Grandhotwatercamp - Departure

Sigh... it's the final day of Grandhotwatercamp. It's over so soon!
We were to head to the airport early (6 AM), but the airline called and said the plane's crew was sleeping late. So we left home at 8:30.
We got to the airport with plenty of spare time.

John and Pa used some of the extra time by riding up and down the escalator.

Soon, it was time for John and Mama to check in at the gate.


Off they went. Hopefully, the flight crew were fully awake by now.
We were sorry they had to leave; the time seems to have flown by. But we look forward to another Grandcamp, soon.

PS - Julie called from the parking lot bus at the other end. The flight went well. They had five granola bars with them, and shared one with the man that sat next to them on the plane. John ate the other four.

Grandhotwatercamp Day 17

Today was very warm, so we got to play in the water.


And we played with what's left of the sand.

Finally, a nice bath - with a Santa Claus bubble beard.

Tomorrow, we travel!

Grandhotwatercamp Day 16

We started the day with building blocks.

Naomi and her Mommy came over and brought water balloons!



After all that excitement, it was good to much a tortilla while watching Veggie Tales.

That was followed by a sausage biscuit snack.

Aunt Jenny brought a coconut.

First we got the coconut milk out. (It didn't taste very good.)

Then Pa broke the coconut open. The inside was very white.

We played a little "onetwothree-runtotheshape".

And then it was time for last goodbyes, since tomorrow is our last day.

Grandhotwatercamp Day 15

Yogurt and Cheerios for breakfast.

Where to start?

Let's play some "bat the bat".

And then water some plants.

Grandhotwatercamp Days 13 & 14

(This is really just Day 14, because Day 13 turned out to be a no-photos day. But we don't skip numbers.)
Grammie and John went shopping for some bushes at Lowe's.

They found a way to stay together in the store.

John found a nice fountain.

Naomi and her Mommy and Daddy met us at Pet-Smart, and we visited some of the animals. The most interesting ones were the hamsters and rats.

The fish were very intriguing, too.

Next, we walked across the parking lot to dinner at Chick-Fil-A.

We had fun.

And ate ice cream for desert.

Grandhotwatercamp Day 12

Today started off with - guess what - some sand play!
Note that it was not quite a pajama day.

Naomi and Aunt Jenny and Uncle Jeff came over in the afternoon to visit and play. Naomi made up a game, in which she says "I'm sad..."

Then John comes over and says "Be Happy!!"

After supper, we had an excursion to Baskin Robbins.

When it was time to go, the Cousins hugged goodbye.

Grandhotwatercamp Day 11

Today was stormy and rainy, so we all decided to go to the Museum of Nature and Science (formerly the Children's Museum)at Fair Park in Dallas. It was a long ride, but we made it.
First up was the kid's play area, with a giant jigsaw puzzle. John got to put the last piece in (because Mimi saved it for him!)

John and Mama played with some giant Tinker Toys.

Then we spent quite a while playing at the sand table. This was a favorite.

Next up was the Giant Bubbles area.

Mama made some amazing bubbles!

John and Pa found an Infinite Mirrors kaleidoscope booth. There were a lot of Johns and Pa's!

The last interesting place was the Dig for Dinosaur Bones sand box. John discovered a leg bone.

After we got back home, it was too wet to play outside, so John played in the garage with the mini-sandbox. See a pattern here?

We were all pretty tired, so we went to bed a bit earlier tonight.

Grandhotwatercamp Day 10

After breakfast today, we played in the petite sandbox.

Later, Pa and I bounced on the exercise trampoline.

Pa and I walked to a park where there was a neat climbing structure.

A squirrel watched from his treehouse while we played.

Here are the cool Easter sunglasses Mimi got for Naomi and me.

After supper, Mama, Pa and I went to another park by the elementary school. It had a bigger climbing structure.

It was another busy day.

Grandhotwatercamp Day 9

Cousin Naomi came over to spend the day today. Mimi got John and her cool sunglasses for Easter.


Naomi tried out the tree swing.


John and Naomi took the orange peels down and put them on the compost pile for Mimi.


Like Jack and Jill, they came up the hill when they finished.


Aunt Julie and Aunt Jenny went out and got Mexican food for dinner. Yum!


After supper, we played in the garage. It was funny talking (shouting) to each other through the foam pool tubes.