This weekend was a wedding for one of Emily's college roommates in Buffalo. So Em and Brian came to Pittsburgh on Friday night. We had a great time eating and talking and playing with the kids. Then on Saturday morning, David went with Mom and Dad to the wedding, Katy stayed with Opa and Oma. This, of course, was AFTER we had our traditional waffle breakfast . . . with fresh strawberries that Katy brought from Columbus!
We were planning to go to the park or go swimming on Saturday. However, it kept raining and getting everything all wet. So we filled up the bird feeder and watched the birds and went for walks when the rain stopped. One of the best games to play on a walk is one that Katy calls "FLY"! It consists of Opa holding Katy out on his arms like an airplane and zooming her up and down the sidewalk and over bushes and all kinds of other daredevil stunts. Katy laughs and screams and has a ball with this game. When Opa stops, she yells "More! More!" So Opa can barely lift his arms today, but they had a really great time playing "FLY" on Saturday . . . and again on Sunday for a while.
In the interest of making use of all the stuff I've saved for 20 years from my own kids, I dug the old Fisher Price record player out of the garage for Katy to play with on Saturday. This thing is over 30 years old, and it still plays. Katy didn't know exactly what to make of it. I think she thought it was the funniest looking 'bideo' she had ever seen! And the scratchy sound it made when you moved the arm across the record was downright scary. But the record with "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" and "The Itsey Bitsey Spider" was a real hit. We must have listened to it 20-30 times!
Sunday morning was a great day! Katy helped me make blueberry muffins while David helped Daddy read the paper. Later in the day, we went out to eat pizza at the Chicago Uno place. And it was so nice outside that we sat on the porch and pulled some weeds out of the flower beds and even petted Max, the new puppy that lives across the street.
It was a great weekend, and things are really quiet around here this evening. But we really enjoyed our visit. Everybody got home safe and sound today, too.
See you again soon!
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