Author: Lion-san

Winter WITH Snow – Some Places!

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Right after I wrote last time, we did get some snow in Fairport. It was very cold! Grandma said the snow was too dry for me to make a snow beast, so I just looked at it from inside. It was very pretty in the afternoon sunshine! Because it was so cold, Grandpa said it was time to drain the plumbing at Sodus. When it gets really cold, pipes that are full of water can freeze and break! Then when it gets warmer, there’s water all over the place!

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Winter Without Snow

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It’s halfway through January and we have had some cold days, but we don’t have any snow! Grandma and Grandpa say they don’t miss cleaning snow off their cars every time they go somewhere, but I wish I could make a snowbeast!
On New Years Day, James and Thomas came to stay with Grandma and Grandpa. James told me that Grandma Ginny went to heaven, so we can’t visit her any more. The book I read says that heaven is a happy place. I’m glad Grandma Ginny got to enjoy her party before she went to heaven! Continue reading “Winter Without Snow”

Holidays with Friends and Family

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My next advent-ure was the Saturday before Christmas. Grandma and Grandpa took me and Thomas and James and their mommy to Tuba Christmas. We went early, so we could sit in our favorite place in the balcony. James and Thomas got the wigglies, so we left before the concert was over. Then we had snacks and played with Matchbox cars at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.

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Advent-ures!

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At Grandma and Grandma’s church, the four Sundays before Christmas are called Advent. That’s the time to get ready for Christmas and think about the Christmas story. I’ve been doing that, but I’m having other adventures, too! Last week, I got to talk to Karin-chan and Bill-kun on Skype. They played their piano recital pieces for me to hear! Then James came over for his first play day. He wanted to make sticky buns again! He and Grandpa played with the marble run, too. Grandma says the marble run was a Christmas present for James’ and Thomas’ daddy when he was about James’ age!
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Holidays and Friends

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We had a little bit of snow for one day just before Thanksgiving, but it melted right away! Since then, the weather has been very warm for this time of year. Yesterday it was 50 degrees F. during the day and it might be even warmer next Saturday!


This time of year there are lots of holidays and gatherings with friends and remembering times. On Thanksgiving, Grandma and Grandpa and I had dinner with Joe-san and Nancy-san and Moose-san and Tilly. I helped Grandma make the apple pie we always bring. We had enough apples off our own trees in Fairport to make three pies, so we took one of those. Our Golden Delicious apples make especially yummy pies! This was Tilly’s first Thanksgiving with us, so she didn’t know what to expect. We liked all the food: from Joe-san’s pumpkin ravioli appetizer right through to the apple pie and Nancy-san’s traditional steamed plum pudding! Continue reading “Holidays and Friends”

More November!

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This week it’s been really warm for November! On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, it was sunny and the temperatures were close to 60 degrees F.! That gave Grandma and me a chance to put the lights on the apple trees under really good conditions! There were still some leaves high up on the biggest trees, but none where we wanted to put the lights! I was a good helper. First, we checked all the strings of lights to make sure they lit up, then we took them outside to put on the trees. Now that we have LED bulbs, the lights don’t use as much electric power and the strings can all be plugged together. I helped Grandma put the first two strings together. When we got to the space between the last two apple trees, I made sure the string of lights crossing the space was high enough that nobody would run into it! At the very end of the last string, I helped make the loop to keep the end of the lights where it’s supposed to be. I want to see what design the lights will make when they’re lit, but Grandma says we’ll wait until our special turning on day for that!  Continue reading “More November!”

Election Day Baking!

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This week was my big baking adventure at Grandma and Grandpa’s church! Grandma and I have been collecting all the ingredients for weeks. The other thing we did to get ready was to bake, package and freeze the gluten-free scones. Grandma says there’s no way we could keep them from getting wheat flour on them if we tried to bake them at church while all the other bread is being made! I helped put the labels on the packages. Continue reading “Election Day Baking!”

Really Fall Now!

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There’s no question now that it’s fall! We even had snow on October 18. It didn’t last, but when I woke up that day there was snow on the benches on the back deck!


Last Sunday was pie making day at Grandma and Grandpa’s church. I made sure I got to go help! Seventy people worked, mostly peeling and slicing apples. I was happy to see some of my apple picking friends again! Moose-san came too! He especially liked the apple peeling machines. We made sure that the apple slices were just the right size to go into the pies!  Continue reading “Really Fall Now!”

Niagara Falls!

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We took a trip to Niagara Falls this week! Grandma says that Niagara Falls is one of the most famous places for people from other countries to visit. It’s only 90 miles away, but I hadn’t been there yet! Grandma and Grandpa visited Niagara Falls in 1969 and they don’t recall being there any time since! At Niagara Falls, all the water that drains out of the upper Great Lakes and Lake Erie goes into the Niagara River on the way to Lake Ontario. Continue reading “Niagara Falls!”