As much fun as all the reunions were, the absolute best part of my week was seeing my grandson Oliver. Up until this point I have only seen Oliver at his house, but my daughter Kyrston and her husband Jeremy were kind enough to drive 12 hours from South Carolina to Ohio to spend the week with me and my Dad. It was a long car ride but Oliver was “near perfect” largely in part due to the ingenious idea Kyrston had of giving him a small “new to him” toy every hour. When they finely arrived I was overcome with joy and absolutely loved the picture he had drawn for me on the ride up. A picture is worth 1000 words and I was lucky Jeremy captured the moment.
Although my Dad’s house didn’t have alot of toys it does have lots of land and we started by exploring the house and the land around it. Oliver was thrilled to be out of the car and Jeremy and Kyrston needed a drink 🙂 So I played tour guide. It was particularly wonderful seeing Oliver in places where my kids had been when they were little and I loved grabbing pictures that matched others I have with my kids.
We also had Donato’s subs (my absolute favorite) for dinner that night and Jeremy got to try it for the first time. We actually had lots of great meals that entire week, including a beautiful chicken marsala meal Jeremy made one night, and my favorite Chinese restaurant Ding Ho. Everything felt so nostalgic in the best possible way and experiencing it with my grandbaby was awesome.
Although my Dad’s farm is fun I will say Oliver has boundless energy and he started every morning with “Grammy are you awake?” and went non stop until 8:30-9pm. My step counter was on overdrive the whole week as we entertained each other. Since we didn’t have a lot of toys it was old fashioned fun and I learned what a wonderful imagination Oliver has.
The most fun game we played was when Oliver took painters tape and tied up Papa and I while we were watching the Olympics. It was super fun and I highly recommend buying painters tape for any kids you have in this age group. It sticks but not permanently and makes a fun spiderweb.
On the third visit day though I decided more toys were in order and since his birthday was only a month away Jeremy and I went to buy him his first big boy bike. He has never been on a bike before but jumped on and rode it right away. Not knowing how to brake was a bit of a problem in the store but we managed to pick a bike and even harder a helmet. We tried on several but eventually he picked the Spiderman helmet which matched his Spiderman bike.
Along with all the fun things we had lots of people come down. Instead of dragging him around folks came to him which made for a more pleasant week. They also got their pottery gifts when they made a visit and we had lots of people come by.
It truly was a fantastic week full of nice weather, beautiful sunsets, and incredible one on one time with Oliver. The last night he said I was the best Grammy in the world and I teared up. It was truly amazing.
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