A Grand-daughter comes for a Sleepover

It was our third summer sleepover!  We picked Ruth up around 1 pm on Saturday. This gave us a little time to chat at the Conways and to enjoy Henry's big smiles.

Ruth packed her softball and glove at my suggestion so she too could play catch with Grandpa.  She had her stuffed toy and her backpack with a few books--no Kindle because it seemed to be dead. She said that because she had no Kindle, could we talk on the trip to our house?  Of course!  And we did.

First on our agenda was making the bunny cake.  We were unable to get together for Easter thanks to Covid 19 but a bunny cake could still be fun in July.  And it was fun.   Ruth was very pleased to mix the cake and later to frost it and decorate its face with M and Ms. And she was pleased to eat it--it was  a treat for us too.  Part of the fun was taking a photo of Ruth and the cake and sending it to the Skylight so we could see it again and again.   I also sent it to Facebook where it got many "likes" and a few comments.

While the cake was cooling, we went for a walk down the towpath.  I said we could look for turtles, ducks, frogs and even deer.  But it was so incredibly hot that we saw no animals.   By the time we got home, we were all wet with sweat.

Supper was hot dogs--Ruth's choice over hamburgers.   Grandpa and Ruth played some catch.  Ruth and I continued reading Primrose Day, a book we have been reading over the past several months.   I had loved that book as a child and after doing some searching, managed to track it down.  Ruth has also enjoyed it and laughed a lot at the fishing chapter which she had noticed was pictured on the cover--I had not noticed that.

Ruth had a hard time settling into sleep.  I checked on her a few times, crawled in with her for a while, and finally I heard her steady rhythm of breathing as she fell asleep.  She told me the next day that the sounds were not the familiar ones of voices at home or white noise from Henry's machine.   She had been concerned about what time she could get up in the morning but she slept well all night and we all woke up around 7:30 or so.

We did our usual Nassau Church service on line and included the children's message this week.   Ruth and Grandpa did a few big puzzles on the bedroom floor.   Ruth amused herself by making a few more cork dolls--finding corks in the back of our silverware drawer.   She acted out a play with them--quite the imaginative young lady.    We read some poems and made up some more.

It was just too hot to go for another walk but we did walk briefly at Washington Crossing Park where we met the Conways who came to pick up Ruth.  She was overjoyed to see them again.   We had texted them to say she missed them--and she was eager to know if they missed her.   They did although it didn't take long to have territorial claims in the minivan for the trip home

And once again it was very quiet at our apartment without a young lady's chatter.   We were very glad we could host the third sleepover of the summer--and now are ready to start over.  Sam wondered if he could come next weekend but maybe we will wait a few more weeks.   We are blessed to have happy, healthy grandchildren.   In the midst of this pandemic, may it continue to be so!