I know that I will have to go back to work before much longer, but I am enjoying the time with my Grandbabies that I would otherwise not have. Wednesday afternoon Shasta and I headed out to Waskom to have a sleepover with Hunter and Colton. Becca has done an absolutely beautiful job of decorating her new home. It is at the end of a dead in street, so there is plenty of "safe" room for the boys to play outside. We headed into town and picked up a couple of movies to watch. Becca had made a roast that would melt in your mouth it was so tender, along with cornbread casserole and broccoli and cheese casserole with rolls and gravy.
Shasta woke Hunter and I up early, because she needed to go out. Hunter and I took his photo albums of his Georgia trip, Disney trip, and of his old day care in Bay City outside on the back porch; so we would not wake up anyone else. We went through each book going over the fun memories we had from those trips. Becca stuck her head out the door and told us good morning. She already had cinnamon rolls in the oven. Colton didn't want to wake up, so Hunter and I took Shasta in there to help us wake him up.
There is an alligator farm not far from where they live. We talked Becca into taking a couple of hours off from work and going with us. This is an awesome farm. There are all kinds of animals to feed. The boys fed a camel, baby zebra, longhorn cows, donkeys, baby goats, ducks, and kangaroos. The camel was funny. You had to hold your palm wide open, and she wrapped her mouth around your entire hand, very softly, to suck off the food. When it was feeding time for the alligators, a guy comes out with a five gallon bucket of food. He stands at the side and beats a few times on the bucket. It is amazing to watch the alligators all head to the "feeding area". He repeats this a few times until all the alligators are under the feeding area. He pours out some food, and the alligators literally were crawling over each other after the food. They both got to hold a baby alligator. Colton was not going to hold it, until he saw Hunter hold it. He walked right up and held it and then petted it. It was hot, but the place is covered in huge shade trees. Hunter headed back to Angleton to spend a few days with Grammy.
We spent yesterday at the beach in Galveston and swimming at Aunt Johnye's house. We rode over to Galveston and ate pizza at Mario's. The beach was not crowded and there was a nice breeze as we sat under an umbrella while Hunter dug in the sand. We drove back along Blue Water Highway through Surfside. I had not taken this route since Hurricane Ike. It was a beautiful drive along the beach, because all of the sand dunes in some areas were washed away and you had a clear view of the Gulf of Mexico. Where Ike had wiped out the road was all repaired, and the beach was about the cleanest that I have ever seen it. Aunt Johnye and Hunter went into Buccee's to get Hunter a float. I worry about Hunter and Aunt Johnye going alone to pick stuff out. I still have a small wooden souvenir bat from an Astros game put up in my closet to give Hunter when he is, lets say, about sixteen. I let her and Hunter go off by themselves at an Astros game and that is what they came back with. Hello, he has a little brother at home. You can imagine the images of what a three year old could do with a little brother and a wooden bat!! Hunter came out carrying a float in a box. He was so happy when he got in the car singing, "My funky banana!" Johnye bought a five foot yellow banana. I asked her if she realized it was five foot. Well, no not exactly. It all worked out though. Fortunately the hand held compressor was there in the garage, and between the three of us with a little help from Maggie we managed to get it inflated. It was a little bit of a chore to get it through the doors and the house. It looked huge in the pool. Hunter would ride on the top of the huge banana, and we would push him back and forth across the pool! Johnye figured Steve would get a laugh when he saw a giant banana in his swimming pool. They keep all their floats inflated in a shed at the side of the house, but I don't think the giant banana will fit in there.
It was a great day of laughter and memories with my sister and my Hunter.
LATER
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