Highlights of a Weekend with Five Grandchildren

One of the reasons we moved was so we could see the grandchildren more often.

Another reason was to help out when their parents needed us to watch them or get them off the bus or have them spend the night.

Well all of that happened this weekend.  Maybe not the 'getting them off the bus' but we did bring Landon and Tessa home from school on Friday.

Highlights:

• Grandparents' Day with Landon and Tessa at Rossville Elementary on Friday afternoon.  We met Mrs. Knox in 4th grade and Mrs. Brown in 1st grade.  Landon interviewed us and gave us a picture he had created, which is now on our refrigerator.  Tessa drew a picture for Grandma Jan, not for us, which was ok.  Pictures.  Book Fair.  Ice cream in the cafeteria for all of us.
• We signed out Landon and Tessa and returned them to their house after school.  We chatted with Hilary for a bit until Megan called and said they were close to our house.
• Cooper and Lynnlee stayed at our house while Megan and Matt went to South Bend for an event.  Dinner came from Culver's.  At one point we (Gary, Lynnlee, and I) put clean sheets on the bed in our room.  Then Lynnlee and I decided to relax on the bed.
• Next event was her emptying her stomach of EVERYTHING she had eaten that evening ALL over me, herself, and Great-Grandma Cattell's quilt.  (see previous post about THAT).
• Landon, Cooper, and I  playing UNO at the dining room table
• Landon spending the night on Friday
• Landon and Gary picking up gates at the Carroll County Fairgrounds Saturday morning
• Tessa and Owen coming Saturday morning to stay until late Sunday afternoon
• early morning grocery shopping at Meijer (see previous post about that)
• A trip to Flour Mill for donuts and to the orchard for apples, slushies, and more donuts
• Auntie Ann's chicken noodle casserole for dinner
• Everyone so tired that all were in bed a little after 9 - Tessa in the futon room, Gary and Owen in the spare bedroom, Beth and Landon in the big bed
• Tessa getting sick three times (too many strawberries)
• Gary's spaghetti for lunch
• More UNO with Landon and Tessa
• Cooper's double header in Camden with Hilary (whose photo shoot was cancelled) and Landon

I was exhausted!  I couldn't even function in the evening.  I was so tired, my vision was blurry, I couldn't read, and I was just tired.

So I went to bed at 10.  But at 4:00 a.m, I was wide awake!  

It sounded like a good idea to just go to the recliner and work on the OBS since I was several days behind.  I made it through two days and the phone alarm went off, signaling that I needed to hop in the shower and get ready to go to Miracles Fitness for my group session.

As I went upstairs, Gary said something to me and I crawled into bed to talk to him.  The next thing I knew, I was in bed alone and it was nearly 9:00. 

I guess I was more tired than I thought I was!  I missed the fitness center today, but I felt refreshed and rejuvenated for another 2.5 hours of sleep!

Those kids wore me out!