Maya's List

Some of you may be aware that Chris and Natalie are off on a cruise, celebrating their 10th anniversary. That means, their two little ones, Maya and Mason, are spending the next few days with us.

As Natalie was prepping Maya about what was happening and how things would go, Maya got excited about spending the time with Grandma and Grandpa, and came up with a list of things to do while she and her brother are with us. She even had her mom write it out and Natalie brought it along when she dropped them off this morning. Either that girl has higher hopes than I thought possible, or she thinks her grandparents really love her. [and we do!]

Here's a few of the items on her list:

• Go to Disneyland [yup, Disneyland]
• Go to Sea World [much more possible, but not very likely as I have a wedding to play for on Saturday]
• Camp out in the back yard. I'm not such a fan of that kind of stuff but I will tell you that I'd do it for her if I thought it would make her happy.
• Buy a pool and a slip'n'slide for our back yard and put them into use. [you can pretty much count on that one happening tomorrow.]
• Go to the Snow Shack for sno cones. [Another slam dunk there]
• Sleep under the stars. [see #3]
• Get a library card in her name. Probably will get done, I think.
  
• Ride bikes in the driveway. Easy.
• Do puzzles and build huge towers. Again, easy. Grandpa's an expert at the tower thing.
  
• Go hiking, swimming and to the park
• Make snowflakes [Grandpa is good at this -- I'm thinking it will happen.]
• Pretend it's Christmas [what?? But maybe . . . ]
• Make colored cookies - lots of cookies. This one sounds easy.
• Buy tire swings. Umm -- probably not although it's a great idea. But we have no big trees so . . .
  
• Watch SpongeBob. Already done. And no doubt will happen again.
• Go to the movies. Is there anything good out that I could take her to? Ideas, please!

And there are more items on the list. She's very creative, isn't she?

I love it. I really do. That this amazing, funny, bright little girl can make lists like these and know that her Grandma and Grandpa will do whatever they can do do as many things as they can to make her stay with them fun.

So here's to a fun time with the kiddoes!