These Two Kiddos...

 Owen spends time with us on the afternoons when Blaine is working.  Yesterday was one of those days. Gary picked him up from the pre-school bus at 11:00 and he came to our house, stripped down, and hopped in the bathtub for a bubble bath.  That is our normal routine---strip, bubble bath and shampoo, clean clothes, and school clothes tossed in the washer. 

Yesterday was just a fun day with Owen.  I posted about it on FB so here is a copy of that particular post:

A day with a five-year old. We covered the vegetable and fruit food group well...probably five sliced apples and two bowls of gherkins for lunch/ dinner. They count as cucumbers, right? Oh! A grilled cheese too! And tonight before bed we prayed for dolphins in the ocean. Okey dokey. Got that marine life covered also! Who can resist filling his little bowl with more pickles when he says “pickles please, Mamaw??” and kisses my cheek? Love that little boy so much!

Today was an eLearning Day for Rossville.  Two positive cases of COVID were found at the high school so they were shut down for the day with the eLearning continuing through next week.  The elementary was closed today also, but a determination of next week's closing was to be made later after the list of close contacts was made and other students tested.  When Hilary came over to pick up Owen yesterday, they decided to stay for dinner, then Tessa and Owen spent the night since Blaine would be home sleeping, Landon could work on his homework, and Hilary had to work.  Today it was Tessa's turn for some one-on-one time.  Here is the FB post from our adventures this morning:

 Spent the morning with our 7, nearly 8, year old granddaughter.... grocery shopping. She had the list, pushed the cart, added items to the cart, suggested some other items to purchase (of course!). Then she worked the front end of the cart to unload the items onto the belt, then helped bag the groceries. She helped load the groceries into the Escape and climbed over the backseat into her booster seat. A stop at Barnes and Noble for a new book, DQ for ice cream, and the orchard for a few bags of Papaw’s apples. We wore our masks. We sanitized after each stop. We sanitized the cart. She paid for the book herself (with my cash). She even told the gal in the kids section what she was looking for and thanked her for her help. It was a fun morning! Love you, Tessa Rose! 

While we were at Hillside Acres picking up apples for Papaw, Blaine called and asked if Tessa could be dropped off at their house rather than returning to ours.  When I talked to him at the house, he said there was another case at the elementary so all of the schools would be closed for next week, not just the high school.  

One thing - we were just talking about how Rossville had been diligent about their protocols in place for dealing with COVID and how few cases there had been.  Not so now. 

 Since Hilary will have to work next week, and since Blaine will be working part of those days, I imagine there will be more opportunities for one-on-one time with the kiddos.  

Looking forward to it.  After all I am missing out on having Tessa read her Babysitter's Club book to me while I am sewing...which was the plan for this afternoon!