Esme had a good time these past few days visiting with Grandpa Harvey and Grandma Gale from Iowa. They had a good time 'resting' as much as a toddler would let them, which couldn't have been very much. I had to work a few days but the time I was here they were being run ragged playing 'Looney Tunes Duck Season/Rabbit Season' pretend games and other things such as these balloon animals and dinosaur fights and 'doctor has to save you' etc.. Esme has a large imagination and really showed it to them.
They are on their way home now, but before that they took Esme and I out to a catfish restaurant for Esme's very first time at a restaurant (other than once or twice to McDonald's playcenter with Mama). Mark stayed home because he doesn't like fish OR crowds. Esme was very very good, just requiring some extra encouragement to eat her dinner instead of stare and talk about everything. Afterwards we were going out to the car and it had gotten dark. Esme told Grandpa to come in because she loved him, and the brown bears were going to eat him because it was all dark out there. She said it was not safe, even in the car, because it was dark and we all needed to go back to 'the green house' with her Daddy so we could all be safe. That was very sweet and really told a lot about how her mind works. I told her I would hold her hand and we would go back to the green house and find Daddy and that was 'okay' and she went to sleep until we got home. I know she will be looking for Grandpa and Grandma again tomorrow - and be sad that they are back at their house and will only talk on the phone for a long time again. However, we are all very glad they got a chance to visit and to rest away from the 'city' and busy schedules they keep. Have a safe trip home and enjoy the memories :)
For the record: We also lost the Cookie Rabbit yesterday morning - she was there and then POOOF she was gone! I searched for her and did not find her. Tonight before bed I turned on my spidey sense and a flashlight and found her hiding behind the 'chair' bench Esme eats her dinner at. So, yay - the Cookie Rabbit is found!
Notes: The brown whipporwhill cowpeas are starting to pod, and the black eyed peas and purple hulled peas have produced half their crop now. I pulled all the curcubit vines (pumpkins, zucchini and etc.) as the squash bugs were getting in large numbers out there. I hope this will help keep their number down for next year - and an early planting again with netting over them? //also, Esme's side leg measurement is now just under 21 inches. Pants time, again.
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