Chace loves picking flowers:
My dad's birthday was last week. We had a cookout at his house and spent a little time outside....
Here's Grace and Shawn playing baseball with a wiffle ball bat and a small soccer ball. Hey, we work with what we have!
Chace found some new friends outside!
Yesterday, Grace and I went to my friend Kelly's house and she had a big blow up water slide up. She also has a swimming pool and a hot tub so, needless to say, when it was time to go, Grace was not ready! I forgot to take my camera....dang it!! But, it was really fun. No, I did not swim....that water was cold! It didn't bother the kids though....I'm sure if I was 7 it wouldn't have bothered me either!
We started packing last night for vacation. Well, I put a couple of pairs of shorts in a suitcase anyway! Grace wanted to pack her own suitcase so I gave her hers and checked in on her after a little while. Her packing consisted of about 20 pair of underwear, a dress, some sunglasses, and a Chinese paper fan. Oh boy. Then, she slept with her suitcase beside her in bed last night! So, when she leaves tonight, I will repack for her.
We have been doing so much to try to prepare Grace for this trip. I have found videos online that show what to expect at the airport like security and such. There were videos of kids, so it was kid friendly. I found videos of an airplane taking off both from inside and outside the plane. We have explained to her the noises and how it feels. Pretty much anything we can to prepare her so she knows what to expect. She has been really excited and wasn't scared at all. Then she comes over to our house Thurs. and says her mother was telling her she will miss all kinds of fun stuff at school (she will miss the last 2 days; one is a field trip to the WF park and the other is a day of games in the morning and playing outside at school....we explained to her weeks ago that she would miss those and she was fine with it) AND then she says she told her that it was going to be very scary when we leave on the airplane. WHY would you do that?! The funny thing is that her mother has never even been on an airplane so she has no idea!! Ugh, seriously.
So, anyway, we leave in a few days and I can't wait!
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