From Janet to Alex - first half trip report

This is Janet's envelope to Alex - we all thought it was extra clever and Alex really liked the stamp. Alex was happy to see the shark. She talked me into watching the movie - Jaws. Nanna is smart - and made her watch it on my laptop - so that it was a small image - and then whenever the music started up - I just turned it to mute and talked her through what was happening. The music is such a big part of creating the fear - and the visuals are pretty minimal. If anything, she was a bit underwhelmed. Mission accomplished.

Inside was a handmade envelope

and stickers!!!!

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As I write this - we are halfway through the grandkid visit and they are asleep at 6:30 am  which means yesterday was a raging success at wearing them out. Highlight of the trip for me is probably going to be the part where they were soooo impressed that Nanna makes her ice cubes out of water in little trays. Maybe later we'll go for a ride in her covered wagon or churn some butter. I actually have an old butter churn.

We have not even started the packing tape sculptures but they were wildly excited to build cardboard houses for Hunter's cat. MrW scared the living daylights out of me when I asked him to put a new blade in the box cutter and he said, "C'mon, Ben, let me show you how this works." Ben is 6. Grandpa has not heard the story of Ben's little buddy who ended up in the ER when the kid's parents left a box cutter out. Nanna offered a quick summary and tried to keep the smoke from curling out of her ears. Nanna has 3 more days to mull whether she even tells Ben's mom about this. She's vigilant about safety - because she was present during the box cutter incident. 

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I ended up telling her in person - after she arrived to escort the kidlets home - and she winced - but did not fire us as caregivers.