DAY 5
I left to go to my doctor appointment at 7:45am the grandkids were still asleep and when I returned at about 9:15 they had just woken up and had breakfast. I left to pick up Christy, Luke and Liam for a trip to Austin to see a practitioner there who is helping all of us with our physical issues. When I return to Christy and Stu’s tonite about 7:15P, Elijah and Olivia were in a heated game with Uncle Stu on the Xbox or WII. (I don’t know the difference.) Shortly after I arrived, the pizza came, we ate pizza and headed home. The kids finished watching Madagascar 2, family prayer and to bed. They were both yawning during family prayer and went right to sleep. Grandpa took them downtown to the childrens museum today. I heard great things, but I’ll let grandpa give you the details.
I left to go to my doctor appointment at 7:45am the grandkids were still asleep and when I returned at about 9:15 they had just woken up and had breakfast. I left to pick up Christy, Luke and Liam for a trip to Austin to see a practitioner there who is helping all of us with our physical issues. When I return to Christy and Stu’s tonite about 7:15P, Elijah and Olivia were in a heated game with Uncle Stu on the Xbox or WII. (I don’t know the difference.) Shortly after I arrived, the pizza came, we ate pizza and headed home. The kids finished watching Madagascar 2, family prayer and to bed. They were both yawning during family prayer and went right to sleep. Grandpa took them downtown to the childrens museum today. I heard great things, but I’ll let grandpa give you the details.
Okay, Grandpa says: here’s my version of today’s events…
This morning Betty had to leave early for her skin cancer removal procedure, so I stayed at home with Olivia and Elijah. They were asleep in the queen size bed in the guest room. Suddenly, as I was working on my computer I felt a tug on my shoulder. I look around to and surprise! It was Olivia, the first one up (or at least so I thought). I asked her if the E man was up yet and she said he was reading in bed. I got them both a bowl of cereal and we had breakfast. Then as we started to watch Madagascar 2, Grandma Betty came home. She gave me the good news from the in-office surgery that the Dermatologist thought she got all the melanoma and quickly got ready to leave for Austin with Christy and the Twins.
Meanwhile we decided to finish Madagascar 2 later and got dressed and left for Baker Hughes. I showed Olivia and Elijah around the office where I work and introduced the youngest two “interns” to many of my co-workers. Some of them gave them candy. They were very polite and said “thank you” every time it was offered. After Baker Hughes, it was time for Lunch so we stopped at McDonalds and bought two happy meals. Elijah didn’t get the PokeMon toy that he wanted, but they didn’t have much to choose from. After lunch we headed off to the Children’s museum located in downtown Houston about an hour south of Tomball.
When we arrived at the museum, Olivia and Elijah each received some stickers and an ATM card from the Bank of KidTropolis. The way it works is you get a $20 credit in your account to begin with then to earn more you have to work in one of the “stores” in KidTropolis. There is a restaurant, a Bank, a grocery store, a Vet, a bike shop, an art shop, and some other establishments. You earn a paycheck and you can deposit the money to your ATM account or you can get cash which can be spent at the businesses.
Olivia did a little stint as a waitress but then spent most of her time shopping in the grocery store and then as a check-out cashier in the grocery store. Elijah enjoyed “stocking” the shelves with the groceries. I had quite a difficult time prying them out of there, they really enjoyed working, which kind of surprised me, they really took their responsibilities quite seriously. In fact Olivia complained that she was “bullied” out of her cashiering position by a mean old lady.
They also enjoyed playing on the power tower quite a bit. They played tag and climbed from the bottom to the top and back and forth several times. Then we went to the bottom floor where Olivia made a parachute and tested it in a vertical clear plastic wind tunnel. Elijah tried to make a Lego car that would go down a steep track without crashing but, alas, it always seemed to break up before it went all the way. I think everyone had a good time and then we drove back to Uncle Stuart’s place, ordered Pizza and Grandpa Bob went to Scouts while everyone else played Wii games and when Betty arrived she brought Elijah and Olivia back home and we watched the remainder of Madagascar 2 and read a story, had family prayer and off to bed.
This morning Betty had to leave early for her skin cancer removal procedure, so I stayed at home with Olivia and Elijah. They were asleep in the queen size bed in the guest room. Suddenly, as I was working on my computer I felt a tug on my shoulder. I look around to and surprise! It was Olivia, the first one up (or at least so I thought). I asked her if the E man was up yet and she said he was reading in bed. I got them both a bowl of cereal and we had breakfast. Then as we started to watch Madagascar 2, Grandma Betty came home. She gave me the good news from the in-office surgery that the Dermatologist thought she got all the melanoma and quickly got ready to leave for Austin with Christy and the Twins.
Meanwhile we decided to finish Madagascar 2 later and got dressed and left for Baker Hughes. I showed Olivia and Elijah around the office where I work and introduced the youngest two “interns” to many of my co-workers. Some of them gave them candy. They were very polite and said “thank you” every time it was offered. After Baker Hughes, it was time for Lunch so we stopped at McDonalds and bought two happy meals. Elijah didn’t get the PokeMon toy that he wanted, but they didn’t have much to choose from. After lunch we headed off to the Children’s museum located in downtown Houston about an hour south of Tomball.
When we arrived at the museum, Olivia and Elijah each received some stickers and an ATM card from the Bank of KidTropolis. The way it works is you get a $20 credit in your account to begin with then to earn more you have to work in one of the “stores” in KidTropolis. There is a restaurant, a Bank, a grocery store, a Vet, a bike shop, an art shop, and some other establishments. You earn a paycheck and you can deposit the money to your ATM account or you can get cash which can be spent at the businesses.
Olivia did a little stint as a waitress but then spent most of her time shopping in the grocery store and then as a check-out cashier in the grocery store. Elijah enjoyed “stocking” the shelves with the groceries. I had quite a difficult time prying them out of there, they really enjoyed working, which kind of surprised me, they really took their responsibilities quite seriously. In fact Olivia complained that she was “bullied” out of her cashiering position by a mean old lady.
They also enjoyed playing on the power tower quite a bit. They played tag and climbed from the bottom to the top and back and forth several times. Then we went to the bottom floor where Olivia made a parachute and tested it in a vertical clear plastic wind tunnel. Elijah tried to make a Lego car that would go down a steep track without crashing but, alas, it always seemed to break up before it went all the way. I think everyone had a good time and then we drove back to Uncle Stuart’s place, ordered Pizza and Grandpa Bob went to Scouts while everyone else played Wii games and when Betty arrived she brought Elijah and Olivia back home and we watched the remainder of Madagascar 2 and read a story, had family prayer and off to bed.
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