This was an email I sent to David and Amy after our trip with our grandchildren, Archer and Violet.
William and I were talking about the kids and what a good time we had with them. The pics are ok, but the experiences we shared were priceless. Archer was the most fun I have ever had with him. We just clicked. One night, it was kinda late and we were all pretty tired lying in bed and Violet started singing this little tune she made up about "why is he a bad boy..." or something like that. Well, it was endless and finally I told her she would have to stop singing so we could all go to sleep. .......all was quiet and then, off she went several more times and Archer and I got the giggles real bad. Couldn't stop .....so fun. He slept with me and Violet with Granpaw. Sometimes she likes to treat him like a little baby. That night, scratching his back and saying very softly..."go to sleep now, go to sleep....." crazy, but sweet.
As we all know, both children are quite sure of themselves and have that glow about them. Archers' way of showing it is to make up his mind and do his own thing and sometimes you just have to let him, within reason. It seems to work well with him. If you look closely at the pic of Granpaw and Violet with the Alpacas you might see Archer up on the stairwell of the hotel looking down. He was very sure he didn't want anything to do with some crazy looking Alpacas or the Hummingbird Garden. So he and Granpaw went bike riding all over the property and down by the golf course there.
Violet as usual made friends everywhere she went, in the pool, in the restaurant, at the movies, even the elevators. When she left her yellow chickie in the restaurant, she was so worried about her. We raced back down to the restaurant and she went up to our waitress and asked if she had seen her and that she just knew Chickie was very upset. The waitress. with a wink to me, said that she saw something yellow over by the cash register, Violet and Archer ran over there and the reunion was so sweet. Violet asking Chickie if she was okay.....etc. all of the folks there loved it. and of course Pete went to every meal with us. At one point I was telling the kids how proud I was of them for being so cooperative and Violet piped up and said, "yeah, we do make a pretty good team."
It was like that our whole stay, so fun playing with them in the pool too. We had chairs in the water and Violet would pull us along. Archer wasn't too interested in the water slide and it was really high, I wouldn't do it either. He spent a lot of time playing volleyball with people in the pool and riding down the "Crooked River" either in a tube or just floating along, with some other boys his age. He could stand the whole way so a person could just ride all over the place. Very beautiful.
So I think we have finally figured out our annual trip with the kids, Lost Pines. We also felt time wise, it was just enough for everyone, plus not too far from home.
A great trip with our wonderful grandchildren, thank you both for letting us have them with us.
Love,
Matati (although after watching Lion King 1 1/2, they were calling me Matata.)
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