Chef Brock and Chef Grant wanted to help with breakfast. Brock was in charge of the scrambled eggs and Grant had the fried eggs.
Grant was anxious to learn the art of flipping eggs, so Paw Paw encouraged him.
This is the way it's done. OK, your turn!
First attempt. In the pan! Great flip!
Second try good, too!
Jack's chore today is cleaning the table. Job well done!
Happy Mitchell is vacuuming!
Charlotte and Brock feed the birds.
Holly presents the flag and Charlotte is her color guard.
Mitchell takes a ride.
We had tacos for lunch on the front deck, followed by rest time.
Charlotte, Brock and Mitchell fell asleep right away.
But the four big kids had more than an hour of reading and/or game time...
in the Tree House.
Just after lunch, Will had spotted a bear out back. The kids were a little skittish about the tree house. We assured them that no self respecting bear would come around as long as there are kids making noise outside. They took BB Guns and enjoyed their time.
We had to wake the little guys, have a snack and on to craft time.
These cute little buckets will produce beautiful flowers. Well, that was the selling point. We will see.
Mix the soil and water, add to the bucket, sprinkle with seeds, cover with soil, mist with water. Easy, right? My thumb is no greener now than ever before, but some of these kids grow things other than themselves, so we'll give it a try.
Mark your bucket and watch it grow! (ahem)
Inside to finish the Chef's Aprons and towels or bandannas, as the case may be.
We put the KidDecals on them, but Will and Holly made a few personalizations.
Very cute!
Off to the hot tub for Holly, Charlotte, Mitchell and Brock.
Holly seemed to enjoy a little Paw Paw time.
Paw Paw did, too.
And here they come!
Round and round and round they go!
How about a little Walkie Talkie Commando? Grammy decided to sit this one out and photograph from the command center.
The little guys are so cute doing this!
Those walkie talkies are just so much fun, although very hard to get the hang of the talk button, when to press, when to talk and when to release.
And as if that isn't hard enough, then you must listen to and follow Paw Paw's directions to find the prize.
Is it a box of matches?
No, it's a baricceaner caribbeaner!
Holly, you are up next!
Yours is pink!
Charlotte and Brock entertain me with their shadow puppets behind the sun shade! I am easily entertained. Grammys are an easy audience.
Love their simple, creative and confident spirits!
Meanwhile, back at the command center, Grant asked for a hard mission! It was, indeed, as it was found in the spring! He persevered until it was discovered!
And here is the commander himself in the command center.
This one is a delicate mission and the commander forgot where the packages were. Since he hid them, we had to wait until his memory returned.
Dinner tonight was make your own shish-ka-bobs.
Very interesting to see what combinations were chosen. But, they all look good! It is difficult to remember what belongs to whom. We were certain that Mitchell's was the one with meat, vegetables and a strawberry.
Waiting and Whittling. Whittling and Waiting.
How old can these guys be?
The desserts were just a much fun to make as to eat!
Pound cake, strawberries, bananas. Oh, and see the third one from the left with the grape tomato? Who do you think made that one?
MMMMMM Those look good. Send those kids home with those cooking skills so I can put them to work!!
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