So we’re moving. I have been up to my eyeballs in wallpaper stripper and paint cans at the new house. It is only 6 blocks from the old house, so I’ve also been running back and forth between the houses, dealing with kids, packing, organizing school supplies, etc.
And, since the big guys went back to school last week, my built-in babysitting disappeared, so I’ve been doing all of this with Grant in tow.
Gramma to the rescue! My wonderful mom offered to come and get Grant Friday evening and take him to her house for the weekend. A huge treat for Grant, and I’m pretty sure Gramma loves it too.
I periodically call to check in and see how it’s going. This is the schedule/report that I received last night:
Saturday
8:00 – Gramma’s homemade waffles
8:30 – 11:00 – watch video
11:00 – 12:00 – play with Gramma, read books, eat cheese and crackers (aka Gramma’s Party Platter)
12:00 – 4:30 – play in the backyard, running, jumping and pretending to be their new puppy, Penny.
4:35 – Penny collapses, exhausted.
4:36 – 5:00 – running, jumping, playing with the sprinklers
5:00 – 5:30 – bubble bath and ensuing bathroom flood
5:30 – 6:00 – begin to watch a video
6:01 – Gramma notices Grant has exhausted himself and fallen asleep
6:02 – Gramma decides that little boys should get 12 hours of sleep and ignores the Mommy’s advice to wake him up and not let him take a nap so close to bedtime.
Sunday
1:30 a.m. – Grant wakes up and asks for waffles
1:45 a.m. – eat another of Gramma’s Party Platters
2:00 a.m. – watch another video
3:30 a.m. – back to bed
9:30 a.m. – wake up ask for more waffles
9:45 a.m. – repeat Saturday’s schedule
Gee Gramma! Thanks for getting Grant out of my hair for the weekend. Thanks in advance for the return of my child, who I am sure will be waking me up at 2:00 in the morning and asking for waffles. What will my response be? Where do you think you are?! Gramma’s??!! Get your butt back to bed!
He will go back to bed with a sniffle and a sigh, no doubt to dream of happier times at Gramma & Poppa’s House of Waffles.
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