Nana visits Tavin and Matilda

Nana came for a visit. To make things interesting for the kids we set up a little tent in our bedroom so Nana could have their room to herself.

While I was getting their tent ready Matilda wrapped herself up in the sheets.

Matilda gets a turn in the sand while Tavin was napping. What a role reversal.

Nana reading to Tavin while he plays with the duster. The duster is a coveted "toy" for some reason.

 Nana taught them about polishing the clock. (We do dress our children. Really, we do. They end up in just their shoes and underwear most days.)

And also about polishing the tea kettle. We should have had them wax the van too.

The making of the bees wax candles. The craft kit that we were supposed to do a few weeks ago arrived a little late. 

I decided we might as well wait for Nana to join in on the fun.

Rolling a candle.

Making decorations for the candle.

Rolling another candle.

Our finished candles. This was a fun project. Definitely worth the wait!

Matilda is totally awesome and cool.

We had a fun, yet relaxing, visit with Nana. She joined us for the Erickson Family Thanksgiving and brought bacon wrapped, goat cheese stuffed dates. They were a hit. Can't go wrong with bacon! 

We took Nana to the Kirby Discovery Center at the Washington Pavilion then out to lunch at a gourmet grilled cheese restaurant. What delicious sandwiches! I never knew that place existed. 

We enjoyed a snow themed story time at the library and even got some snow of our own. It was much too cold to play outside though. Maybe we could have gone outside for 30 seconds. The day of the snowfall we did venture out to an antique shop where the kids learned about not touching much of anything. Then we went to Barnes & Noble so they could play with the trains and legos and have a yummy snack.

We baked, we cooked, we played. We took Nana to a yarn shop in an old Victorian house that had a fluffy bunny on a pedestal and a sweet dog sleeping on a chair. She was able to sit and knit with the owners and get some lessons. 

To end her visit we drove through Falls Park to see the beautiful lights displayed on the trees and bridges.

We had a great time. Hope you did too, Nana!