Our Second Visitor

Finally, I have a few minutes to post about our second visitor last month!  Of course, you've probably already guessed....

............ it was Munchie - who you see here during some leisure time with Poppa - they were watching superhero cartoons.  Lots of interesting things happened while he was here.  First on the agenda.....

.......... was a trip to the barber shop with Poppa.  Later, we had lunch at our place......

.... with Aunt Peggy, so they could have a visit.  Of course......

......... the boys did their usual washing and shaving in the morning - but they didn't stay still enough for a good shot!

And, of course, they made the beds and dressed the bears, and then.....

.... Munchie posed for a picture with them.  The bear at centre right is Blackie - he is Munchie's bear.  He started sleeping with Munchie when he slept in the cradle at our house, and a few years ago, he moved to Munchie's house to stay.  We had been on a trip to the store, and both the boy bears had acquired a bib.  Munchie told us that Taffy didn't need a bib since she was a girl!

Of course, Munchie and myself made some cookies - chocolate chip this time, and they turned out quite well - we sent some home for Mommy, Daddy and Curtie.

I wish I had better pictures of this event, but the room is small and there was just no way I could squeeze in closer without being the the road.  After the installation of our new furnace was complete, Poppa switched the washer and the dryer around so that they were more convenient for me when the doors were open.  This entailed some re-wiring and re-plumbing and installation of a new dryer venting system - so clearly a lot of work.  The final step was re-leveling both appliances so that they didn't bounce around when working.  Poppa got the dryer in and done with not too much effort.  But, once the washer was in place, he couldn't get in behind it to level the back feet.  So.... guess who could fit??  He lifted Munchie in, and our little seven-year-old grandson turned the feet as instructed until Poppa said it was good.  Then, at the end of that mission, Munchie climbed on the dryer and reached way back to plug that huge plug into the electrical outlet.  It was extremely impressive and adorable.  He double checked each instruction about which way to turn, and then followed each instruction perfectly!  We were lucky to have him here that day!

But, as usual, it seemed way too soon, and his little suitcase was packed....

.... the bears got their coats on, and the other stuffies were collected - all ready for a long car ride....

........... Oops!  Munchie got Poppa's coat on by mistake!  But, after a wonderful visit, we had to take the little guy back to Mommy and Daddy.  We missed him, but after a couple of days we settled back to our old routine.....

.......... and so did the rest of the household.