Oh Charlie! It’s not good to chew on the green fort-building sticks!

The only solution was to pick up the sticks and the purple balls which Charlie also likes to chew on. Avery came to help, but partway through, he said, “Grandma, do you think you can handle the rest of this? I don’t want to die in Fortnite.” No problem. LOL.

With nothing more to chew on, Charlie headed downstairs.

Yesterday, Phyllis’ sister/my cousin Carol came from Bakersfield to visit for a few days. And what do the sisters have for breakfast when they’re on vacation? Yup.

Has your grandchild ever asked you to keep a secret from the parents? Today I drove Sophia and Avery to their golf lesson at Campus Commons. Carson came along with us especially since going to Starbuck’s is always a part our trips. Before we left, Carson came over to me and whispered, “Can I have a tall chocolate milk? But don’t tell Mom, she doesn’t want me to have one. So we’re going to keep it a secret, right?” Several times over the next hour and a half, he periodically checked that we were still keeping a secret.

When we got home, Carson ran into the house and up to his mom and said, “Grandma bought me a tall chocolate milk!” A secret no longer.

All the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle are picture-side down and sorted by the tens column (that was my job). Carson put in the pieces in numerical order. Smile.


Avery, nice brother, gives Carson a lot of leeway to be a tough guy. Bigger smile.

Yesterday I drove 952 miles. I left at 5:30, drove to Well NV, met Dave and Phyl who had driven from Deer Lodge MT. Amazingly we arrived at our meeting point within minutes of each other. After a short break, we all got back into our vehicles and drove home. Phyl and I got back to my house at 7:30 pm, just 30 minutes before the curfew required us to be off the streets.

This morning, we went for a walk around Fisherman’s Lake:

Thais made a chocolate pie (recipe by Joanna Gaines) – the ongoing quest to find a chocolate pie that’s better than Aunt Marion’s.

Sophia styled Avery’s hair:

The first present. Avery wanted to show me his extra-large fort upstairs where he plays video games. I was invited inside.

Breakfast from Orphan’s (the Platas Verdes was great) and fun with everyone.