Life as a grandmother

I have not worked on the wood stripping since August 2nd. 
This month has been hectic, to say the least. I babysit my grand-daughter Jewell 5 evenings a week. She started First grade on the 13th, every evening consists of making her dinner, giving her a bath, helping her with homework and then listen to her read 4 books. While we are getting a lot of bonding time, and she's getting smart, it does not leave much time for house projects. 
We do however make time to do things like this:


playing with chalk is even fun for grownups :)

Okay, back to my excuses.... 
I watch Adalyn and Everly, my other two grand-girls every other Saturday. Since they live 30 minutes away, I am usually at my daughters the entire day. She has to be at work by 5:30 a.m., so I get up at 3:45 a.m. on Saturday mornings. The things we do for those we love. LOL 

I bought Adalyn some little ladybug rain-boots and they were a hit for playing in the mud:
Aww, to be 3 years old and have no worries or cares other then 'Is that a roly-poly?' 


She heard a dog barking and wanted to see what was on the other side of the fence. 
I love this photo. 
And would seriously pay a lot of money for that hair. 


Everly turned 6 months old this month. She is at that age where she laughs out loud and is trying to crawl. 

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These three little girls are way more important than stripping wood. They will only be this age once and I want to be involved with their lives as much as I can. 
The memories we are making are priceless. <3

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