It was Dad's and Tanner's first time visiting us here. We spent a lot of time just chillin' -- playing inside and playing outside, making sure everyone got their fill of my sweet boys. Henry and Ellis had the time of their lives. I suspect Grandpa Dave did too. He played the role of Henry's official full-time playmate, which means he got his fair share of playing with . . . you guessed it: CARS!
The cars went to Boston and arranged themselves by color. This is just one of many intensely fun car outings.
Henry also did his traffic jam puzzle with Grandma and Grandpa and then cleverly matched up one of his toy cars with each of the cars in the puzzle. If you look closely, you can see his cars placed on top of the puzzle.
After appeasing Henry's obsession by day, we worked on Tanner's latest passion by night: strategy board games. Tanner currently spends most of his waking hours either playing games, reading about new games on boardgamegeek.com, or designing his own games. He even chose to play board games over sleeping several times during the trip! And for a 17-year old boy, that's saying something. The night before they left Utah, Tanner emailed me with a list of 9 games (and links to their synopses, instructions, etc. on boardgamegeek), wondering which ones he should bring. He brought 6 of them. The favorites? Power Grid, Puerto Rico, and Dominion.
Other noteworthy nightlife includes my parents super-gluing Tanner's feet. They claim that super glue immediately "fixes" cracked skin by creating a barrier from the air, dirt, water, etc. that would otherwise get past the skin and make it hurt. My favorite was Tanner's reaction 20 minutes after this picture when he realized his sock was super-glued to his foot! They had to cut off the sock! Good times. More to come in the next post.
The cars went to Boston and arranged themselves by color. This is just one of many intensely fun car outings.Henry also did his traffic jam puzzle with Grandma and Grandpa and then cleverly matched up one of his toy cars with each of the cars in the puzzle. If you look closely, you can see his cars placed on top of the puzzle.After appeasing Henry's obsession by day, we worked on Tanner's latest passion by night: strategy board games. Tanner currently spends most of his waking hours either playing games, reading about new games on boardgamegeek.com, or designing his own games. He even chose to play board games over sleeping several times during the trip! And for a 17-year old boy, that's saying something. The night before they left Utah, Tanner emailed me with a list of 9 games (and links to their synopses, instructions, etc. on boardgamegeek), wondering which ones he should bring. He brought 6 of them. The favorites? Power Grid, Puerto Rico, and Dominion. 
Other noteworthy nightlife includes my parents super-gluing Tanner's feet. They claim that super glue immediately "fixes" cracked skin by creating a barrier from the air, dirt, water, etc. that would otherwise get past the skin and make it hurt. My favorite was Tanner's reaction 20 minutes after this picture when he realized his sock was super-glued to his foot! They had to cut off the sock! Good times. More to come in the next post.
3 comments:
What a fun week! It's always nice to get family time.
Ava said in the car today, "Before Henry came to my house I didn't know him. Now I really do and I love him." So cute! Can't wait to hang all the time!
actually, Jenn, this picture was them trying to cut off my sock. Priceless.
/Tanner
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