Summer again...

Yesterday started my week on and week off of keeping Wesley and Hayden. I did have Wesley alone a couple of weeks ago and it was a breeze. Yesterday was fun, today however is overwhelming, frustrating, tiring and exhausting....oh wait that is the same thing as tiring. Right? Trying to get these two moving is alot like herding cats. They move very slow and do one thing at a time at a slow pace, again I am repeating myself. When we were about to walk out the door I asked Hayden if he had a shirt. He said "Yes, it is outside by the trampoline." "OK," I say "can you go get it?" Off he goes walking VERY slow. So, after watching and wanting to scream HURRY UP!!!! He finally gets back in the house and we open the door to walk out and I notice Hayden is without shoes. I said "Hayden, you got shoes?" He says "Yes, they are outside by the trampoline." About this time my voice starts to escalate and I say "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" He very timidly says "NO ma'am." While we are watching him Wesley looks at me and says "Mimi why are you yelling at us?" I said "Because you guys are taking forever to get anything done!". Hayden finally gets back inside and off we go again and they are dressed and ready to go. They went to a neighbors house while I ran a few errands. I felt bad about yelling and decided I needed a game plan if we are going to get anywhere today. They want to go to the water park but getting them moving is not something I look forward to. So, my plan is to tell them what needs to be done before we go and we need to go BEFORE 2 pm. Wish me luck. I will keep you posted on if this works or not. They are 10 years old by the way, not 4.

Old Things...

Hubby and I grew up in the 60's. We have had this collection of albums for over 40 years, above is just a few of the abulm covers. As I was reading the newspaper today the Baton Rouge Little Theater wanted to use them for an upcoming production of Hairspray. So I hauled some the albums out and started typing an email telling the lady what we had. She is so excited. Now I need to go clean them off as they have been sitting in a closet for many many years. So glad someone can use these. I should buy a record player and play them...

Fountainbleau Park

Over 3o years ago we owned a travel trailer. We parked it by a lake in Gonzales and used it a few times but a hurricane came and they asked us to move it. So it sat out by our house and never got used. But to justify that we had a new born baby at the time and a company truck to pull it. We even had a neighbor complain because it was sitting at the end of the street. Apparently it is against the law but it wasn't bothering anyone, especially the person that complained about it. Go figure.
This past weekend we met the kids at Fountainbleau Park in Mandeville. Gabe and family have an RV that they have enjoyed for around a year now. They have traveled to New Mexico, Texas, Florida, and Mississippi so far. I have been trying to talk hubby into getting one so we could meet up with them and not pay hotel room fees. What is your take on them? Are they worth it? Hubby is worried about insurance, gas, etc.....But I say spending time with the grands is so worth it.