Our Weekend with Tiny Talk

Friday we went down to my old stomping ground to watch my nephew receive the Townsend Memorial Scholarship. Uncle Bubba's got some good photos from after the awards chapel on his blog.

This was David & Elizabeth's first visit to the campus, and I haven't been back in years. Makes me want to set up a reunion with my best friend on campus! At one point, I was telling David that Mom & Dad went to school here, and so did Uncle Bubba & Aunt Wee, and so did Uncle Glenn & Aunt Sissy, and so did Grandma, and next year Andy was going to go to school here. David replied, "And I'll go to school here, too!" I told him he could go to school wherever he wanted, but I'd be happy if he wanted to go here, too! : )


After we left campus, we stopped off at the Santa Fe depot, hoping to see some trains go by. Nothing happened, but we did get to look at the static trains they have on display. David talked the whole time, observing every detail about the trains & rail yard.

Above: Dad & the kids on an old MKT caboose

Below: Elizabeth tries to turn a valve in the steam locomotive

David said, "Those are BIG wheels!!!"

Grandpa discovered a model railroad display in the museum, so we checked that out, too. Every time the train sped past, David would wave & say, "Bye-bye, train!"

After that, we headed back home... and David talked non-stop for the whole trip! That night, David & I went to Andy's baseball game. Uncle Bubba has photos of that, too. David enjoyed being able to scream, run laps around the bleachers, and drop popcorn on the ground without getting in trouble! He cheered for Andy when he went to bat, "Go, Andy!!!"

Here we are in our new duds from UMHB! David's jersey is a little big, but he loves it! He'll probably be able to fit in it for about 2 more years! They didn't have any really cute t-shirts for Elizabeth, so I got her a little pom-pom. Below, she's holding it out towards the camera.

Saturday, we went to Cemetery Working Day. Uncle Bubba got some pictures of the kids and some beautiful flowers there, too! David enjoys going to the cemetery. It's kinda like going to the park for him!

Saturday night, David came in to tell Grandma & Grandpa good night. It went like this:

Nite-nite! Nite-nite, every.... (sometimes he says everybody) Oh! Nite-nite, Folks!

Then, turning to me, he added:

Grandma & Grandpa are folks! Mom & Dad are folks!

On the way to bed Monday night, David must have remembered the previous story & he told me, "Mom is a folk and David is a folk."

He cracks me up... and makes my ears very tired!