Spring Break with Grandma and Grandpa

My folks were here for a week over my Spring Break. It was great. I got to run a ton of errands while they stayed home with Ben: doctor's appointment, haircut, Target (twice), grocery store, got a hitch put on my new car, Joanne's, Home Depot, and Kohl's - all with taking just my wallet. No sippy cups, no diaper bag, no dealing with loading and unloading... It's amzing what you can really get done when you are kid-less for a few trips...

Anyway, grandma and grandpa had lots of fun playing with Ben - taking him to the park and for walks around the neighborhood and playing with his na-mower and bike in the driveway. We did make a stop for ice cream at DQ one night - Ben got to share with grandpa.

He also liked cutting his new wooden fruit with a knife.

We got to decorate Easter cookies, too!

We even made it to the beach on Saturday. We got there, had a nice picnic lunch, and wandered around Boiler Bay.

The hit of the day: a feather...

Ben (or should I say daddy and grandpa) had fun playing in the sand...

OK - Ben played, too...
And pushed his wagon around forever. (Yaquina Head lighthouse in the background)

We got some kite-flying in, too.

All in all a great Spring Break. A lot (mysteriously) got done around the house, too: finally painting the stairway/ landing (thanks, dad), scrubing Ben's poor stroller (thanks grandma), and most of the rest of the power washing of the house (yeah, daddy!). I got a chance to sort through all of Ben's clothes and put them in nice labeled (with my Christmas gift label-maker) plastic bins. Thanks for visiting, grandma and grandpa! We ALL had a wonderful time!