Ghost Guest

We don't have to many guests make it out to stay with us out here in SoCal these days.  It's very exciting when a set of luggage lands on our doorstep.  This week, we saw the luggage, but no guest.  The sofa-bed would open and close.  The blankets and pillows were shuffled around.  The suitcase would change position, ever so slightly.  But my kids weren't sure that someone came with the luggage.

When my brother Ryan comes, it is kind of like a ghost is staying here!  He comes a couple of times a year for a work conference, and it's one busy conference.  He is up and out early, before my kids see him.  And he returns to the house after 10 each night.  If I crash too early at night, I don't even get to see him!

By Saturday, work had finished up, and after an early game of golf, Uncle Ryan appeared!  And my kids knew exactly what to do with him.  They opened up the buckets of Legos, and put him to work!

major building going on

They had a blast building these 2 amazing projects.  Note to Ryan:  we are going to need some instructions to go along with these creations.  They are not quite looking the same as when you finished them!

The middle picture is the house/castle...quite a set-up for the little Lego people.  The winged object is as Landen calls it, a 2-wheeler helicopter.  Anything that is a double or triple, is a 2 or 3 wheeler.  Anything.  Even if it's my 2-sided spatula, Landen calls it a 2-wheeler.  The stroller with 2 seats, is a 2-wheeler stroller.   A triple bunk bed, is a 3-wheeler bed.  It's pretty funny.

We had dinner, and Ryan was off to catch a red-eye back to NYC.  With our families so spread out now, we love that we get a few days with Ryan.  Even if the ghost comes too.