Grandkids - You Just GOTTA Love Em'

It was babysitting weekend up in Denver - Jaime was working all weekend and Brad was in Mexico fishing - Jessi had continuing education classes and Gary is on a night training shift - so it was Nana to the rescue!!

Denver was HOT - HOT - HOT!! Now I remember why I live in the mountains! And Denver also has mosquitos which I found out by accident when I got up early and went for a walk in SHORTS!! The backs of my legs started itching so I looked around and there were 2 of the tiniest mosquitos just eating away on my legs!! Scratch, walk, scratch, walk - enough of that - I headed back to the house!!

Both days actually went VERY well - I took Rayna and Kylan to see "Despicable Me" - a really cute movie that I highly recommend!! Kylan was excellent, even after getting seated in a packed theater and the manager coming in and telling us there was a mix-up so the movie wouldn't start for another 20 minutes!! (But the next movie is FREE - due to the inconvenience!!)

We played - we did crafts - we bowled on the WII - made Rice Krispie bars - watched a movie - played in the yard - went to Sprouts to shop (I forgot what it was like to have a 3 year old in a store who won't sit in the cart) - went to Caribou for a coffee to regain my sanity after being in Sprouts - and generally just had a good time!! I think I loved their naps the best - (just kidding!)

Kylan had gotten a talking teapot and him and Kenzie looked so cute sitting on the steps pretending to have tea - but it was tough not allowing him to put water in the teapot!!

Only one tragedy - the boys were outside playing, throwing things up in the air - I had already yelled at them a couple of times but of course they didn't quit - Jessi and I were sitting at the table and I could see outside - suddenly Kylan starts crying and actually sits down - we didn't think much about it till a minute later when Evan starts screaming and is totally freaked out - we race out there - Kylan is still sitting on the ground with blood dripping off the entire one side of his face!! I quickly grabbed him and rushed into the kitchen sink where we got a washcloth to at least wipe the blood off his face and to try and assess the damage - too much hair, too much blood - so we whisked him upstairs to the shower and after pouring water over and over on his head, saw that he had a pretty good scrape and lump - it's amazing how head wounds bleed - but the cut wasn't deep and after oozing for quite a while, it scabbed over and he seemed fine - I was exhausted................

Jessi and I DID run to Kohl's at 7:00am on Sat. morning as there was a huge sale (isn't there always????) and we had a 30% discount card - the only thing on my list were some new "Mexico" shirts for Glenn - I'm getting quite tired of seeing him in the same shirts, year after year after year!!! I found him 4 really nice shirts - and he loves them all so that makes me happy!!

So I made it through the weekend with flying colors and the girls might actually ask me to babysit again sometime!!

PS - I almost forgot two things - the funniest thing that happened: I wore shorts on Sunday and I rarely wear them because I have bad spider veins on my thighs - Rayna saw them and her eyes got big and she asked what they were so I told her - and her reply was "that's too bad Nana, but I LOVE the color" - gee thanks, I didn't know purple thighs were in fashion!! #2 thing - the sweetest thing - I had just put Kylan up on the stool to potty and he wrapped his arms around my neck and leaned into me and said "I love you Nana" Ah.............