tour of the school to see all the neat things he does during his half day there. It is kindergarten so a 1/2 day this year. One of the parts of the tour was to the library where they were having a book sale and yes grandpa had to buy a book that Jay picked out. To my surprise he wanted to get one on octopuses, go figure.

Then off to the computer lab and other parts of the school. Wow how times have changed from when I was in school. After getting back in his room we had a list that had a few projects to make.One was a 24 link chain made out of red and green construction paper which represented how many day until Christmas in December.

Then the other project tested my skills in design and creativity. There was a table set up with Oreo cookies and candy corn, frosting, chocolate chips , and a few other treats. So being that it is Thanksgiving time well lets make a turkey.
Here is what a turkey looks like made out of what we had to work with. Just like any turkey. It had to be ate, thank god. As we sure did not want it for a center piece for the table. We then went and played a word game where you pick a card and using pipe cleaners, you place a letter that is like a dice on to it so it spells the word.

It was a very nice day in all to be able to spend time with Jay at this age as I know he will grow up so fast. To end the day the teacher had each student do a poem and a hand photo of there right hand and present it to the grand parents as away of thanking them for coming. It was a tearful time for Jay and I both as Jay had to go back to his school class and the grandparents had to leave.

Boat less Days

Now that the boat is out of the water, projects have started at home. If it is not projects at the boat it is projects at home. I will admit it is easier now as I have settled into a routine as having the full day to do things does help. Some of the things that are getting done is just from a aging home (21 yrs) Each day I try and do something that is on our list of things to do.

This first part of November has been very mild for us and that does make it hard to work inside. So I try and take advantage of the good weather as we all know how soon it can turn to shit for us. Last night we had the grandson over and had a bonfire with hot dogs and marshmallows and all the fixings. Explored the woods at night looking for deer and all. You know how young boys are. It was in the 50's which made for a perfect night for it. Not everyone has a granddog either. We have joint custody with our daughter and she stays with us a lot once the boat comes out of the water. So last night it was a tough decision as we could not have both. So we traded Jay for the granddog.

Holloween Party

Boo, Yes the time of year that some of us hate but yet others look forward to. It is when the kid in us come out. Now that the boat is all wrapped up it gives us time to focus on other events. It is our first time going to one of our friends Halloween party they have had the last few years. I know I was thinking of raping and pillaging. Yet Jeannie had a different idea. She wanted to show off her very shapely body and hopes for a Vegas gig. Hey no one never knows. The good , bad and the wicked witch of the west teamed up here. One of the events was a pumpkin carving contest in which we had never done. Well other then the ole eyes and nose thing you did growing up as a kid. It was interesting as using the stencils that are in the carving kit and the various sizes of the pumkins. It was rather cool to see what turn out as we had many of laughs. Jeannie and I have to thank Red Green for helping us with our pumpkin. We had never did it with the stencils until tonight as long behold Red pulls out his trusty old duct tape to help us hold the stencil sheet in place. As you can see Richard Simon was showing off his physic and showing us some new exercise moves