Fun at Grandma and Grandpa's House

While our number one favorite thing to do at Grandma and Grandpa’s house is visit with them and help around the house, we usually have plenty of free time. We never lack for anything to do and are NEVER bored at their house! It’s so fun visiting my Grandparents because they’ve lived in the same house for over 40 years, so my Aunt and Dad were both raised there. My Grandparents have saved many of their games and toys for us to play with!

On our last trip, Josiah and Rubia enjoyed several games of “Clue” using the 30-year-old game board and pieces.

Josiah loves to play “Shoot the Moon” and keeps careful track of how many times he wins. J

We also love playing out in their yard with the old bicycles, balls, wooden stilts, plastic horn, croquet, and tennis racquets.

Sometimes Daddy will take us on a walk through the nursery to the train tracks. Perhaps we’re just easily entertained, but we could stay at the tracks for hours. Especially when we’re joined by our cousins!

We love to stage funny pictures, try to balance on the rails, and hope to see a train.

When we’ve had our fill of the tracks, sometimes we’ll go hang out on the roof. Just kidding, we only did this once while Dad was cleaning up there. J

The den holds many special memories for us kids. When we were younger, we were enamored with the still-working record player you see in the corner. We especially loved the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” record. We would play the record, turn out the lights, grab a flashlight to use for a spotlight, and have a concert with our stuffed animals, using the couch as our stage. The den actually used to be Daddy's bedroom when he was a boy!

This was taken last November at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Their basement is a treasure-trove of old toys! We’ve enjoyed riding the rocking pony on springs, playing with the GI Joes and battle forts our Dad used, fixing up “food” on the kitchen set, plunking out tunes on the electric keyboard, and building things with old Legos and Lincoln logs.

We also love looking through photos and hearing the stories behind them. I love the fact that Grandma and Grandpa’s house is full of family history. I hope that one day I will be able to share toys, pictures, and memories with my grandkids, just like my Grandparents have done for my siblings and me!