Chris and Meliss: More of Montana

So, my mom is the best Grandma. She is just so much fun with the kids. Brooklyn knows all the places that grandma has toys and knows that grandma always has fun little projects to do while we are there. Beckham got in on the fun this time, it's so fun that he is older now and can do more things.

One of the days we were there, I came in and heard giggling in the dining room. I walk in and Brooklyn and Grandma GG are sitting there eating a banana caterpillar they made. They made it with a banana, peanut butter, pretzels and coconut. They were having so much fun. My mom had just bought a cute kids recipe book that had fun ideas in it, so they were trying one of them out.

The kids also enjoy reading books with my mom, Beckham would go get book after book and hand it to her and then turn around to sit in her lap. It was so cute. They both would sit in her lap for bedtime stories and they loved it. We had a lot of fun coloring, painting pictures, playing with play dough, and playing polar bowler on the computer. Beckham also had a special love for a singing bear my mom has that sings "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch", he would get it out and dance and smile so big.
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Last time we were home, Brooklyn noticed a big trunk in the living room my parent's use as a coffee table. Brooklyn asked if it was a treasure chest and my mom said yes it is and next time you come to my house it will have a treasure for you, but first you'll have to find the key. So my mom put some treasures in it and we had a little scavenger hunt. I drew pictures of the places she was supposed to look for her next clue. We went from the microwave, to the bathtub, to the dryer, to the piano and finally we found the key in the refrigerator. She was so excited to open the treasure. Inside was candy, a note from GG and Papa, and some little presents. Beckham got some trucks and cute books, Brooklyn got some little mickey mouse figurines and some cute books. They were both so excited. And it was funny because when Beckham got his new book, he took it straight to GG and sat on her lap ready to read.
The treasure chest

Another fun thing the kids got to do is go have lunch at the high school. Lori's mom is the head cook/chef there and we got to go eat. Brooklyn and Tallulah had a blast eating at school, afterwards we went outside and played on the lawn and then went to the park to play and catch lady bugs.

Now for Beckham's favorite part, going to see the cows. The cows were still out on the range land so we headed out to feed them a little and both Brooklyn and Beckham got to drive the truck. Beckham would moo at the cows and just point at them and stare with big eyes. Our rangeland has some interesting sand stone formations that I used to call smurf village when I was little. They are so fun to climb on and explore or play hide -n-seek. We went and checked them out and both kids loved it. We even found a rock that looked like it had a face. We also have tons of deer and antelope we see as we drive around our land. One night we saw 3 does and 3 fawns another time I was driving out of the driveway and almost hit a buck. And when we were out on the rangeland we saw a huge herd of antelope running and we heard coyotes in the distance. The kids just love it!