That afternoon, we just hung out around the house. We weren’t real sure what the sleeping arrangements for the kids would be, but we had sleeping bags and pack-n-plays as options. We did know that we were going to put them at the foot of our bed because there is more room in our bedroom. We decided to try the sleeping bags first because that is easier than putting up the pack-n-plays. (Putting those things up will drive you to drink!) All-in-all it worked out okay. The problem was that they didn’t actually want to go to sleep and were twisting, turning, talking and giggling, so we made multiple trips to tell them to be quite and go to sleep along with various threats. They finally gave up and went to sleep after about 30 minutes or so. Whew!
Saturday morning they all got up around 8:00 as best I remember. After breakfast, we ventured down to the beach to let them romp a bit. The weather was very nice and actually quite warm – not warm enough to get in the water though. However, that did not deter them. Even though we told them countless times to stay away from the water, they managed to get nearer and nearer and eventually they all had wet shoes and pant legs. And to top it off, Miss Gracie tripped and fell flat on her face into the water, but have no fear! Aunt Ashley is as agile as a deer and no sooner than Gracie's face touched the water, Ashley was there sweeping her up and into her arms. I would have EVENTUALLY gone to get her myself ya’ll, but not before I got a picture for the blog! Besides, by the time I managed to get rolled over onto all fours, then heft myself up to a standing position, Gracie would have been swept out to sea! There’s a reason (many) you have babies when you’re young. Needless to say, Gracie’s unintentional dip in the water ended the beach trip. Ashley stripped her out of her wet clothes so that she didn’t freeze to death and then had Ryan strip out of his shirt for her to wear and we then headed back to the house where we got them all into dry clothes and ordered some pizza for lunch. Later we crafted some foam Christmas trees and around 1:00 we decided they needed to take a nap. This time, we felt the pack-n-plays would be the better option for daytime sleeping. The problem with 3 year olds and pack-n-plays is that they are now big enough to climb in and out of them. Not very long after we put them down, Sy came flying through the living room announcing that he had to pee. He did, and we promptly returned him to bed. They were not very interested in going to sleep and were talking, flipping, turning and giggling as usual. They kept this up for a while and finally I threatened to take one of them out of the room if they kept on. I guess they didn’t believe me because they kept it up. Imagine their surprise (especially Gracie) when I wheeled Gracie’s pack-n-play right on out of that room into the other bedroom. Mind you I wasn’t picking on Gracie, she was just the closet to the door. She didn’t cry, but she did start softly singing in her new space. I joked that she was probably singing “nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen” since she had been placed in solitary confinement. Thomas and Gracie eventually fell to sleep but Sy didn’t. We finally got him up, and while laying on the couch with his Daddy, he fell asleep. Shortly thereafter though, the other two were ready to get up! Oh well………
That night, we had smoked pork chops, mac and cheese (at Gracie’s request) green beans and leftover dressing. Gracie said she only wanted mac and cheese, broccoli and carrots and that she didn’t like green beans, but I guess she forgot she didn’t like them because she cleaned her plate! We also made paper bag books for Christie’s birthday. When bedtime came, it was just like the night before - they didn’t want to go to sleep and again giggled, flipped and flopped around and again Sy got up to pee. Eventually, Thomas fell to sleep, but Sy and Gracie wouldn’t, so we got them up and let them stay up for a bit longer. I think it was around 11:30 or so before we sent them back to bed.
The following morning, they all got up around 7:00 and had cereal for breakfast before heading home.
Here are some quotes from them over the weekend. I wish I could remember them all because there were many. All three are funny little characters.
Sy to Thomas – “Thanks Tom” (for some reason, he decided to shorten his name)
Gracie – “Daisey wants to go to the beach”, to which Thomas replied – “Or maybe not”. (Remember – Thomas does not particularly like Daisey.)
Thomas pointing to Gary’s shop – “Is that the golf.” Grandma - “No, that’s the shop”. I have no idea why he thought it was a golf. Maybe because that’s where the golf cart key is kept?
Gracie – “We are having really fun!”
Sy to Gracie – “You don’t tell me what to do – only adults – right Mommy?”
Gracie at dinner - “I wanna get down. I’m not gonna stay here all night.”
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