VEISHEA princess

Well.... Ava had a very full and slightly traumatic VEISHEA.

Josh, Beth, and Ava got here at around their normal 10:00 on Friday night. Ava had slept quite a bit of the way so she was wide awake when she got to Gramma and Grampa's house. Mommy gave her over to a waiting Gramma and..... wwwaaaaahhhhhh. She didn't want to be with that strange lady! Really!! She cried really big tears! Poor baby... I gave her back but she didn't quite trust me the rest of the weekend. Later, as long as Mommy or Daddy was within reach, she would put up with Gramma and Grampa, maybe even smile, but she had her limits.

We missed most of that with Benji, I think, although the last time we saw him, we got there after he was in bed so he didn't see us until we showed up in his bedroom the following morning. Though he was chattering away with Dad before we came in, he got VERY quiet when he saw us. It didn't last too long.

VEISHEA was fun. It was a great day weather-wise and anything else-wise. A little windy, I guess but that just helped to keep everyone cool. We went to the parade, had ice cream, strolled through campus, watched them launch a high-altitude balloon, checked out glass-blowing, walked through a newly-remodeled Marston Hall, and lots of other hyphenated things. Ate supper at Taste of VEISHEA (I've never done that before). It was fun. Josh and Beth went to Andrew's to see his new house (and play Oi) leaving a napping Ava with us. When she woke however, she was having none of that. She cried and cried, so we had to call Mommy up and she came home to save her. She was one upset baby!

You can see by the picture though, that she had fune times here, too. I saw that chair and ottoman in Goodwill one day and had to buy it, figuring grandbabies would have fun putting dollies in it. Then I though about how much fun it would be to have a picture of yourself in the chair your dollies were now sitting in. TA DA! Good thing we didn't wait much longer. It was a snug fit.