My mom has been with us for two weeks. She arrived the day before Isaiah was born (May 31st) and will head back to PA tomorrow night. She said she was coming with lots of things for Becca to do . . . but I wasn’t expecting a whole Mary Poppins suitcase of fun activities for Becca. Let’s just say, if you’re expecting a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc child and need someone to watch your kids for you, my mom is the person to ask (but we have first dibs!). She’ll even feed them kale!

While we were in the hospital Grammy and Becca made a blanket/banner for Isaiah. It’s really cute and we’re planning on hanging it in the kids’ room. They also made signs to welcome Isaiah home. One night Josh dropped Grammy and Becca back from the hospital . . . it was already late and then they decided to play a game from Grammy’s suitcase after supper. Bedtime wasn’t till 11 that night!

Once Isaiah and I came home, Becca and Grammy were able to go on outings, since the car was available. They went to the library for story time, a park, the sprayground, the zoo, and the apartment pool. Grammy has also spent considerable time playing in Becca’s room. She taught Becca how to have Sunday School with all her animals. During Grammy’s visit, they’ve been working on making a book for Becca (hence some of the posed pictures). Grammy made Becca a cute story book all about Becca.

All week long, Grammy has been pulling more things out of her Mary Poppins suitcase: paper strips to make a paper chain, macaroni to make necklaces, different paper crafts. The other day they went into Becca’s room and shut the door . . . we found them later doing flannel graph stories of fairy tales. Add to that that Grammy also taught Becca how to spit when brushing her teeth and is trying to motivate her not to cry when she wakes up.

I shall also add that my mom has done several projects for me. She hemmed the curtains I’ve been wanting to put up in the kitchen for months. And she is working on a painting project for the curtains in the kids’ room – hand prints and foot prints. She also sewed the wall hangings I’ve wanted to put up in our church nursery. And she’s great at distracting Isaiah when he “thinks” he needs to eat too early.

Thanks, Grammy for ALL your help! Becca has had a blast! We all really appreciate your help and how it’s allowed me to ease back into my responsibilities in the home. I am continually impressed with all the activities you have for Becca. Thanks for being a great mom and Grammy!

For pictures of Isaiah – come back tomorrow to celebrate his 2 week birthday. After this week, I’ll have less time and will probably go back to one post a week!