Kiddos Everywhere!

 Yes, I know.  One of the reasons, well, actually the main reason we moved to where we live now is to be closer to the grandchildren.

Our daughters?  Yes.  But the kids were the big draw.  Face it----they love us and aren't afraid to be excited when they see us.  We don't get that from Megan and Hilary-----not that we think they don't love us.  But you know what I mean.

Last week Cooper and Lynnlee were here on Monday.  Cooper had a haircut appointment and Lynnlee stayed with Papaw while Mommy ran some errands in Lafayette.  The other kids were here as well with their folks, but they were just visiting.  Not a lengthy stay.

Thursday and Friday Owen was here in the afternoon.  Blaine was working so Gary picked Owen up off the pre-school bus both day.  On Friday Lynnlee was here also.  Her regular babysitter went with her son to a college day.  Then after school Cooper came and both of the kids spent the night.  Cooper is never a problem---he has always gone to bed easily, stayed in bed, and wakes up and watches tv in the morning.  Lynnlee is getting better, but she is ALL over the bed and likes to slam against me.   We can't trust her enough to sleep in the futon room since she is still sleeping in the crib at home.  One of these days.

Saturday at some point Owen was here, Landon and Cameron were here looking for squirrels to shoot and exploring the creek, and Cooper and Lynnlee were still here.   Lots of noise and activity going on.

Tuesday night Owen spent the night because his class was quarantined and since Daddy was working, it would be easier to just stay here than Hilary drop him off or Papaw go over there to wait for him to wake up.  

Blaine works Wednesday (as I said above), Thursday, and Friday this week, so Owen is with us again.  Plus Lynnlee's babysitter had another migraine and her doctor wanted her to take a COVID test, so Little Miss was with us today and will be tomorrow also.  Cooper came with Megan after school as did Tessa with Hilary so for about 30 minutes four of the five kiddos were in the family room, playing and making lots of noise.

Tomorrow will be a repeat of today with Lynnlee all day and Owen at 11:30.   But a change will happen in the original plans.

Landon and Tessa are spending the night at Fifes.  Owen declared that he was going with Landon, then with Tessa.   After it was determined that he couldn't go with either of them to spend the night at Fifes, he declared that he wo9uld be spending the night at Papaw's home, and if Mommy and Daddy didn't take him there, he would drive himself.

I think when Hilary told us this, she was a little concerned that we would say he couldn't stay with us, but deep down inside she probably knew that wasn't going to happen.  Owen is spending the night at Papaw's Home.  Not house.  Home.

Landon asked us last week if we could go out to dinner for his birthday, then watch a movie.  Last year we went to Olive Garden, then had planned to go to the theatre and watch The Call of the Wild, but I got sick before we arrived at the theatre.  I went to bed as soon as we returned home; Gary and Landon watched something on the dish, then Gary took him home. We found the DVD of Call of the Wild a few months ago, so he wanted to watch it.  He plans to come over on Saturday evening for dinner, then the movie, then spend the night, and be here until sometime Sunday afternoon.  I am not sure whether it will be Olive Garden or not (since he is going out for lunch with Grandma Jan and Don and OG was mentioned for that excursion), but we will figure something out.

Next week?  Already we know that Owen will be here on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  Not sure about Lynnlee yet, but who knows?  We could have her also!  She is always fun, as is Owen so it really isn't a problem. It is just funny how often the kids are here.  

Earlier Gary and I  had talked about possibly heading south for a week or so.  Warmer weather sounded nice, but we didn't want to fly.  I am still apprehensive about getting on a plane.  But we decided that since we would arrive at our destination, then probably stay in the room most of the time, order carry out or delivery or buy groceries and cook in, trying to stay away from people....so why really go?  If we are going to cook, order carryout or delivery and stay in most of the time, then we might as well stay at home and sleep in our own bed, save the money to travel, and enjoy family and our own house.

Plus we wouldn't be able to spend all of this quality time with the kiddos either.

And that is what it is all about!