Not A Minute Wasted

I headed off to Minnesota October 15 for a whirlwind week of visiting, very long overdue.  I started out at Henni's and our first night did not go silent until about 2:30 a.m...this for a mother who is usually in bed at 9 p.m.!!  We really made up for lost time and what fun we had.  We shared a wonderful bottle of Chilean Carmenere wine and celebrated our reunion!  The Minnesota weather was lovely and sunny and after a weekend with Henni (Rich gave us lots of space:-) I headed over to Katri's and spent two days just with Ava and one day with Eliah doing all the things Grandmothers are supposed to do...color, paint, play doh, cutting, pasting, playing doll house..we had a great time.

On my day with Eliah, we got out all his train tracks and had a very fun time putting them together.  He learned about "right of way" and yielding and soon decided that it would be better to put up one of his stop lights so that it would always be green when Grandma's train came close to his...well..it is his train stuff afterall.  We raked leaves so they could be jumped in and played some games and soon the day was coming to an end.  Katri and I headed out that evening to her weekly knitting group so I could meet some of her knitting friends.  A great group and they even knit a bit when they aren't talking and drinking coffee!

Next, it was off to my sister's for a day of catching up on sister talk and a lovely walk around the neighborhood.   Now I'm home again, welcomed at the ferry landing by my two main men, BJ and Hank.  Kisses were great from both.