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Ladies and gentlemen, we had a good day! Not a perfect day but it sure was a good day. We left the house at 10am to head down to my parent’s house. On the way I dropped N off with my Dad. When N saw his Poppa he broke into a run and launched himself into his arms. They spent the day running errands and doing “man stuff”. My Dad took him out for lunch to a little place on the beach we used to go to as kids. He even bought N his own milkshake, something I was never allowed as a kid. After lunch on the beach they went for ice cream! I think the old guy is softening! Both Poppa and N had a great time together. When I asked N how his day was he replied, “it was really good but man, that old guy tired me out!”.

G and I spent the day with my Mom. We went to Sears Home and located our furniture! We will actually have a sofa in our family room next week. Perfect. We also went for lunch. Not the beach but a great little Greek place. G ate one fry (I know, I know… fries in a Greek restaurant so wrong) and then a piece of gum that she pulled off the bottom of the table and, well… that’s about it. She didn’t pee her pants so I’m going to call it a smashing success! We got back to my parents place around 1:30 and spent the rest of the day swimming. G was laughing and giggling all afternoon. It was a delightful change from the torturous whining that has been her mantra of late.

Around 4 my Dad brought N to the house for a swim. He took G and drove up to our place to pick up T (who was going stir crazy and couldn’t go anywhere since I somehow took both sets of car keys with me). I spent some time alone with N who totally surprised me by jumping into the pool sans life jacket and swimming across the shallow end! Total ROCK STAR that son of mine! We practiced swimming until Daddy arrived and took over the spotlight.

I can’t tell you how refreshing it was to have a change of pace today. I got a break from both of my kids (and some alone time with each of them) and they got to be spoiled by their grandparents. There was still a couple of tantrums and feet stomping but it didn’t seem as bad with my Mom giggling in the background. After swimming for almost 5 hours, we ate supper on the patio (until we had to make a mad dash for the house when the skies opened up) and then took the kids home totally exhausted and ready for bed. N fell asleep in the car and is currently sleeping in his clothes. G was so tired that she went willingly to bed without any drama. Good one on all fronts! Love, love, love living near family.

Tomorrow Auntie Le is coming for the day and then Auntie La is bringing her new boy over for supper. Things are looking up.

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