Now that the twins are talking the game has changed. Kristen and Kent are being constantly bombarded with requests, or should I say DEMANDS, for GAMMAMA'S HOUSE ! I am told these requests, er, demands are becoming a daily occurrence and since they are in stereo they are getting harder to ignore.
In all fairness it has been a very busy month, this month of March. Kristen was traveling, Grandma had Aunt Ann Marie here, I was away the end of February with Keri and her family in Disney, February had been a very busy month, Christmas and all that before. I don't think Smith and the twins had been up here since mid January, possibly a mid February visit. March I was down there for St. Patrick's day then there was the big two year old birthday party in Pompano so I have been going to see the twins at their house rather than them coming here. Thus the recent chorus of GAMMAMA'S HOUSE! GAMMAMA'S HOUSE !!!! I think they have even taken their show on the road to day care and are sharing it with the teacher's at school.
And so Easter Sunday was the BIG day to come to Gammama's house and have a wild and crazy day with their cousins and grandma who thanks to the wonderful kisses from Grey on her second birthday 2 weeks ago has the adult version of 2 year old croup. (I will NEVER EVER refuse the kiss of a two year old unless it means I will reinfect her. I knew she had a drippy nose when I kissed her on her birthday and when she kept kissing me I could not resist but accepted as many of those juicy wonderful kisses as were offered.) And so, sure enough 10 days later, to the minute, grandma got sick! I knew it was coming, I drank orange juice, I sucked on Zicam, I schlurped bone broth and nothing kept away those powerful germs that only a 2 year old can brew. Down for the count went grandma and Easter Sunday was a shadowy blur of kids and food and noise and kids. We had a wonderful time and I even braved, (for the sake of my beloved twins) putting on a bathing suit at 4 in the cloudy afternoon to go in the chilly pool with the naked twins (Their request "get naked" when they saw the big cousins in the pool). Naturally no other adult had a bathing suit with them on this overcast day and Kristen and her mom were having heart attacks at the antics of dare devil Grey so I figured if Grey and Wynn were going to have any fun at all I better get in there with them. In we went until their lips turned blue and they couldn't stop shaking from the cold. That should help their constantly dripping noses. I figure it is a good way to clear sinuses ! It really was fun for the 10 minutes or so we were in there. Kaelin, Smith and Finn were in a good half hour or more and had a ball. Kaelin and Smith can pretty much swim on their own. Finn is still in the beginning stages but after his time down here he is getting braver by the moment.
And so Easter was a success for all ! The Easter bunny hid the baskets and a ton of eggs. ALL of which were found, thanks to Aunt Keri who was the egg Nazi making sure that grandma wasn't going to have any horrid smells wafting through my house in about a week. She kept good count and made sure we found every single egg. I was having trouble counting at that point so Keri did a great job.
Once again I over cooked the roast. I think I need to retire from the kitchen. My thinking facilities are slipping. Early stages of dementia ? Fatigue from being the hostess? Once again hosting a holiday dinner while battling an illness ? Thank goodness for the family. They took over the kitchen and cleaned and cooked.
I think maybe I will just live here and keep the place in my name and let the kids come in and care for it. They can cook and clean and entertain here all they want and just let it be known as
GAMMAMA'S HOUSE
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