Evenings were game nights, much to Ben's delight! I would try to have dinner ready by the time everyone came home from work. If there were no meetings that evening, we'd have the kitchen cleaned up super fast and pull out games. We taught Ben to play Rummicub, which is one of my favorites! However, once Mom taught Jamie and I to play Pinochle, we focused more on getting the kids to bed at a decent hour so the three of us could play!
Coloring before bedtime... The kids have perfected the art of prolonging bedtime when Aunt Jamie or Grandma are around!
Eating divine Blue Bell ice cream. I had convinced myself we weren't really missing out on much by having Breyer's while in Ohio. I WAS SO WRONG! Blue Bell is so incredibly delightful!!! (We have a law school activity here in a few weeks. Our contribution is going to be brownies and Blue Bell ice cream that we can buy in bulk from Outback Steakhouse! I'm working hard to clean out my freezer so we'll have room. AND, I'm leaving myself a little leeway for a 5 lb weight gain that week!)
Another evening of prolonging bedtime with just a 'little bit' of a movie.
Ben was so excited to scrapbook with Grandma! One Saturday morning they holed up in her 'office' (aka scrapbook room) and put a book together!
Weeding the flower beds...
One thing we all love to do together is work on puzzles. We pulled this one out shortly before Independence day and worked on it sporadically for the next 3 weeks. It was a HARD puzzle! (Notice the Risk game in the corner...we had a few games that we played on for days. We being Ben and whatever adult got suckered into playing with him and his competitive nature. I have NO IDEA where he got that!)
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Loved doing the puzzles and the game playing. My evenings are a lot less exciting than they were when you were here! I'm thinking about starting a new puzzle but can't quite get motivated.
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