Grandmomma and I worked out a plan this summer for her to keep the kids on Wednesday nights so I can help daddy at the grill. Then she is going to keep the kids during the day on Thursdays so I can run errands or just have some time to myself. So we started this week. Last night they spent the night with her and I had an appointment in Morganton to have my brakes checked this morning. I really didn't have anything major I needed to do so I came on home to do some laundry and finished touching up the paint in some areas in the laundry room. It is so quiet that it is uncomfortable. I feel guilty because I know I really don't NEED someone to watch them right now. I am just sitting here on the computer. Finished the painting in the laundry room. Started on the garage baseboards. Thought about washing my car (probably gonna do that when I get finished here). I know I should make the most of this time, but I really don't know what to do without them. I wish they'd come on home. You're right Carmen... I miss my hugs & shoogies.
Before I go, I will share a funny Lily story: She was mumbling some little song in the backseat on the way home from church Sunday. Then she and Sam started arguing about something and she started to call him stupid (which is a VERY bad word). In the middle of her calling him stupid, she realized I was looking at her and could hear what she was saying and suddenly "Sam, you're stupid" turned into "Sam, you're stupendous!". I was amazed that she even knew the word, but then I asked her what it meant and she said, "It means something really great, mommy." So she knew what it meant too! I worry about them watching too much television but if she is getting a vocabulary like that from watching Backyardigans and Dora, then so be it. I won't complain 'cause she's not even four years old!
Another thing that just came to mind is our new pet, Toady. Toady is a toad (duh) who Sam and Lily discovered in the sandbox the other day. They proceeded to fill the sandbox with water from the water hose (now the sandbox is a mudbox) to make a home for Toady. Lily picks Toady up and takes him to their water slide occassionally to give him a bath before returning him to his home in the mudbox. Toady has been in the same place for three days now and I am beginning to wonder if he doesn't have the sense to run for it when they are inside, or if he just can't. It's not unlikely that my children have injured poor Toady. Or maybe Toady is actually dead and they just haven't realized it. Who knows? But I have had fun watching them have fun with the good old Toady.
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