Sleepovers

One of the things I love most about being a Grammie is having sleepovers.  If you haven't become a grandparent yet, it's hard to convey the fun of simply spending time with little ones without having to worry about how they turn out.  I mean, obviously I have to keep them safe and alive while they're in my care, but really there's not much else that I'm required to do.  As the saying goes, "What happens at Grammie's stays at Grammies."  I'm not great at getting them to bed on time, or making the absolute most nutritious meals, or making them clean up, or ANYTHING that parents have to consistently make sure happens.  And this is so utterly freeing.  It gives you the luxury of just paying attention to them.  When I hear about or see parents get a multitude of things done with kids around, I stand in awe because I basically can get NOTHING done when I have the kids.  I have to say that I have this luxury because my daughters and their husbands are among the best parents I have ever known, so I know that the kids' needs are well met.  I get to concentrate on the wants.   

So anyway, we have sleepovers quite often. 

Although I watch Atticus one day a week, we only recently had his second sleepover while Mom and Dad celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary.  Atti is so very easy to please.  If you take him anywhere on a train (TRAX or Frontrunner), he's happy as a clam.  So on this last sleepover we took the TRAX to Clark Planetarium and watched "Black Holes" in the Dome.  Our excursion meant that he missed his nap, so he fell asleep in the show.  But he had a lot of fun otherwise.  We also stopped at the playground by the library for awhile.  I have to say that I do have a love/hate relationship with sleeping with Atti.  He has a hard time going to sleep with someone else there, and he also is a big cover and space hog.  But he is the best cuddler, and wakes up asking, "Hug?" 

 

Kaiya and Teague have sleepovers on a more regular basis, as they are a little older.  On our last one, we went to Scheels to ride the ferris wheel and then the next day we rode the Frontrunner up to the Farmington Station and had lunch.

 

This weird shot is of a guy who was in Scheels' big fish tank cleaning it.  I had to clean a whole lot of fish tanks when I was a kid (my dad always had a fish store of some sort), but at least I never had to be fully submersed to do it!

Kaiya being weird about having her picture taken ... Teague, not so much.