Henry and Jeffrey

Beach Lover

Jul 26, '07 · 9:49 PM776

Henry and Jeffrey came for a "sleep over"...we "camped out" in the back yard. First I have to tell you that I found a great deal on a "camp fire" and a 3 room tent. I had no idea that tents had rooms nor that you could get a propane fired "camp fire". :lol:

We planned their stay (2 nights) with swimming, camping, camp fire, movies, food. The swimming went great. The camping not so well...we had made alternative arrangements in the house in the event that this happened :cool:

The camp fire went well. Did you know they make "camp fires" that run on propane and don't kill the grass? Well, I didn't, but they do! We made s'mores. I learned that my grandchildren don't like anything "touching" anything else...did hot dogs, baked beans, alphabet macaroni salad (which they didn't like...who knew?!) and ice cream cones, etc., etc.

Our son's uncle and aunt came for dinner the second night they stayed. It was a nice reunion.

We got a "Shrek" movie that had 3D glasses and a "short" to view in our home theatre. We got ready, had popcorn and Henry said "I watched a movie that 1 dragon and that was ok...but one movie had 2 dragons and I was afraid!" Oh my...I could have eaten him up.

The best thing about having your grandchildren (aged 4 and 2) stay and "camp" at your home?...the 4 year old saying (as the 3 room tent

was being erected) "This is great!"...and the 2 year old nodding his head in agreement.

It's wonderful being a grandmom!

Replies

Beach Fanatic

Jul 30, '07 · 8:04 AM#27

What grayt memories! I'd love to send my boys to Camp Whitesand. . .where do I sign up? My oldest, age 4, has been gearing up for a campout. He recently bought a marshmellow roasting stick (I though you were suppose to use sticks?) and a bag of marshmellows and is ready to go!

Beach Fanatic

Jul 30, '07 · 8:14 AM#28

BTW, never use Oleander sticks ;-) very poisonous :nono1: :puke:

Ya'll prob'ly knew that already but just in case. :blink:

Beach LoverAuthor

Jul 30, '07 · 9:50 AM#29

Oh my goodness! All the sweet comments. Now, I have to even the keel just a little bit (okay A LOT!)

Our grandbabies live about 3 1/2 hours away from us. We visit them or they visit us about every 4 to 6 weeks. It used to not be as long as that, but our son, daughter-in-law and the boys are getting busier and busier. The children came for a visit for TWO NIGHTS! We did plan for them to camp out, swim, etc., and have, we hoped, a wonderful time, which, thankfully, they seemed to have done.

What I have to tell you now is that the day after they left, WE DID NOTHING BUT RELAX (ok, we collapsed :floor:

)! I can't tell you how exhausting it was...they are always on the go...and all I really did was COOK. Grandpa did most of the work setting up the tent, doing the outdoor grill cooking, etc. Really, I'm not "super grandma". I was fortunate enough to have had two wonderful pivotal people in my life, and I am trying to pass just a little of what I experienced along to my own sweet grandbabies :blush: