On Monday I started watching my niece, Katelyn, while my sister is at work. This is a huge change for me because with Madeleine, I usually get up at 8, when she wakes up, give her a bottle and play with her until she's ready to go down for her morning nap, usually around 9:30 - then I get my breakfast and get showered and ready for the day (her morning naps are usually 1.5 - 2 hours long). Then she wakes up, I run my outside errands, eat lunch and put her down for her afternoon nap, which she'll sleep for about 2-3 hours. Katelyn is dropped off at 7 (I'm usually not dressed at this point) and I've finally gotten her trained to come lay in bed with me until Madeleine gets up. Katelyn is still "supposed" to take an hour nap during the day - I usually make her at least lay down for my sanity check. I had a real hard time the first couple of days getting adjusted, but I think I'm finally getting into the swing of things. Then my sister went out of town for Spring Break and my parents and I are switching off in taking care of Katelyn. So Katelyn was the lucky girl that got to go with us to do our taxes on Friday.
It's really not as bad as it sounds. I actually love going down there. My Aunt Martha (my dad's brother's wife), graciously, does our taxes for us. So while we are there we get to spend time with my aunt, uncle and cousins. My grandma (Mom's mom) also lives in the same town so we got to stop in and visit with her as well. And, to round it all off we also got to see Madeleine's birth mom and birth grandma - quite the busy day, but a really fun one!
We were supposed to meet up with Madeleine's birth mom and dad for lunch, but that didn't end up working out so we ate lunch by ourselves and vowed to meet up later on. So instead we stopped at my grandma's house. She was so happy to see us and see the great grandchildren. Katelyn even got to take a ride in her elevator chair. It was supposed to be one ride per grandchild (we used to LOVE this when we were little), however, Katelyn learned (like I did long ago) how absolutely joyful it is to sit while going up the stairs and greedily indulged herself in another ride. I should have been mad at her for disobeying - but it was so darn funny! Grandma was beside herself because she is always so cautious about following the rules, but I think she too found humor in the naughty 3 year old.
Katelyn, Grandma, and Madeleine
We next went to my aunt's office to do our taxes where we met up with Madeleine's birth grandma and birth mom and my cousin Krista came over as well. It was a packed office as you can imagine, just before the tax deadline, but it was still so much fun to talk and visit together. Uncle Ken came by with my cousin Hannah and decided to take Katelyn with him back to his house so they could play and minimize the destruction to the office! We went over to his house after we were done with our tax party and got to have some fun while Madeleine conked out watching the girls be silly.
The Cool Kids, Hannah and Katelyn
Needs no introduction...
The next Hannah Montana?
Katelyn thinks Uncle Ken should join in the fun!
All in all a great day!
1 comment:
Hey, where does grandma live? I'd love to take a ride. :) JK
Looks like you had a wonderful time. I guess this will help you when you have to juggle two of your own. :)
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