As a new burgundy mini-van pulls up with 3 ladies over the age of 63, I can't help to sing the song "3 blind mice" substituting with "3 old ladies" and making up versus as I go along. You have to laugh at seeing Grandma Cousino, Great Grandma Mac and Great Grandma Verdoot roll up for their visit with their walkers, canes, and all helping each other, it's quite a site to see!
The day they arrived it was a beautiful 70 degree day, endless blue skies, well that didn't last too long. It started raining Wednesday night and continued right on through Saturday. I'm not just talking about grey skies and rain showers here and there, it was a monsoon! There were thunderstorms and wind and downpours like you wouldn't believe. All our plans had to get changed but honestly I don't know how we would have fit anything else in our days, we were busy, busy, busy from early in the morning to late at night. So busy that the only time we could fit in a trip to Meijer was Friday night at 10:30 pm, we didn't even get home until about 11:45 pm. Even with all the rain and yucky weather we had a great visit and hopefully Grandma Mac liked her trip north.
Highlights from the visit.
- Grandma Cousino goes to school with Hunter
- Zander and I take lunch to Hunter and Grandma Cousino at school
- Swimming at Grandma Macs hotel; The Grand Beach (beautiful hotel)
- Don's Drive In for some good ole' Coney Dogs
- Rain stopped long enough for us to go down to the beach at Grandma Macs hotel and play in the wet sand. The water was so nice that Hunter went out to just below his waste, with his pants on. Zander had sand everywhere. Thank goodness Grandma Mac's room was near so I could wash him off.
- Friday morning took Hunter and Zander to gymnastics (Hunter got to skip school to spend time with his Grandma's)
- Saturday hockey skating for Hunter
- Saturday evening Zanders 1st Birthday Party. Great friends, neighbors, family and best of all Great Grandparents were able to make the trip for it!
- Sunday, sun finally came back out. Took Grandma Mac for a ride up the Peninsula and to a winery, although she didn't go in the winery, me and Grandma Cousino did and each came out with a bottle. Hunter had fun rolling down the hill at the winery and Zander enjoyed just getting out of his carseat.
- Mission Point Lighthouse. Woowee was it cold there, the wind was wipping off of the water but we were able to get Grandma Mac's picture showing that she was standing at the 45th parallel, half way between Antartica and the Equator.
Even though we got up and going each day, Grandma Mac was happy to stay in her hotel room until about 2:00 pm each day. She really enjoyed her room which was right on the bay, even though she didn't get to enjoy the view that much because of the rain it was still nice that she was able to be there!
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