The Youngest Granddaughter and Youngest Daughter

Playing spools with Mama

 Miss A had so much fun with the empty thread spools. She showed them to her mama. Mama played with them in a way different than what Miss A and I had. This is so like my daughter. . .always outside the box with her thinking!

Sampling a blueberry smoothie

Miss A and I spent a lot of our time together cooking. We made a couple of blueberry smoothies with the Magic Bullet. She liked layering the ingredients into the container. When we turned on the machine to mix, her eyes grew so big. Immediately, she was intrigued with the noise as well as the color change of her drink! When it was time to drink it, she preferred drinking it with a straw. She left nothing behind!

Dressed for baking bread

We made some sourdough focaccia bread. This process made me laugh as the dough to Miss A looked like play dough. I showed her how to knead the dough. I gave her a chunk of dough for her to "massage" or knead. She picked it up and slapped it on the bread board. She said, "Not working." She repeated the process and this time said not play dough. I explained it was bread dough. I took a bite of the dough and she was aghast. When I encouraged her to taste it, she wouldn't. I don't think she ever realized the dough we put to rise was the bread we ate for dinner!

Salad making

We made salads. She loved using the spinner. She was awed by the water that was left behind in the spinner. She also loved pushing the top as fast as she could so she could see the bowl spin around fast!!

She also liked tearing the lettuce. Although, there were a number of times that a leaf went in with a twist; but, no tear! Mixing the ingredients together was her favorite part of the process. There were times when she helped herself to a cucumber and or carrot chunk!

Helping Papa in the garden

She had a great time helping my husband outside. I chuckled over her imitating his actions in the rose garden as he pruned spent blooms and placed the discards in his bucket. Of course, she had to have her own bucket. She watched his actions carefully. Then she went to a plant, picked up a few leaves from the ground; which she put in her bucket. Then she moved to the next plant at the same time as he did! She was careful to avoid the thorns on the plant.

Riding the "horse"

She also had a great time convincing her Papa to get down on his hands and knees so she could ride him like a horse. I laughed as she mounted backwards! She giggled the whole time. Her giggles grew louder when she hit the ground. She never did mount a different way!

"Shopping" at Starbucks

She loved hanging out with her cousins. Miss A and her oldest cousin, Miss K,  played human burrito with each other. Unfortunately, I have no photos of this activity. The two of them laughed and laughed as they rolled each other up in a lap quilt!

Enjoying her drink

The two also spent some time at Starbucks. Miss K is all about shopping. Of course, Miss A decided she was a shopper too. Although, enjoying her drink was the best part of the visit.

Being a "star" in the pool

She and Papa also spent some time in the pool. He was able to get Miss A to float on her back as still as a star in the sky for about seven seconds! For this busy gal, seven seconds fells like a lifetime!

Documenting my first spin cycle ride

Her mama and I took a cycle class. My daughter loves to spin/cycle. It was my first time to cycle. I was concerned that my knee wouldn't hold up to the movement. My daughter helped me clip in to the bike after the instructor had given me some pointers about how to use the bike and how the class was organized. When the instructor asked if I had any injuries, her eyes grew larger with each of my admissions. I said, I most likely would spend most of my time sitting. Sitting was not comfortable for my backside!! It was a fun class. My knee didn't like standing so I didn't do that often. This activity is one I'd like to do when my left knee is up to the task. It was special to be able to share this experience with my daughter.

Documenting a few more activities with Miss A was goal number ten on my October list. I am feeling better after my knee replacement surgery; but, I'm still not able to sit for handwork. I hope that I can stitch on a hand project next week.