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I promise a short post, but I don’t want to forget to document this.
This started off as a laid back Saturday. Micah and Amanda were going to golf (crazy to me as it was 100 degrees), Parker was on his way home from the beach, so Jack, AKA Woody was going to hang with us today. Easy…we have done it tons of times.
We ran errands, stopped and had a wonderful lunch at Macaroni Grill.
Jack charmed our server and the next table doing his “Howdy Partner” Woody imitations. He loves that you can color on the table.
We had thought about going to see the new Cars movie but decided to wait on Parker and go next week.
Tomorrow is Grayson’s birthday party so we decided to stop at Target and let Jack pick out his gift. What was I thinking?
I bought a few groceries and Jack (Pop) and Jack (Woody) met me in the toy department. It will not come as a surprise to you that we “are easy” when it comes to little’s wants!
But we do not let them misbehave, they have to use their manners and they have to acknowledge someone when they are talking to them. And we do tell them no.
Well we met our match today. Jack found something for Grayson and as we were leaving the area he spotted the new CARS toys.
That was fine, he could pick out one little one. Now remember that he has his Woody cowboy hat on and Woody speaks with authority, so Jack speaks in that same voice.
He did not want the little one…At the top of his lungs he tells us he only wants the BIG RED CAR.
“No Jack, you can have a little one”!
I try to put him in the buggy….No way…he was not getting in the buggy. I am losing control.
I saw the pre-stroke versus post- stroke Jack (Pop) today. Remember he is an old football coach.
Pre-stroke he would have taken him straight to the car and he would have gotten nothing but a good counseling session. Today he looked and me and said “GET IT”!
Jack is so hard to discipline because he is so dang funny and has such a dry sense of humor, especially for a 3 year old.
At this point I say, “No Jack, you are not having the big red car. At this point he says, “Grammy, I do not want that little car, I ONLY want the BIG red car!
I feel like he was thinking , “I know Pop doesn’t hear good but do you have a hearing problem too?” I read his mind.
So the stand off comes to an end as he and Pop head to the check
out….red car in the buggy.
Today he WON! This is a blurry picture, but you can see the look of victory in his face.
And that’s what Grandparents are for.
It’s 1 AM and he is still awake playing a Dora game on the IPAD.
Confession is good for the soul…Right?
So hear goes…I confess
that I have been blogging for two and half years and I had never looked at the dashboard, really looked at it.
I had never looked to see who or how many people read my blog.
Had no idea that feature was on the dashboard.
I accidently found it when I was trying to add a font (Vicki, I followed your instructions and I still could not do it)
But I sure found lots of tabs I had never seen before.
I have no clue how bloggers do all the fancy things on their blogs. I wish I did.
I realized that many new people I don’t know, read this blog.
Since I am confessing…here are a few more
We have four grandsons, known as “the little's”!
If I am at home, they are welcome to be here anytime..translates to free babysitting, ANYTIME. All day, all night…They have their own room and when it is empty, I feel sad.
I love planning a vacation down to the smallest detail. My vacation of choice would always be The Mouse.
I love rainy days and cold weather. Most people like just the opposite.
I hate for Parker to be out of town! (he is in Florida at the beach…this boy has a hard life) We text, but his texts are all two word answers.
I love my IPAD and want to learn everything it will do.
I get up everyday with the goal of exercising and most days I don’t. So I go to bed sad that I failed.
I hate paper work and will let it pile up until I feel overwhelmed.
Getting up early almost makes me SICK. Those last three hours of sleep…6-9 or 7-10 are my favorite three hours. My kids are well aware of this and please do not ask me anything first thing in the morning.
This last year has been a hard year. Really hard. There are some things I really need to get a handle on.
We are almost to July 1 and that is always my signal to start thinking about tree season.
I was again reminded on Sunday that I have a husband, son and son-in-love that all consider DAD their TOP priority in life. I am blessed.
It is hard to believe that Gray will be two this week. He and Jack are becoming really good buddies.
This will not be a marathon post because I only have two pictures.
Both ones Amanda snapped this morning with her phone.
Jack’s new favorite pants, some pajama pants I
cut off yesterday….VERY STYLISH
Jack in another STYLISH outfit. Rain gear! It can be found in many different stores.
