July 16, 2007

• Jinxed?????

  We had another party at the house this weekend.  I must have missed something along the way since I did not realize that Heather's birthday party was going to be held at my house.  Hindsight can really be a "duh" moment sometimes since she has most of her belongings boxed up and lining the walls of her small house waiting to go into storage.  I guess my mind was more on Jessie and Alex and the party we had last week.  This party.....we had water....lots and lots of pools with water galore.  The kids loved it.  They also had lacrosse sticks and badminton and REAL horseshoes to play games with.  The playstation inside got its workout too since Adrianna, Chris, and Damien all have short attention spans so flit from one activity to another.  There was no fighting or tattletelling this weekend among the children so they are starting to settle down to Grammie rules......or at least I would like to hope so.  I am a sort of "Knock it Off" kind of Grammie who just separates those that fight and argue with as little drama as possible since negative attention is still attention so I give as little attention as possible to negative behavior.  Lots of attention to positive behavior though coupled with hugs and words of appreciation work for me.  I am strict but fair and the kids pick up on that pretty fast.  The weather worked in our favor too with it being warm but with a gentle breeze to carry the sounds of laughter and the gentle murmur of conversation.  Of course something had to go wrong though.  This time we ran out of propane .....so no hot water.  Not too big a problem since it is something we can work around until they deliver more propane.  We have the stovc in the camper so we can heat water to wash dishes and clean with.  My Husband is redoing the water pipes in the camper but ran into a glitch so the shower will have to be finished being fixed next weekend.  Heather and Tom are moving into the camper on 1 August so my Husband had better get a hustle on.  I can not wait until I get to throw a party where I do not have some kind of disaster strike on the eve of the party.  I am doing really well in not getting bent out of shape.....lately, it has started amusing me on my disasters and mishaps that keep occurring.  I am determined that I am going to enjoy my time with my family come what may.....and every mishap will become a family story to amuse the grandchildren later in life. I put Neko in the baby walker to see how he would fit in it.  While his feet do not even come close to touching the ground, his little body filled the seat so that he is not in any danger of slipping through one of the leg holes.  That boy is built like a tank.  He has finally learned to laugh.......and he sounds so beautiful.  Alex is back in North Carolina but I get to talk to him every day so we get to hear each other.  I keep practicing with him on saying "I love Grammie".  I can hardly wait until he actually says the words.....music to my ears!

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