Sammy and Bianca visit, part two

Like I said at the end of my last post, I have two more days of fun with Sammy and Bianca to share here.  

First I'll share this collage of pictures I took today.  The clouds this morning were so interesting!  

On Monday morning I was amused by the way Bianca had tucked in some of her stuffed animals on the couch the night before.  There were certain ones that slept with her this weekend, but she took care of the others too.  Later she came out to the kitchen with the "special" ones who had slept with her. 

 

Our adventure that day was the arboretum.  They had not yet seen the new pollinator garden.   Of course, first of all we had to go to the children's garden.

Here are picture from the new part.

From there we went to the gardens near the fountain.

This time we were not chasing a storm like last time, so I got them to hold hands as they walked toward the fountain - so I could compare it to a picture I took in 2016!  Five years, and just like that they are so grown up and self sufficient already!  

Because they wanted more play time with Austin and Hunter, we went to their place next.  They had a good time together.  So many fun things to do there!  Hunter really cried when we left.

I made bacon cheddar burgers when we got home (that I had picked up at the store on the way home.)  

The kids had put the US map floor puzzle together when they first got to our place on Saturday, and there it remained the entire time they were here.  Each day they took it apart, reshuffled the pieces, and put it back together again, sometimes more than once a day!  We decided it's time for a world map floor puzzle now!  

Another thing Bianca gradually worked on was an intricate coloring picture.  She did not get it finished, but she wanted to keep it here so she can finish it next time. 

That evening I went to a potluck dinner that our women's group at GBRV had.  It was held at a pavilion nearby and we had a great time, and SO MUCH FOOD!!  But I didn't take one picture!  

Dick took the kids over to Anthony and Lori's again, this time to climb up into his shack so they could sit very still and watch for deer.  He said they did a good job, but unfortunately, no deer made an appearance that evening.  And he did not take any pictures.  

After we all were back home again, they watched Air Buddies while I got some work done.  

On Tuesday we went to Bellefonte.  First of all the library.   How about that bench at the entrance??  After looking at books for a while they created castles with the magnetic tiles.  

Then we went down the street to Maria's for our lunch.  Hawaiian Pizza - our favorite.

There was time to stroll around Talleyrand Park for about half an hour.  

Then we put gas in the van, went home to pack up, and headed down the highway around 4:00.  It's about an hour-and-a-half drive.  First we played the alphabet game, then we played, "I'm going on a trip..."   What a crazy game!  We laughed and laughed and laughed as we picked ridiculous things to go with the next letter of the alphabet to take on our trip. 

They wanted to show me their rooms when we got to Jenn's house, so I stayed a little while.  Then we said our goodbyes and I made the trip back to State College.  I got a few groceries before I went home, and that beautiful sunset greeted me as I came out of the store.  

Stuff keeps happening that I could keep writing about, but they'll keep till next time!