Grandmama's Entry

Emma's Visit to Grandmama and Pah Pah's House

Emma came to visit for two days during the holidays. She stayed at our house from Thursday night Dec 30 to Saturday evening Jan 1, 2005. As usual, Pah Pah had already thought of things she might enjoy seeing. Friday morning started off with a trip to the Great Lakes Mall. They have a wonderful carousel for the month of December. Emma watched as the horses went up and down and all around. After a few minutes and several "what's that?"b she decide it might be okay to try this ride. Her and Pah Pah went on the ride. Grandmama stood on the side with the stroller and watched. Emma got on a horse near the inside with Pah Pah holding onto her as they went around. Each time she came around by Grandmama, she would wave and smile. She might have been saying hi also, but the music was loud so it would have been lost. It was a pretty good ride and Emma kept talking about it for quite awhile. However, Pah Pah had another surprise for Emma. We then went to the playscape area. The minute her shoes were off, so was she. Emma conquered the giant potato chip and then went on to be the queen of the hot dog. The other kids didn't have a chance.Saturday we headed to the Somerset Mall in Troy. Here Emma saw the moving walkway from one side of the mall to the other side across the street. It is a long covered bridge area. At first she stood still and watched her feet. Then she watched other people walking along on the moving area. She took hold of Pah Pah's hand and started walking. As she came to the end she stepped off with no trouble at all. There are three sections of the walkway and she wanted to go on all of them. Of course we had to come back so she got to "walk" again. Emma discovered pushing her own stroller was a lot of fun. However, if this is any indication of her driving skills in the future I would suggest you stay inside. Emma was a very busy young lady at Grandmama's house. After all, there were lots of things to be done. She had to make sure the crayons worked on the coloring books, the stickers were put on correctly everywhere including Grandmama's face and arms and the singing stuffed animals from Hallmark were all singing at the same time. She would line up the Hallmark items and press the buttons on and off as she felt they should be. I was glad that Christmas is gone and I can now hide those singers until next year. It also was her job to keep the cats in line. They did not seem to enjoy it as much as she did. I am not sure who was more tired by the evening, Emma or her grandparents.