Friday at 5:30 pm I was doing the happy dance. I have the entire weekend to myself. Kids are gone. Hubby’s gone. I adore the kids and love my husband very much but I’m feeling exhilarated that I can do whatever I choose without a time limit and without a tinge of guilt. So I went to a meeting for two hours then went to Starbucks and chatted with some friends until almost midnight. I have to admit that I didn’t want to go home to an empty house.
Our first week of summer vacation was not exciting but it was relaxing. The kids each had their first sleep-over on the first day they were out of school. My eldest granddaughter went to a friend’s house and the friend’s little brother, who is the same age as my grandson, came here. It worked out well and the kids had fun. The following day was kind of a “kick-back and do nothing” sort of day. On Thursday, we went to the church for a couple of hours and later went to the pool. Thursday evening the two older kids had their Taekwondo awards ceremony. They both advanced to Sr. Blue Belt rank. Yea! Friday morning, we made pancakes, my grandson’s favorite breakfast. After breakfast and a quick straightening up of the kitchen, we went outside to work in the yard. The plan was to weed out the patch of ground that used to be a fern garden. We want to replace it with a play area but the weeds have taken over and the ferns refuse to go away no matter how many times you pull them up. No sooner had we taken out all the yard equipment and put on our gardening gloves, it started to rain. I only lasted a couple of minutes so after a brief time in the shed, we started pulling weeds. The girls quickly became bored with that; however, my grandson was a big help. I decided they have been watching too many infomercials when they started describing this cool piece of yard equipment they had seen that would make the job so much easier. It kept raining off and on and I finally gave up and went inside. After lunch, I took a two hour nap with the toddler. I had not meant to go to sleep but just to lie there long enough for her to doze off. The other two occupied themselves with TV and video games. Next week I’ll make a better effort to stimulate more activity.
Here are a couple of pictures Hubby sent from Belgium. They are, he tells me, of the famous statue of the little boy peeing. I’m trying to remember if I already knew there was such a famous statue. They actually dress this statue in different outfits. In the one with all the tourists in front of it, he's wearing a tux. I’m going to Garden Ridge with a friend in a little while. They have water fountains on sale. I wonder if there’s a replica. I also wonder if I would have the courage to display such a thing in my yard. The kids don’t need encouragement, if you know what I mean!
Our first week of summer vacation was not exciting but it was relaxing. The kids each had their first sleep-over on the first day they were out of school. My eldest granddaughter went to a friend’s house and the friend’s little brother, who is the same age as my grandson, came here. It worked out well and the kids had fun. The following day was kind of a “kick-back and do nothing” sort of day. On Thursday, we went to the church for a couple of hours and later went to the pool. Thursday evening the two older kids had their Taekwondo awards ceremony. They both advanced to Sr. Blue Belt rank. Yea! Friday morning, we made pancakes, my grandson’s favorite breakfast. After breakfast and a quick straightening up of the kitchen, we went outside to work in the yard. The plan was to weed out the patch of ground that used to be a fern garden. We want to replace it with a play area but the weeds have taken over and the ferns refuse to go away no matter how many times you pull them up. No sooner had we taken out all the yard equipment and put on our gardening gloves, it started to rain. I only lasted a couple of minutes so after a brief time in the shed, we started pulling weeds. The girls quickly became bored with that; however, my grandson was a big help. I decided they have been watching too many infomercials when they started describing this cool piece of yard equipment they had seen that would make the job so much easier. It kept raining off and on and I finally gave up and went inside. After lunch, I took a two hour nap with the toddler. I had not meant to go to sleep but just to lie there long enough for her to doze off. The other two occupied themselves with TV and video games. Next week I’ll make a better effort to stimulate more activity.
Here are a couple of pictures Hubby sent from Belgium. They are, he tells me, of the famous statue of the little boy peeing. I’m trying to remember if I already knew there was such a famous statue. They actually dress this statue in different outfits. In the one with all the tourists in front of it, he's wearing a tux. I’m going to Garden Ridge with a friend in a little while. They have water fountains on sale. I wonder if there’s a replica. I also wonder if I would have the courage to display such a thing in my yard. The kids don’t need encouragement, if you know what I mean!
1 comment:
I saw the picture before I finished reading. I thought it was a joke or something. I was lol when I read that you were wondering if there was a replica at Garden Ridge. Some how it just doesn't seem like your kinda decor. It's not an infomercial that the girls were referring to, I know exactly what they were talking about!
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