Sleep Over

Late Sunday evening, I got a call from oldest daughter to let me know that oldest grand-daughter was staging a protest.  Yes, she was demanding a sleep-over with grandpa or yhere would be NO anything from her at all!

It has been hard seeing her this year because of all of surgeries and long weeks trying to just find my nose ... Eepah!, what a year!  But I am her favorite in the family, even when she was just a new born!  No one could calm her down as fast just grandpa holding her.  It really freaked daughter out that her child was happier in my arms than hers!  It was really just that I wear wool, I like wool on my skin - and so does grand-daughter!  LOL

So now at age 9, grand-daughter insists on visiting with me at least every two weeks - and as daughter discovered - there is hell to pay if she can not!

I figured, okay, I can survive her and keep her busy with art projects.  Nice thought Kris!  Then her brother decided he had to come and youngest grandchild heard of a sleep over and now I had three to "plan" for.  Well, with one leg, the inmates were going to run this show!

We watched, "George og the Jungle", Sunday night and they loved that one! I read them Dr. Suess', "Wish for a Fish" - another winner!  I went to bed exhausted but very pleased ....

Monday morning ... well ...

Youngest grand-daughter woke deciding she was in love with grandson and so she was chasing him all over the house screaming about her desire to kiss him!  Sigh, exactly like her mother at the same age!  Grandson would have been a screaming but he has been mute for two years now.

Then she asked for paper and a pencil and started drawing - when she was complete, she showed everyone at the table her picture which had earlier had earlier looked like an open mouth but now was a confusing cross between a mouth and Salvadore Dali.  She then looked at me earnestly and said, "This is your mouth and all of the dead things inside of it!"

"Huh?"

"It certainly smells alike someone, or maybe many, have died in you mouth!"

How does one reply when you had just brushed you teeth?  Sigh ......

Breakfast was a bust as some put all of my hash browns in the freezer to make room for cupcakes in the refrigerators.  So, pull the hash browns out to defrost and make Cup Noodles for them.  We did get the hash browns but for  a late lunch - and a real hit for them, as they were for my sister and I when we were young :)

(well time to shorten this as this has taken me almost two hours to type this far and am quite exhausted!  time to close)

In all it went very well, much more humor but I just have nothing left at this point ...