The
boy is 21, working full time, and living his adult life; the twins, 20, are in college in different cities, both took classes during the
summer, and are now starting their second year of college.
So,
a week ago today I arrived home from the class in Austin about 8 PM
and found I had a message from my youngest grandgirl asking if she
could come for her visit the next day and could she bring a friend
and so of course, yes, the last possible week before school starts.
Robin, now 17 and starting her senior year in high school, spent the
earlier part of the summer traveling with a group of Jewish teens to
Poland and Israel and then had to wait til the bathroom/house was
finished.
Her
friend Bethany wanted to learn how to sew so off we went on Sunday to
get a pattern and fabric and since the Walmart had a limited
selection yes, I know, I shopped at the heinous Walmart but the
alternative was an hour's driving time to go into Rosenberg and back
and shop at the heinous Hobby Lobby and we were short on time she
settled on shorts and spent the rest of the day laying out the
pattern and cutting the fabric while Robin worked on pinning a new
hem on a cut off t-shirt.
The
girls wanted to make a pie and since peaches are now gone they
settled on apple. I've never made an apple pie in my life. I
peeled and cored the apples and Robin sliced them up while Bethany
finished cutting out the fabric for the second pair of shorts and
then the two girls did the rest.
Bethany
is a jigsaw puzzle fan and so they spent the rest of the day
engrossed in a 1,000 piece puzzle.
Tuesday,
since my sewing machine has gone from balky to not working at all, we
went over to my sister's house and used her machine. I walked Bethany
through the first pair of shorts reading the instructions and
explaining things and demonstrating and doing a few of the tricky
parts while she did most the sewing on the first pair of shorts and
Robin read and visited with her great aunt.
The
girls finished the first puzzle sometime Tuesday night and then
started a second 1,000 piece puzzle Wednesday morning.
Then we did the shops around the square
and
after lunch Robin got her first driving lesson, driving back and
forth behind the Walmart and then around the circumference of the
entire parking lot over and over and then I took over til we got to
the long county road where we switched again and she drove us back to
the house.
I
tried to teach her how to drive last year but she wasn't interested.
Thursday
it was back to my sister's house to stitch up the second pair of
shorts which Bethany did by herself. I sat in the room with her to
answer questions but she didn't need much help.
Robin drove us there
and back both times (we came home for lunch) on real roads with real
traffic (such as it is in this little town) and stop signs and stop
lights, creeping along Robin, try going a little faster but
she did real well.
They
worked on the second puzzle until my daughter came early evening to
pick them up and then it was dumped back in the box.
