Tag Archives: Gramma Jean
Can I bring him home?
This is what 5# of polish meatballs looks like.
The last time we made them, Owen was a baby. They all went in the freezer and we will enjoy them all summer!!
Tomorrow’s sous vide dinner: cowboy ribeye as big as your head!
They enjoyed the sous vide ribs so we decided to do the king of steaks—the cowboy ribeye!
Me and Mom
Introducing the kids to my childhood!
I had Gramma search for her old Tonka makers (pie irons) and bring it! Tonight we had dessert—another day we’ll do pizza sandwiches!
Apple and Reese’s Marshmallow.
Owen’s belated birthday trip with Gramma Jean!
Owen loved Katie’s day with Gramma for her birthday and wanted to do it for his, too! Since Gramma was in Florida for his birthday, they did it this trip.
Gramma says:
Owen and I had a belated birthday adventure today; three parks, shopping for picnic lunch goodies and a stop at Dairy Queen for birthday ice cream treat.
Gramma even tried the roller slide!
SURPRISE! Daddy and Katie just happened to show up at Dairy Queen at the same time Owen and Gramma were there—totally unplanned. They sang Happy Birthday to him!
Mustachioed trio!
Christmas with the Schwalms
Decorating Christmas cookies at the gallery!
Helping Gramma make soup!
The kids doing pysanky with Gramma Jean for the first time!
They’re a bit behind—I started at age 3! They were both excited to sit down and do it. Gramma gave them a quick lesson on how to hold the egg and kistka, but unfortunately both of them forgot and ended up grabbing the hot metal end…which is why you see tears on some of Katie’s close up pics. They both had fun and enjoyed doing two eggs—I was only going to watch but then couldn’t help myself and had to jump in and “do a quick egg” which of course turned into more time than I planned and I ended up sitting there finishing mine while the kids were done and outside playing. 🙂 (Note: The eggs are done but are still at Gramma’s house being varnished so the finished product photo will come later.)
Gramma and Grandpa are leaving!
A few quick pics before school…
It was Gramma’s last morning so us girls all cuddled.
Twin Mini Butts
I never thought I’d have the same car as my mother. 🙂
Marshmallow selfies and drawing by the fire
Archery…now with Gramma!
He was five for five!
Owen showing Gramma how to do things.
She hit the target with all five arrows!
My Mommy and Me
Gramma snuggles
Katie and Gramma Jean’s Big Birthday Adventure
I told Gramma that for Katie’s birthday, instead of giving her stuff, to take her on an adventure. So she did.
In Gramma’s words:
For Katie’s 5th birthday this year, we went on an adventure! (Yes, in Grayling.) We played at three parks, went wading in the river (along some of the racers practicing), went to the grocery store for picnic lunch supplies [where Katie could pick anything she wanted—she got a Lunchable, strawberry yogurt covered pretzels, strawberries, cashews, and chocolate milk], threw stones in the river for a half hour, went for a 3-mile bike ride (yes, I fell), and had an ice cream cone at Wimpy’s. We were gone 7 hours and mom and dad were starting to worry! What great fun we had! Happy birthday Katie Bug!
Gramma says Katie could have pedaled for hours!
Gramma says: I am so glad Katie didn’t fall. We were too close to each other and her back wheel caught my front wheel.
Cupcakes!
We brought cupcakes and frosting for Gramma to do with the kids… Grauntie Marge ended up helping as well, and then I got stuck frosting them and Katie did the sprinkles.
We had them as birthday dessert for Katie after the Wednesday night group dinner when everyone came back to the house to visit. We even sang Happy Birthday to Katie and she loved it!
Within an hour of arriving…
Owen was brave enough to swing this year!
10# of lobster
As a thank you to the grandparents for watching the kids, we bought four lobster—two insanely huge ones (probably 3.5# each) and two regular-sized ones.
We don’t have official lobster implements…but these worked fine.
Katie’s attempts at getting a picture of our huge lobster tails.
The lobsters were so huge that one claw was the size of a regular lobster’s tail! Neither of us could finish the whole thing.
Throwback to 2003:
Pool Opening: Grandparent Edition
Since we were away house hunting, it was up to Gramma Jean and Grandpa David to take the kids to opening day of our community pool.
Just chillin’ with Gramma
Katie wanted Gramma to curl her hair!
The first picture is the back of her hair BEFORE curling. Right. Mission accomplished!
Playing Suspend with Gramma
They got ALL the bars on without anything falling off! So much fun!
Screeching flying worms!
So, Gramma Jean had these many years ago when Owen was maybe 2-3 and he hated them! She kept them all this time and brought them down. The first one busted as she was blowing it up. The second one made no noise whatsoever. Then one finally worked.
Waiting to scare Gramma!
I came upstairs to see Katie laying in the hall like this. I asked her what she was doing. Then I noticed the bathroom door was closed and the light was on.
Gramma was in there and she was waiting to scare her when she came out!!
Baseball game with Gramma and Grandpa!
Gramma Jean and Grandpa David came down to watch the kids while we did house hunting stuff… And they arrived in time to go to baseball with us!
