(great)grandma day

...so last sunday we began the first installment of our monthly "grandma days"...that means visiting both of ted's grandmas out in the burbs on the same day...we first went to see cadence's great-grandma carol...she is quite a hoot to be around...we think cadence gets her laugh from her...and she always makes us bring a pizza when we go see her cuz they don't serve pizza at the retirement community she lives in...i guess it's not the best food for folks who are watching their cholesterol, sodium, fat, etc...

...after lunch with great-grandma carol, we drove to ted's other grandma's for dinner...grandma sophie is greek, so she's yia-yia (pronounced yah-yah) to all of us, which is great cuz that's easy for even cadence to say, although sometimes she says yia-yia-yia-yia-yia...we've opened up "grandma days" to all of ted's siblings and cousins, so his sister lauren and cousin vikki and vikki's daughter mackenzie also came out to yia-yia's, especially since she was recuperating from undergoing an angioplasty performed about a week and a half ago...we had told her not to bother cooking anything, but she still managed to whip up a couple cornish hens, veggie stew, herbed potatoes, and apple crumble...

...cadence had a blast with her cousin 'kenzie...it was so funny watching her try to copy everything mackenzie would do...it'll be fun to watch them grow up and play together over the years...

i think we were all pretty exhausted by the time we went home, but i'm glad we visited both of ted's grandmas and that this is something we're planning to do on a monthly basis...i know how healing it is for older people to be around little kids, so i think both grandmas will benefit from our visits...and us youngsters definitely have a lot to learn from them still...