Have a Good Memorial Day
We just came back from spending two days, yesterday and today with our five sweet grandchildren, and what a time we had! Never a dull moment, and we loved it all, well.. most of it.=) They just called to thank us individually for the things they enjoyed most - how precious is that!! (Dana & Will had a wedding to go to in MD).
We took them down a logging trail with the 4x4 pickup to a wonderful secluded creek with a swimming hole, and we all had a great time swimming in the frigid water and catching crayfish etc. We did this both days, (this is what they wanted to do), but the only problem was each time we got back, everyone had to have baths, (including Al & myself). I was running from the upstairs bathroom, where two of them were having a bath together, to the master bathroom downstairs, where two more were in the tub, baby in arms, still cold and wet from the creek, trying to keep things under control. (Al was on his way with the take out wings and pizza, thankfully=)
While I was giving the baby her bath, the two downstairs had almost emptied the shampoo bottle in the Jacuzzi tub and turned the jets on. They thought that was hilarious, and when I went to see what was going on, all I could see is Megan's little face with mountains of bubbles all around, and Tim looked like a snowman. (Dana I forgot to tell you, you'll need to buy more shampoo=)
Then cleaning up after them was another story. Dead suckers ("salmon" according to Andrew), stones for the baby to suck on, (it took her 2 seconds to find it and get it in her mouth) "dirt balls - Tim's speciality, crayfish claws and legs, or shall I just say "body parts", not to mention leaves twigs and creek mud.
Then there were all the caterpillars and bugs to feed Herby the pet frog. At least the lizard stayed in his cage the entire time. I was afraid to mention feeding him just in case he too would have to be hand fed on the floor. Flopsy, their rabbit also stayed put.
While I was still trying to get the creek out of the bathtubs, Owen brought in a huge cardboard box "to make something with". The only problem was it had been behind the shed waiting for the burn barrel, and was covered with "stuff" hanging off it. Cobwebs, dirt - you name it!
I gave him a few paper towels to work on cleaning it - outside, and I finished the bathrooms -sort of! Of course, when Owen brought the box back in the house, yours truly had to clean the box too. (Far be it for me to quench such artistic creativity =)
In the meantime Tim helps himself to a hamburger patty from the freezer to use as bait for "his traps", saying "Grandmum, It's really tough anyway!" I take a butcher knife and saw it in half, putting the other half back in the freezer.
The house was spotless when I arrived on Saturday morning. Dana was dressed like a princess ready for the ball, and Will looked like Prince Charming. How they do it I do not know! It didn't take very long before all the toys were out of the pack n' play, and the life size wooden guns were out. Needless to say it soon became a war zone and the cushions off the furniture, the enemy.
What really gets me is the famous two words (OK maybe three!) ..."WE'RE ALLOWED!!" Everything from knives to chips to cell phones =)
Well, back to Owen and the box. They proceeded to cut up that box into tiny pieces, gluing the pieces together with a glue gun, so of course I could not move from the basement where they were, so we put a movie on for the others to watch. They are really good readers, probably because of reading the words at the bottom of the screen. (They put it on themselves since most of the time they could not hear what was going on).
What a mess that box made, but the creation was definitely special, and worth it.
We tried to keep things as simple as possible, but of course no movie night would be complete without popcorn. We won't mention that the "professional " popcorn maker apparently nearly burned the house down, but you'll have to talk to "Granddad" to get the full story =)
When Will and Dana came home today, they had had a little "honeymoon", we had spent time having fun with five of our precious grandchildren, and they with us. The only negative was the poor house. Maybe we should have Will and Dana go somewhere with the kids so Al and I could clean up the house and do the ton of wet laundry, but on second thoughts maybe we better not because if I know the kids they'll want to go to the creek.
We took them down a logging trail with the 4x4 pickup to a wonderful secluded creek with a swimming hole, and we all had a great time swimming in the frigid water and catching crayfish etc. We did this both days, (this is what they wanted to do), but the only problem was each time we got back, everyone had to have baths, (including Al & myself). I was running from the upstairs bathroom, where two of them were having a bath together, to the master bathroom downstairs, where two more were in the tub, baby in arms, still cold and wet from the creek, trying to keep things under control. (Al was on his way with the take out wings and pizza, thankfully=)
While I was giving the baby her bath, the two downstairs had almost emptied the shampoo bottle in the Jacuzzi tub and turned the jets on. They thought that was hilarious, and when I went to see what was going on, all I could see is Megan's little face with mountains of bubbles all around, and Tim looked like a snowman. (Dana I forgot to tell you, you'll need to buy more shampoo=)
Then cleaning up after them was another story. Dead suckers ("salmon" according to Andrew), stones for the baby to suck on, (it took her 2 seconds to find it and get it in her mouth) "dirt balls - Tim's speciality, crayfish claws and legs, or shall I just say "body parts", not to mention leaves twigs and creek mud.
Then there were all the caterpillars and bugs to feed Herby the pet frog. At least the lizard stayed in his cage the entire time. I was afraid to mention feeding him just in case he too would have to be hand fed on the floor. Flopsy, their rabbit also stayed put.
While I was still trying to get the creek out of the bathtubs, Owen brought in a huge cardboard box "to make something with". The only problem was it had been behind the shed waiting for the burn barrel, and was covered with "stuff" hanging off it. Cobwebs, dirt - you name it!
I gave him a few paper towels to work on cleaning it - outside, and I finished the bathrooms -sort of! Of course, when Owen brought the box back in the house, yours truly had to clean the box too. (Far be it for me to quench such artistic creativity =)
In the meantime Tim helps himself to a hamburger patty from the freezer to use as bait for "his traps", saying "Grandmum, It's really tough anyway!" I take a butcher knife and saw it in half, putting the other half back in the freezer.
The house was spotless when I arrived on Saturday morning. Dana was dressed like a princess ready for the ball, and Will looked like Prince Charming. How they do it I do not know! It didn't take very long before all the toys were out of the pack n' play, and the life size wooden guns were out. Needless to say it soon became a war zone and the cushions off the furniture, the enemy.
What really gets me is the famous two words (OK maybe three!) ..."WE'RE ALLOWED!!" Everything from knives to chips to cell phones =)
Well, back to Owen and the box. They proceeded to cut up that box into tiny pieces, gluing the pieces together with a glue gun, so of course I could not move from the basement where they were, so we put a movie on for the others to watch. They are really good readers, probably because of reading the words at the bottom of the screen. (They put it on themselves since most of the time they could not hear what was going on).
What a mess that box made, but the creation was definitely special, and worth it.
We tried to keep things as simple as possible, but of course no movie night would be complete without popcorn. We won't mention that the "professional " popcorn maker apparently nearly burned the house down, but you'll have to talk to "Granddad" to get the full story =)
When Will and Dana came home today, they had had a little "honeymoon", we had spent time having fun with five of our precious grandchildren, and they with us. The only negative was the poor house. Maybe we should have Will and Dana go somewhere with the kids so Al and I could clean up the house and do the ton of wet laundry, but on second thoughts maybe we better not because if I know the kids they'll want to go to the creek.
3 Comments:
You guys are great grandparents! Sounds like everyone had a good time and lucky for Dana & Will to know the kids were having so much fun! There always seems to be lots of mess where there is fun!
Sounds like a normal day around here. :)
fun stuff. Good job putting up with all the mud and crayfish etc. Mom. I'm sure the kids will cherish these memories someday.
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