Weekend at Grandma Pep's

Mia and I escaped!!!

We left Friday evening after a horrible office day for me at school and took to the open freeways of Michigan. We were on our way to the U.P.. I plugged my destination in to our Tom Tom and off we went. We arrived a little after 9:00pm and all eyes were on Mia. What's new.
We chatted a bit, Mia had some cereal and then to bed. We had the whole king bed to ourselves. She literally had to be laying on me to fall asleep that night; one arm, both legs, nose to nose, back side, just her hand, one leg, cheek to cheek... then I abandoned her and took off to other other side and got some zzzz's. Saturday morning she warmed up to Grandpa Rick and he helped her get dressed.

I convinced Grandma Pep to make some of her famous Goats Milk soap. She made some lavender then some lemongrass bars of soap.

Mia layed down for a nap and Rick made some of his famous chocolate chip cookies and then the deer came in!

There were seven to the herd we saw and were able to witness the heirarchy while they fed outside the window of their house. How often is it you can introduce a new animal to your 19 month old by seeing them through an all glass wall only 4 yards away? It was magnificent! I think she learned more new words this weekend than she has in the last few months! We just layed on our tummies next to the windows and watched them come and go, boss each other around and eat the deer feed.

We just relaxed and talked and relaxed and laughed at Mia, then laughed at Mia some more. She is so funny to watch and take in. The sunset was nice and dinner was healthy and good! Mia went and got her boots and coat and brought them to me. So, we dressed and went outside for a super quick walk in the cold. We tried for too long to bring up a DVD and ate a big piece of apple pie before retiring to bed.

Sunday morning Mia modeled for Grandma Pep and got some cute pics!



Thank you Grandma Pep and Grandpa Rick! We love the serenity you provide us whenever we come to visit. Love you!