BOYS WEEK

Last week we had our grandsons Zach (14) and Eli (6) for the annual boys week. Eli came Sunday afternoon and stayed until Thursday afternoon. Zach came Monday morning and stayed until Tuesday evening. Eli told me I should leave since Grandpa always had to leave when it was girls week. I asked him if Grandpa could cook for him like I would. He didn't say anything after that.



On Monday it was hot and rainy so Vern took the boys to a movie. The boys picked "Despicable Me". They all thought it was a really good movie. In the afternoon they help Grandpa with some golf cart work. One of Eli's favorite things to do when he stays with us is helping Grandpa with golf cart work. When they came in the boys got out some of the toys and did some building and played with cars. Then came trying to decide what we were going to have for supper. The boys decided on hamburgers and hot dogs. We needed a few groceries, so Vern took the boys and went to Fareway and Grandma took a short nap. Eli likes hot dogs, but he wants them warmed up in the microwave. Well, Zach was having his on the grill, so all of a sudden Eli decided he wanted his on the grill. I told Vern to keep it on the edge so it wouldn't get any black on it. The hot dog had some black and Eli ate the whole thing. Younger cousins like to shadow the old cousins. We had a fire in the evening and the boys played with a soccer ball and threw a baseball at an air mattress leaning against a tree. You never know what will entertain them.



Tuesday Vern took the boys golfing. Eli has his own golf clubs and Zach has never been golfing. Vern decided it would be better to go to the driving range. He bought them each their own bucket of balls, but he said he had to share his with the boys. Eli would just put a ball downand hit, but Zach would do some practice swings. Zach ended up with a few blisters on his hand. I told him next time they went golfing he had to have a golf glove. The boys decided they wanted to go out for lunch and decided they wanted pizza. Vern called to see if I wanted to meet them for lunch, but I told him to make it just the boys. Zach asked it they could stop and see if his Dad (Jeff) could go with them. Jeff hadn't had lunch yet so the four of them went to Godfather's. After lunch they played for a while and then watched a movie. Eli picked "Return to Space Mountain". That boy would watch that movie 2 or 3 times a day if I would let him. He loves that movie. In the evening we watched Americas Got Talent. (we like to watch the show) Eli got into the show and would say which acts he liked and which ones he didn't.



Wednesday morning I had sewing at church, so left Vern to entertain Eli. They went for a bike ride after the rain stopped. They road around all the loops in the campground a couple of times and then road to the Oakwoods Shelter and back and then around all the loops again. When I got back I asked how the bike ride went and Vern said fine, except Eli liked riding through all the water puddles and he had to change his clothes when they got back. What else do 6 year old boys like to do, but play in the water. Everything was wet and muddy outside, so we stayed inside all afternoon. Eli got out the cars and trucks and played with them all afternoon. You had to be careful where you stepped and watched out for cars. He had them lined up on the dash and some in the air vents. We watched Americas Got Talent result show. I did pretty good, I picked 4 out of 4. I think Eli picked 3 of the 4. Not bad .



Thursday I had to go to Ames in the morning, so it was Grandpa and Eli. They spent the morning inside watching cartoons and playing with cars. Kathy was there picking up Eli when I got home, so the boys week ended.



We had so much fun with you guys and hope you had fun staying with us. We love you so much.