MAKING PTMAAKEE SNOWPEOPLE

THE START OF OUR AFTERNOON SNOW PEOPLE BUILDING SESSION.

THE BOYS DID THE BOTTOMS AND THE GIRLS DID THE MIDDLE AND HEADS....

UNTIL THEY GOT TO BIG TO HANDLE AND PAPA OFFERED A HAND......

PLEASE HELP SAYS PETER AS TYLER WAITS HIS TURN FOR A PAPA PUSH....

THERE NOW WE HAVE 8 LITTLE SNOW PEOPLE ...ONE FOR EACH OF PTMAAKEE...

AND BOY ARE THESE KIDS PROUD OF THEIR WORK.......

BUT WE NEED GRAMMY TO ADD THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO OUR SNOW PEOPLE..

TYLER KEEPS ASKING IF WE ARE DONE YET??????????

BUT MOLLY AND ABBY ADD THE GRAMMY CARROTS AND ROCK EYES..

THE FINAL PICTURE AS THE FOUR DECIDE THAT GRAMMYS HOT CHOCOLATE IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY STUPID SNOW PEOPLE......

GRAMMYS CHRISTMAS MOVIE AN A CUP OF HOT CHOCOLATE AND SOME DRY SOCKS FOR EVERYONE!!!

AND WHAT ABOUT SOME POP CORN TO GO ALONG WITH THE MOVIE....

PAPA GETS TO ENJOY HIS LITTLE ONES FOR A WHILE..........

JUST ONE MORE NIGHT PICTURE IN CASE THESE LITTLE SNOW PEOPLE MELT DURING THE NIGHT....

This morning at 7;20 am Peter Westley called me to ask if I would pick him up after school as he had a half day and he really wanted to play with Tyler at Grammy and Papa's house.

What he did'nt know was that Tyler had a half day too and Grammy had already arranged for Papa to pick Tyler and Abby up after school. So Grammy and Papa were lucky enough to have the top four of PTMAAKEE for an after school mystery day.....

So even though they were not dressed very warm we spent the afternoon building the famous

PTMAAKEE SNOWPEOPLE. (Notice SnowPeople are all the right sizes from Peter to Ellie)

And then Grammy found a great Christmas movie and made hot chocolate and popcorn to end great mystery day..... And Peter and Tyler promised that they would do their homework without any problem as soon as they got home......I hope the homework report is a good one>>>

AS Grandparents it does not get better than this!!!!!!!!

ANOTHER GREAT MYSTERY RIDE WITH PTMA

DINNER AT IHOP AND WAS THIS THE BEST IDEA EVER..THANKS PETER WESTLEY..

AND ITS ON TO WALKING THE STREETS OF HARTFORD AS WE LOOK FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE MYSTERY RIDE..

GRAMMY ENJOYING CHATTING WITH THE GRANKIDS.......

AND FINALLY TO THE LIGHTS ON CONSTITUTION PLAZA!!!!!!

PAPA JUST BEING HAPPY WITH THE FOUR OLDEST OF PTMAAKEE......AND LOOK AT THOSE LIGHTS!!!!

JUST HOLDING UP THE PLAZA CHRISTMAS TREE........

NOTICE THE UPLIGHTING ON THESE LITTLE FACES...DON'T THEY LOOK LIKE ANGELS???

THE HAPPY GRANDPARENTS TAKEN BY TYLER PATRICK.......

GRAMMY HAD TO GIVE THE LITTLEST ONE A LIFT AS THE NIGHT GOT LATE AND ABBY GOT TIRED......

MOLLY GIRL SALUTING THE TRAFFIC ON I 91...............

WE WON'T TELL THEIR PARENTS HOW HIGH THIS WAS, BUT IF YOU NOTICE BOTH THESE LITTLE BOYS LOOK A BIT NERVOUS...

PETERS FAVORITE CHRISTMAS TREE ON THE PLAZA...LOOKS LIKE A CHARLIE BROWN TREE TO ME...

