When Aunt Leanne was single and visited Grandma and Grandpa
in Arizona, I
know that she had a different perspective about the mostly-senior people that
live in their condo community – particularly the single, older men; but having
hundreds of grandparents around can be very cool for kids!
The first thing to love about Arizona is getting to do our Tai Chi
outdoors. That made for an awesome start
to the day, and we also had the bonus of what felt like sleeping in to us was
still barely after dawn here. Mom, Dad,
and I had a lot of spectators watching our workout while they sat out on lanais
or balconies; and our bonus morning entertainment earned a small round of
applause when we finished. One of these
days I am going to put a hat out just to see how much we’d make when this
happens.
Grandma and Grandpa had breakfast ready by the time we got
back to their place, and we ate outdoors too – just as it seemed nearly
everyone else did. I was on the clean-up
crew while Mom and Dad took turns getting ready for the day, and then it was my
turn to hit the shower. We were starting
our mini-holiday adventure out with a morning shopping trip, which was more
exciting for the girls than the boys; but Grandpa, Dad, and Ethan love us a
lot, and we appreciate their sacrifice.
I had a sundress, swimsuit, top, and shorts pick me to go home with; but
I mostly shopped for upcoming birthday presents, and even a couple of early
Christmas gifts. My only real limit was
luggage space for the trip home, or I might have picked up a few more things.
We had lunch out, and then headed back to the condo for an
afternoon of lazy sun and fun. That
included lots of pool time; some games; and lying around, soaking up the
sun. Grandma and Grandpa put on a barbeque
dinner that they had some of their friends come over to join us for; and then
Mom and Dad were set free to get dressed up and go out for a date night while
Ethan, Ehlana, and I stayed home and entertained Grandma, Grandpa, and their
friends.
Since Ethan and Ehlana had to play normal toddlers for the
crowd, they were in bed by nine. I
stayed up and played cards for a while; went for a swim; and sat outside and
talked with Grandma and Grandpa for nearly an hour after their friends had gone
home for the night. We decided to go to
bed shortly before midnight; and I’m only doing this journal entry and an email
check before calling it a night. I
actually thought I’d have more to write about tonight, but sometimes the best
days are when nothing really exciting happened at all. Ethan, Ehlana, and I don’t know what’s up for
tomorrow yet; but we were given enough hints tonight to be sure that there will
definitely be actual adventure in store for us.
I really should make sure I’m ready for that, so...
...say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.
“Goodnight, Cassie.”
