Grams Summer School

School's out, summer is just around the bend, and the GrandLoves are getting more Grams time than usual. Yesterday was a good day to get a little one on one time for Sy with me and his Daddy.

Lots of fun was crammed into one day knowing that we were in for 4 days of rain.

Sy learned how to whistle with a blade of grass. He realized that the thin, fine zebra grasses do not make for good whistling because it breaks so easily.
Practice, Practice, Practice and....
"I DID IT!!!!!" I never saw such an excited little boy to accomplish his attempts at Whistle Grass, as he called it.
He caught a new friend that he named Hoppy. It's a tiny leaf hopper/grasshopper. He spent half an hour cutting paper and tape to build him his own little house. So cute.
We nearly stepped on this., a robin egg shell that was cleared from the nest after the hatch of Mrs. Robins egg. Sy was surprised as to how fragile it was. Notice the worn hand of this 7 yr. old. He plays so hard on the tire swing that he even had a small blister, a cut from 'who knows where', and some pretty dirt imbedded nails. I laugh at how dirty this kid gets in a few minutes play, let alone an entire day. He would rather be outside than in front of the TV or playing video games.
Sy is very curious about everything around him. He noticed all of these mushrooms and wondered if he could try one. I'm grateful he asks first. The answer was 'NO', never eat anything until you are absolutely certain what it is and if it can harm you. He wanted to know, how? I told him you have to do a spore test on them first, making sure to wash your hands after touching any new mushroom, and NEVER put your fingers in your mouth after touching them. WHY? WHY? was the no.1 question of the day. I love his curiosity and love of the outdoors.
Is That a little DEAR I see in the middle of the field? I pity the parent or grandparent that is afraid to let their children explore their surroundings. How else will they learn to love and take care of nature and their world.?
A little down time with Dad as he teaches his son how to play All The Kings Men. Sy says, "Is this like that game Chess?" His Daddy said yes and told him that when he learned this game, he would be able to play chess with him too.

"Higher, Dad, higher." We made a video later that day and he spun so hard that he could not stop. (I tried to put in on here but, remember, I'm the 'idgit' of the bunch when it comes to this tech stuff.) He finally wound down enough to say, "Oh, it's too diabolical!"....where do kids come up with this stuff...
We did lots of other learning too. He now knows how to extract the juice from a red clover flower with his teeth for a sweet treat, how to make mint tea out of peppermint leaves and steaming hot water, and that he can eat the flower of a chive as well as the chive stem. Dandelions make some pretty bitter wine, but at his age, dandelions are best used to hold under his chin to see if he likes butter or made into a necklace or crown.

All of this active play, the walks and education in one day with a GrandLove that is so curious and anxious to learn, and guess what else we did?

We burnt a cake.

Moral of the story:

Never put cake in oven, then,

go outside for the day

and Forget Cake is baking.

It turned a weeee bit crispy, but was still eaten.

With that, one last lesson,

Waste not, want not.

Cut the black stuff off, toss, eat the rest...

We were so glad to have had a beauty of a day outside. Today it rained cats and dogs nearly all day long. We much thank you for your Rain Dances and Prayers for a break from our drought.

Have a wonderful weekend

BlessYourHeartsWithMemoriesandCake