TYLER LOOKING RATHER CUTE WITH HIS FLAP HAT...........

THEN BACK TO GRAMMY AND PAPAS FOR A LITTLE FUN , SOME HEAT AND GRAMMYS FAMOUS MAKE YOUR OWN SUNDAES...............

THEY LOVED THE ICE CREAM BUT CERTAINLY WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT GOING HOME.....TYLER THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE A SLEEPOVER AS HE PREDICTED NO SCHOOL TOMORROW DUE TO THE HUGE SNOW STORM

NAME THAT PICTURE

GRAMMY AND PAPA TAKE THE TOP FOUR OF PTMAAKEE ON A MYSTERY RIDE

NO ONE COULD GUESS WHERE WE WERE GOING ON THIS MYSTERY RIDE...

THEN WE SUPRISED KK BY SNEAKING UP ON HER BACK PORCH!!

PTMA HAD A GREAT TIME HELPING KK UNPACK BUT THERE WERE TWO ITEMS THAT CAUGHT THE LITTLE ONES FANCY.....

LETS JUST CALL THEM PLUNGER HEAD...LOOK AT THE LOOK ON GRAMMYS FACE!!!!!

THEN ABBY FOUND A KIDS VACUUM AND PETER A BATTERY POWERED LIGHT THAT BECAME THE HIT OF THE NIGHT...

AND THE GIRLS FOUND OUT THAT KK HAS SEE THRU CABINETS SO WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD MAKE A GOOD PICTURE FRAME FOR THESE TWO CUTIES......

SO THEN THE BOYS REALLY GOT INTO THE WHOLE CABINET IDEA.........

THIS MAY END UP AS GRAMMY AND PAPAS CHRISTMAS CARD THIS YEAR AS OUR FOUR OLDEST ARE LOOKING RATHER SMART...WOULD'NT YOU SAY!!

THEY WERE ALL WONDERING WHY KK DOES NOT HAVE ANY FOOD ON HER SHELVES SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD CONTINUE OUR MYSTERY RIDE TO WEST HARTFORD CENTER...AND GET PIZZA...

SO GRAMMY AND KK LED US THRU THE COURTYARD AND OFF TO THE CENTER...

MOLLY AND TYLER SPOTTED THE FIRST COW ON THE WAY....

WE DECIDED SUBWAY RATHER THAN PIZZA AND GRAMMY AND KK WHEN TO WHOLE FOODS FOR THEIR DINNER......

GRAMMY AND TY JUST WATCHING SANTA AND HIS ELFS.................

LISTENING TO THE CONARD HIGH SCHOOL SINGERS......

AND WE FOUND ANOTHER INTERESTING COW...NOTICE MOLLY UNDER THE COW....

ENJOYING SANTA AND HIS HELPERS WHILE ENJOYING AN ICE CREAM...

THE BOYS REALLY COULD NOT RESIST RIDING THE COWS..........

DID YOU EVER SEE A MORE HAPPY FACE THAN PETER WESTLEY ON HIS COW????

SO NATURALLY PAPA INSISTED ON THE FOUR COW RIDERS HAVING THEIR PICTURE TAKEN ON THE ORANGE COW.........

AND THEN IT WAS TIME TO HEAD BACK TO KK'S AND THE GIRLS TRIED TO HIDE FROM US BUT PAPA HAD HIS CAMERA READY...........

BACK AT KK'S EVERYONE HAD MORE FUN WITH HER STUFF..............

THE GIRLS ESPECIALLY LIKED FINDING KK'S TREASURES IN THE BATHROOM AND BEDROOM..

THIS LITTLE LIGHT BULB WAS CERTAINLY THE HIT OF THE DAY....THEY ALL HAD THEIR TURNS WITH IT...COULD BE A GREAT IDEA FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT...

AND THEN A HAPPY GOOD BY TO KK FOR ALLOWING ALL OF THE MYSTERY RIDERS TO ENJOY HER NEW HOME....... AND A NEAT NIGHT IN WEST HARTFORD CENTER...