A Warm Day In Winter

Lately it has been so cold outside that Chloe hasn't been able to go out and feed the ducks or play. This past weekend it was a nice sunny 70 degrees and she said that she wanted to feed her ducks. We got the bread and got her coat and went out on the deck to feed her ducks. She claims all of the ducks on the lake, because when she goes out to feed them bread, she will start quacking and the birds will fly from all points of the lake to our backyard. It's amazing how these birds respond to her call. One day some families were feeding them across the lake and she went out and called them and they left them to come and eat her bread.





After we feed the ducks their bread, she asked is she could play a little while. She would swing and then slide and then swing again. She loves for me to sit in front of her when she swings so that she can hit me with her feet when she swings. She feels like when this happens that she is really swinging high.



We had been outside for quite awhile and the wind was starting to get blow and we were getting some light sprinkles and I told her that we needed to go in. She exclaimed, "Poppy, I want to play a little bit longer." So she swang some more and the rain started coming down more and I said, Maybe we can make some of your favorite cookies when we go inside and she said, "maybe I need to go inside and make sure Grandma knows what to do."





After you mix all of the ingredients together, the best thing to do is to lick the spatchler. She loves this more that she does eating the cookies.



The cookies are all mixed together and read to scoup up to put on the cookie sheets.



Just about ready to go into the oven.

Tea Time For Two

Chloe' loves to have her tea parties. Sometimes she will line up all of the dolls and have a tea party on the floor, the coffee table the stairs and at the breakfast table with her doll of the hour in her old highchair. (Three year olds are to big for highchairs) She says that she is a big girl and want to sit at the table in a big chair.



She has her doll (Zoe) in the highchair, with a doll for Zoe to play with and a mama (pacifier) for them to share. Her "Tea Party" is tea, bacon and rice crispy treats. A tea party consisting of some of her favorite treats.



She will encourage Zoe to eat and sit up in the chair just like a little mother. It is so cute to watch these tea parties and how well that she takes care of her babies.



If she doesn't have real cookies or chips or any other snack, she will use her cakes that go with her tea set. She has chocolate cake (square), Cheese cake (triangle) and the pink cherry cake (round). She has started lately using the shape of the treat to describe her treats.



When you eat or drink tea you must act like a lady and make sure that you be very precise (notice the raised pinkie) as you eat your treat or drink your tea.



Just remember when you have a tea party, the best thing to do is just to have fun and enjoy it.

The Up and Coming Artist

Chloe' loves to color and draw, so for Christmas we got her an easel to be able to color on. She played with it and drew all sorts of pictures for us. She would say, "Poppy I need for you to clean off the board for me, so I have become the easel cleaner."



As she was drawing on the easel, she said, "Do you want to me to draw you a circle?"
After our shock over her question, she proceeded to draw for us a large circle on her easel. We (Gramaw and Poppy) looked at each other and thought, she really does know what a circle is.



The mind of a three year old is something else. I can't remember what I even knew at three, but I am assured that I didn't know what a circle was ore even how to draw one.

She alson loves to draw on her etch a sketch and she had been drawing for a while and erasing and redrawing. She said, "I'm going to draw a monster."



Above you can see the drawing that she made of "The Monster".

Chloe' and Majorie's Tea Party

Last weekend we had the workers for several days. Chloe' was here and she enjoyed the visit as much as we did. Our workers are Majorie L. and Karen D. and Chloe' kept calling them the girls. Majorie asked Chloe did she remember their names. Chloe' said yes, "Majorie and Karen."

Chloe' was glad to have someone new to have her Tea Party with, because usually its with me (Poppy) and Chloe'.

Thanksgiving 2010

The Table Is Ready For Lunch

Giblet Gravy, Peas, Turkey and Ham

Green Bean and Sweet Potato Casseroles

Homemade Cornbread Dressing

Pies

Chloe' may only be three, but she knows what she wants to wear everyday when she is at our house. On Saturday night she told her Granaw that she wanted to wear her brown plaid dress for meeting on Sunday. She wanted to wear tights and not socks because she wanted to look like her Granaw.

Happy Anniversary

Happily married for 58 years.