"The Relatives Came"
And now they have gone home. We had a great time with Grandma and Sarah and Genny and Eli. They all came down to visit and play with us for a few days. Now they have gone home and we are feeling a little empty. Here is a part of one of my favorite books "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia Rylant:
"Finally, after a long time, the relatives loaded up their ice chest and headed back to Virginia at four in the morning. We stood there in our pajamas and waved them off in the dark.
We watched the relatives disappear down the road,
Then we crawled back into our beds that felt too big and too quiet. We fell asleep.
And the relatives drove on, all day long and into the night, and while they traveled along they looked at the strange houses and different mountains and they thought about their dark purple grapes waiting at home in Virginia.
But they thought about us, too. Missing them. And they missed us. "
The pictures are great too. Here are some of ours:
Now Adam and Abe are bored again without them. This is a bummer because when they are bored I never know what they will dream up to not be bored. Miss you Mom, Miss you Sis.