I’m on my way home from a great ten days with our granddaughter Avery in Oregon while her parents were gone. Our daughter Andrea turned 40 years old, so a little vacation is a reward for her and Tim.
As for me, I get to spend time with Avery. And what a time we had!
When I got there, we sat down and went through the things we needed to do and put them on a schedule. Did I say she was Andrea’s daughter? Yes, indeed! We made the list, and as we did each thing, I marked them off. But some we revisited at another time.
Who among you has done those arcade games where you try to get a stuffed animal out of the machine with the “claw?” I remember those games and they never worked; you never got what you were going after. But Avery has a system that does work. She even has it figured out when the different arcades are restocked so that there would be more animals and easier to get.
The cool thing is that she gets all these stuffed animals and then takes them to a charity to give to those kids that don’t have the opportunity to play with the claw. So, the first day we went to one place and they had not restocked so off we went to another place that had.
Now the fun was watching her start the lever and then going on each side of the machine and figuring out if the “claw” was in the right place. After careful analysis, she would wait until the last few seconds to lower the “claw” and retrieve her prize.
What a hoot to watch. She was so exacting.
We spent a lot of the time at the pool, which was great since there was a heat warning each day I was there. Folks in Oregon are not used to 95-98 degrees and I thought it was very thoughtful of them to order that weather for me.
I was hoping for what they are used to which is cool nights and semi-warm days. But that was not what we had until today as I was leaving. It was 56 degrees and temperatures would be around 85.
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