Weekend With Grandparents

Once again, we made the trip to my parents’ house to have the boys spend time with them, and to help out with whatever work needed to be done. My brother and his family were also there.

We trimmed some hedges, pruned a tree, set up a wireless network, and moved furniture out of Dad’s office. We also got to eat some delicious Filipino food (lumpia, chicken adobe, ube ice cream). The boys had fun playing with their cousin, and just enjoyed hanging out at Grandpa and Grammie’s house.

My brother found several of his old records and played them on his record player from long ago (Boy George, Michael Jackson, The Police, etc). It was fun listening to the oldies as we used to listen to them. When the music was playing, Brian went to get the guitar. He held the guitar like a cello, strummed at the neck part, and at the same time danced to the music. He was so cute (I missed a perfect picture opportunity)!

Kevin pointed to a record and asked what it was. We explained that it was an old type of CD that played music – just much larger. He got to see how a record player worked for the first time. His generation doesn’t know what records or cassettes are. I remember one time last year, he pointed to an old phone in my parents’ bedroom (where you dial the numbers) and asked what it was. The boys won’t even know what a video cassette is - they only watch DVDs.

Justin was assigned to take the class mascot, Mzee the turtle, for the weekend. He is then to report on the activities that he did with Mzee. Here is a picture that we'll use for Justin's report. The boys sat on the jetski pretending they were on the river (the weather was a bit too chilly to swim in), and posed for a picture with Mzee.

Another picture we'll use is Justin with Mzee at bedtime. Justin said to write: "I had fun playing with Mzee in my bed. He turned around and around and crashed into the wall. He’s so funny."

UPDATE ON DAD:
Dad continues his recovery. Several times a day, he tries to go around without using any supplemental oxygen to help him breathe. It is a lot of exertion for him though. Each exertion wears him out, but he is determined to wean off the oxygen.