Maama and Popop

Where do I begin? Maama and Popop have just left us after a wonderful, full of fun visit. They were here 10 day all together. Five of the days were spent in Fairbanks and the other five were spent on an adventure that I will tell you about in a separate post.

We had such a great visit. It was full of cooking, planting, playing, talking and laughing. Maama taught the Beth and Isabel how to make pies. They made a delicious strawberry pie. Isabel was especially fond of helping Maama cook because it included lots of tasting. She was particularly delighted when Maama accidentally  made the pie crust with powder sugar instead of flour. I kept wondering why Isabel was tasting the flour and Maama could not figure out why the consistency of the dough was so strange . Luckily we figured it our before we put the strawberries in, so the pie was saved and it was very tasty!!! We also learned how to make sushi together. It was lots of fun and I don't think we did too badly for our first try.

Maama and Pop op also helped us clean up our yard by planting some beautiful flowers in the front yard. The girls had a great time getting dirty. The flowers were only planted a few days ago, but they have already grown a great deal (thanks to the 24 hours of sunlight thing).

Owen had an absolutely fabulous time doing all kinds of puzzles and games with  Popop. Popop was certainly a favorite of Owens and he was not at all worried about mommy being out of sight as long as Popop was right there. Thanks for the many breaks and help with the kids!!!

I think in spite of all the fun the kids had, there was one theme of this visit from the grandparents that prevailed: MONOPOLY!!! Maama and Popop endured many hours playing this newly beloved game with the kids. I thi nk they must have played 10 times in 3 days. Not a small task for the adult who must endure this. Thank you Maama and Popop for the very fun visit. We all had a great time and are looking forward to more happy times together!

 

More photos here.