My New Friends

Dear Friends,
Welcome to the adventures of Gamellen and the Floaties.  I am Gamellen.  That is short for Grandma Ellen.  I put up a pool in my backyard for my grandchildren and me.  Look who showed up!

I have three new friends!  There is Monty the monkey, Peter the Pelican and Tom-Tom the turtle. 

They have already started having adventures.  It was a very windy morning.  Who do you think blew out of the pool?  Do you think he might have jumped?  You know how monkeys are.  He landed in the bushes.  Thankfully he just sat there looking at the sky.  I picked him up and put him back in the pool.

The only one left in the pool was Tom-Tom.  He was patiently waiting for his friends to return.  I guess turtles like water better than moneys like water.

Then I looked around for Peter.  Where was he?  I looked around the pool and in the yard?  Where could he have gone to?  Then I remembered.  He was in the house.  Whew.  He wasn't lost after all. 

Poor Peter.  He needed a little more air.  When I brought him in the house he was quite frightened of the noisy air pump.  He kept looking at the pointy thing out of the corner of his eye.

I told him it wouldn't hurt at all.  I don't think he believed me.  I tried to use the pump but it was way too loud and I thought it might give him too much air.  So, I just blew him up myself until he was nice and firm.  Then I place him in the pool with Monty and Tom-Tom.

Later I went out to check on my friends and the pool was empty--even Tom-Tom.  The wind blew them all into the yard.  Peter bumped his nose.  He is okay now.  I will have to think of a way to keep them from flying, jumping, crawling and blowing out of the pool.  I want to keep them safe in their new home.  We can talk about that tomorrow.  I think there will be new adventures.

Thank you for visiting. 

Love,

Gamellen