Cody Day

Over the summer (yes, I'm still making a valiant effort to catch back up with my blogging!) Grammy and Papa continued their tradition of spending one-on-one time with each of their grandchildren. Grammy and Papa even spent a day with Adley this time! 

My kids look forward to their special day for months and consider it one of the highlights of their whole summer. The kids LOVE directing all the activities for a whole day. They feel so important and loved! Grammy and Papa did an excellent job of documenting the day with pictures, and the kids later described the events in the photos for us. Cody was the first of our kids to have his "Cody Day." Here is his recap of the day:

I'm in the yard with Grammy and Papa when we're about to leave.

I just hit the ball and was going to run to first.

Papa pitched a high one, and I was getting ready to hit it. This one I get to 3rd.

I am pitching to Grammy now.

(Here was one of Cody's favorite baseball plays against Papa.) 

Papa is launching the Sky Ripperz. I'm going after it. It hit me, but I still didn't catch it.

I'm sitting on the fence because we were done with baseball.

I'm getting ready to touch the garage ceiling. (Cody loves this special tradition of hanging out the sunroof-- just for the trip up the driveway, of course!)

 

I am making my snack with Grammy and Papa. I put in some Fruit Loops and marshmallows and Skittles. There is my smile with Veggie Straws.

That's me swimming. I think I cannonballed. Then I swam across the whole pool. 

I floated for 100 seconds. (Grammy and Papa confirmed that this was no exaggeration... go Cody!!)

Now I'm watching Minions.

I was making brownies with Grammy.

I'm doing my sand art sea turtle. There, I'm still working on it.

Now I'm done with my turtle! 

(Cody next watched a youtube video with Grammy and learned how to make pipe cleaner turtles. He went to town and made a whole family of turtles!)

That big green thing hanging off is going to be the turtle's head.

Now I made a T with my fingers because they are the turtle family.

I was going, "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."

I was playing in the sand. I made a smile mark in the sand with my shovel.

Cody had a fabulous day! He was particularly proud of all the crafts he did during the day. He was also excited to share some of his brownies with us. Thanks for making Cody feel so special with all of these wonderful memories, Grammy and Papa!