Return To Total Normalcy

Last night, we welcomed home the two kids who stayed at Grandma Jackie's and Grandpa Don's house all weekend. Actually, it was four days. Four days of being spoiled non stop and loving it!

Daniel and Trenton got their turn at being treated like royalty by their grandparents, while we were in Laughlin. With more than thirty grand kids, Daniel's parents have to rotate grand kid spoiling in order to make it as fair as possible. Can you even imagine trying to keep track of that? I can and it makes my eye twitch.

They saw Wall*e, went clothes shopping, toy shopping (Grandma Jackie likes to shop,) went swimming, went to Auntie Sue's and saw Space Chimps, went out to several restaurants, visited great grandma and spent countless hours playing Legos. I think it is safe to assume that they got a whole year's worth of spoiling accomplished in one long weekend!

The amazing thing about their stay at Grandpa and Grandma's house, is that the boys did not fight the whole time. Jackie said that they started to bicker towards the end of their stay, but that was it. No fist fights, no death threats, no fat lips. They must have been saving their acts of aggression for when they returned home. Five minutes after arriving here, they were back to their normal sibling rivalry and throwing punches.

When I aksed the boys about their stay, they said that "Grandpa is the strictest grandparent in the world, because (gasp) he made them mind their manners, and Grandma is the nicest." Which, to me, means that they did have some balance while staying over there! We are now complete again, with all nine members at home and can I just say that by the end of the night, my ears were practically crying. Nothing like a little vacation to make one realize how hectic everyday life really is!