Do not MISS this post on
Love Being a Nonny’s blog.
All I can tell you is grab a cup of coffee, a glass of wine, or read this in parts. For some reason I cannot do a short post.
Just when I think I will only post a few pictures I remember I am doing this to record life.
And life is more than a few pictures. I envy those bloggers that can post daily and do short posts. It just does not work for me.
When I signed off last we were in Dallas dropping Parker off for his Washington D C trip.
Guess what? We were still there 12 days later. It was one of the cheapest (as vacations go) most fun vacations we have done in a long time.
We had no agenda. We had a five star hotel for under $50 a night.
I am a Priceline junkie and this was one of my better deals.
A few days after Parker left, Amanda and Jack decided to come to Dallas while Micah was on a business trip.
She stayed a few days and we shopped and had fun with Jack and then we all surprised Parker at the airport.
He had a wonderful trip and many stories…but I can’t say much for his pictures. The event coordinator sent us an email each day loaded with pictures of what the kids did the day before, so we did know what they were doing and could find Parker everyday.
We are so glad that he had the opportunity to go and now he is an alumni and is already invited to Boston next summer. For some reason a 5th grade alumni is funny to me.
Amanda headed home the next day to work on school work and we decided to spend another four days of fun with the boys.
We spent an entire day at LEGOLAND and ended that day with a fun meal at the Rainforest Cafe…(almost made us feel close to the Mouse)
Below are just some snapshots from the week and I could write a story to go with each one. I won’t! PROMISE!
Jack told me he just liked band aids…no reason for one
Parker arriving at DFW to his little buddy!
Jack and his mom having a little IPAD time!
Sometimes only a Diet Coke will do!
Woody and Woody waiting on Parker to come through the gate
Imagination at its BEST!
Enough said!
JUST HAPPY!
LEGOLAND LOOT
Wonder what he is thinking?
Decisions, decisions….I want one of each….and then he remembered he was with “the grandparents”! no problem
A Great 3D movie at LEGOLAND
We headed back to the hotel to watch the basketball finals. What a great series between the Heat and the Mavericks. We had spent the entire week in Maverick land.
The city of Dallas was electric.
So we spent the entire 12 days sleeping, swimming, eating at new places…a little shopping, renting movies, and planning everyday doing whatever sounded like fun.
Some days it was just staying at the hotel.
Amanda got a chance to have some Mom time at the Galleria shopping, getting a manicure and pedicure..she has been studying so hard that we are always happy when we can give her some free time. this is a funny picture below.
In and Out Burgers has opened in Dallas and the wait even in the drive thru was 40 minutes. This was Jacks opinion of that and who wanted a stupid hat anyway.
The last part of our trip was one of the most special.
We decided to drive an hour out of the way and stop at the hotel where Jack had his stroke.
We wanted the boys to have a chance to say “thanks for saving our Pop”!
I went in first to see if the lady that went to his room and told me something told her to get the door down…someone needed help and needed it now, was at work.
When I walked in I immediately knew the sweet girl at the front.
She had greeted Amanda and me many nights after long days at the hospital wanting to know how Jack was doing.
She said Priscilla was off but the manager was there.
He had also been there and came out to talk to the kids.
Parker was so grown up when he walked over and shook his hand and said “thanks”!
Talk about a Kodak moment.
Then the receptionist came out of the back and said she had called Priscilla and she wanted us to wait. She was on her way to the hotel.
She walked in and literally embraced Jack for what seemed like an hour. The last time she had seen him he was very close to death. What a sweet reunion.
I got a few pictures through the tears.
We are now back home. It is so hot here that I have to have a good reason to leave the house.
I have several sites I want you to visit.
First my head elf, Terri, has opened an ETSY shop. She has some great things. I am hoping she will do a post on the holiday blog next week.
The name is MilandDil Designs.
Also stop by this great new blog, Vicki’s Foodies, especially if you are doing Weight Watchers.
These two blogs are prayer requests….
Paige’s Petals
and then what may be a new blog to you…
Amie Hayes Dockery
She is a someone I know thru some friends. She is a young Mom, a gifted writer, a pastor in Dallas and another example that life changes in a moment.
If you are still with me you are a trooper. Woody aka Jack says thanks for reading to the end.
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