Hannah's Special Day

On Saturday September 12, 2009 Hannah had her special day with me.

Here we are before leaving for what could be a long day. You never know with Hannah. She likes to look at just about everything in the stores before she decides on what she wants. That is OK with me. That is why I like to take them on a special day. It is their day to do what they want.

She is saying "Let's go, I am ready". I asked her where she wanted to go. She said she wanted to go someplace different. Everybody goes to Valley Dairy she said so I want to go to Pizza Hut. I said OK. So it was off to Pizza Hut before shopping.

We decided to get a LARGE pizza and split it. All she wanted on hers was sausage, pepperoni and black olives - so I got 1/2 with what she wanted and on the other 1/2 I added green peppers and onions. As you can see it didn't take us long to dig into the pie.

Hannah really enjoyed her pizza. It was a little hot as you can see. I am glad she picked Pizza Hut. Pizza is one of my favorite foods. I think it is Hannah's too. After lunch we went to Big Lots and Wal-Mart to do our shopping. She looked at many different things before deciding on what she bought. If I had bought everything she liked the store would have been empty. After shopping she wanted to get dessert. Guess where she wanted to go Aunt Tammy????? You guessed it.

EAT YOUR HEART OUT Aunt Tammy!!!!!!!!! This cone is for you. Strawberry Banana. Jordan's has to be the favorite ice cream stopping place for everyone. Especially the Texas vacationers. I got my usual baby vanilla. It was so good.




Here is Hannah showing off what she bought. She got a 2010 wall calender with pictures of dogs and a new water jug at Big Lots. At Wal-Mart she got a set of 2 tank tops and a pair of legging to match and Blendy Pens - I'm not sure what these pens are - but she really enjoyed them. She told me that she had a good day. I know I did and can't wait to take all 3 again some day. Caleb lives to far away to take him. Maybe next summer on their vacation he will want to go with me.

Cole's Special Day

On Monday September 7, 2009 Cole asked me if he could have his special day. I said absolutely. He said all he wanted to do was go to Wal-Mart to buy a toy and then go to Jordan's for ice cream. So, here he is sitting in the car ready to go and have a really fun day with me.

Our first stop was of course - Wal-Mart. He is fun to take shopping. He wanted to sit inside the cart. The first thing he wanted to go look at was the glitter balls. When he saw the one that Paige had bought on her special day, he decided that he had to have one also. After he picked out his ball we went looking at the toy section. I had to push him close to the shelves so he could get a closer look at what he wanted to buy. After looking at every toy (almost every one) he decided that he wanted a double barrel shot gun - (not a real one). I was a little hesitant at first. I wasn't sure if his mom & dad would approve. He insisted that was the only thing he wanted. So I said OK - but I told him he will have to be very careful with it and listen to his dad. He said he would.


Shopping is done and I asked him if he was ready to go to Jordan's now. He said the he decided that he didn't want to go anywhere else - just go home. I said are you sure you don't want any lunch or ice cream? He said no - "I am ready to go home". I was disappointed - I was looking forward to a Jordan's ice cream cone. But it was his special day so we went home. I'll take him on a special day any time. He was a cheap date.



Here he is with his gun and glitter ball. He said he had a good time.




Here we are - Grandma with her special oldest grandson - Cole. He was fun to take. It is amazing how many questions can come out of a 4 year olds mouth. The sad part is - I really had to think of how to answer most of his questions. He really had me thinking.

Paige's special day

Last winter I took the girls one at a time on their special days. Cole didn't want to go at that time. I thought that they would only want to go one time. But as luck would have it they asked me a few weeks ago if they could each have another special day - I said "absolutely - let me know when you want to go". Paige said that it was her turn to go first since Hannah went first the last time. I asked Cole if he wanted to go this time and he said OK. So Sunday
September 6, 2009 Paige ventured out on our Special Day.

So here we are - a proud Grandma and her Special oldest granddaughter - Paige - on our way to have a very special day together. Our first stop is to Valley Dairy. You have to have the proper nourishment in order to shop.

This picture is out of order - I must have zigged instead of zagged when uploading the pictures. OH well. Anyway this was her dessert. She couldn't decide if she wanted the small sundae or the large. Well as you can see she ordered the large. Peanut Butter Cup Sundae. She told me that she didn't think she would be able to eat it all. Well let me tell you she ate every bite and I was afraid she may eat the dish too. She enjoyed every bite.

For her meal she got her usual cheeseburger. She couldn't decide whether to get fries or something different. She said she wanted to try a salad with ranch dressing. I am very proud of her she is trying new things lately. When it came she kept asking me what different things were in the salad. I told her they were different types of lettuce. It didn't look like the lettuce she is used to seeing. She tried it - but didn't eat much of it. I think I ate most of it.



After lunch we were off to Wal-mart to do our shopping. She is such an easy person to go shopping with. We looked around at many different things - toys - clothes - books. She would have been happy with just about anything. It didn't take her long to decide.

She settled on the blue & black stripped dress with a pair of black sparkly leggings to match. A tank top with a skort and a glitter ball. The ball is one thing that she has been wanting for a long time. It was great to be able to talk to her and she to me. We talked about what she is doing in school. We had a wonderful time. It is such a rewarding experience to be able to communicate with her one on one.