Today, whew. So far – I got up late, while Hubby watched the two grandsons, then I fixed lunch for the three of them and breakfast for me.
While H put the car seats in the van, I checked out the size of the stroller we have, since we haven’t used it for several months. We will need two for Disneyland next week, and I wanted to see if the one we have is still big enough.
Since our first stop was only ½ mile away, I walked and pushed one of the boys in the stroller, the other went with Grandpa in the van. Yes, the stroller will be fine.
We got new shoes for the adults and sunglasses for the kids, and then went over to the second hand clothes/toys store for the new stroller. I found a wonderful, nearly new stroller for only $25, and there was a Thomas the Train tent for $25, so we got it for the birthday boy, who is turning 3 tomorrow.
Our next stop was Sam’s Club where we got enough free food for another meal, and stocked up on all the other stuff we always get there.
On to the Safeway for H and #1 grandson, Dollar Tree for me and #2 grandson to buy some sports cords to hold the new sunglasses we bought.
After we got home, I rinsed dishes and loaded them into the dishwasher, then drove my oldest (adult) grandson and my youngest grandson (3) to the get hair cuts.
Later, the two adult grandsons made dinner.
After dinner, I heard a couple of people in the swimming pool, so I took the two youngest out for a lovely night-time swim. The outside light went out, so I had to get the portable work light from the garage and take it out to the pool area.
One adult grandson and his girlfriend played with the little ones for a half hour or so. They came in shivering from the cold water, so I had to put them in a warm tub of water to warm up. That took about 45 minutes of laughing and splashing. We have a clear plastic shower curtain to protect the bathroom, since the tub is also a combination shower.
Hubby helped dress them, and they are now getting very sleepy playing computer games.
I will be putting away the clean dishes and rinsing the next load of dishes for the dishwasher after I put the boys to bed. Putting them to bed means sitting in their room while they put away their 75 hot wheel cars, 160 piece Trio Building set, and most likely the entire bag of Mega Blocks. Then we fold up their 6’ x 4’ play mat and watch a bedtime DVD movie.
After that, I will probably do some more Fluthering, and maybe watch On Demand catch up on a couple of TV shows I may have missed the last couple of days before I go to bed.
It’s a good thing you didn’t ask me about tomorrow, because we are having a birthday party in Old Town, with a ride on the Excursion Train, at the same time the Pacific Rim Festival will be bringing 10,000 people to the area.
