My, But the House is Quiet

Yes, they are gone. As they pulled out of the driveway, they yelled bye over and over again. Of course, I was also yelling.

Yesterday was just so filled with activities that I forgot all about blogging. I take that as a good sign. I have read accounts by other bloggers about writing and re-writing all day until it is just right. I suppose they are hoping to become another Julie and Julia. I, on the other hand, am enjoying the process.

After many hours at the beach (I was the one covered up and sitting under the beach umbrella tho I did wade in a couple of feet.) We decided before we left the park that we would either have pizza or Indian.

The hilarity began when Eira and Rayna decided that they preferred pizza so we started pantomiming eating pizza to the rest of the gang in the car behind us. It certainly appeared to us that their mother and grandfather did not understand what was so obvious to us.

When we reached home, we decided to have both cuisines. Granddad went to get the food while the rest of us carried the place settings and beverages to the screen room.

After dinner, Lise went off to visit with a friend from her high school days, leaving instructions with Rayna about getting her step-brother to bed by 9:00.

So that was the first directive we failed to carry out. But he certainly could not have gone to bed before having a s'more.

When Rayna returned to the backyard after reading Harry Potter to Adam, we decided that we would have another round of s'mores before playing bocce. Since it was now 10:00, Granddad moved the Highlander to have its lights shine on the yard. In order for me to see the target ball, we used my red bandanna to mark the spot.

Then we moved the party indoors to play team Carroms. I had given them a box of theatrical makeup that had surfaced in my basement cleanup. One sported black lipstick, the other purple. Rayna put sparkle lipstick on me. Gareth allowed them to apply color to his moustache and goatee. We made a bet how long it would take their mother to notice.

When Lise arrived home about 11:30, she came to the top of the basement stairs and said to the kids, "Why aren't you in bed?"

I replied, "There wasn't an adult to tell us to go to bed." Granddad had gone to bed at least an hour before.

But we still couldn't go to bed because we had to play archery and bowling on the Wii.

As Eira kept saying, "We can sleep all day in the car tomorrow."

Lise did notice the girls lipstick immediately but missed my sparkling lips and Gareth's darker than normal facial hair.

Of course, there was no way that they would get an early start today because we were slated to have breakfast at Tommy's. After breakfast, it was a quick stop at Big Fun to pick up a hat Eira had liked during our first trip there. Then it was off to Passport to Peru to buy up a pair of moccasin boots for Rayna. I saw a jigsaw puzzle with a large peace sign superimposed on a collage of photos from anti-war demonstrations. Who better to give it to than the kids who wear tie-dyed t-shirts?

So a good time was had by all. The kids and I decided that there visits need to be longer since we never have time to do everything that we want to do.

8-21-10 Corrected the grammar and spelling. If I missed any, let me know. I was way too tired to be writing anything tho I was proud that I did not fall asleep watching West Side Story (Number 51 on the American Film Institute's list) at Susan and Larry's last evening.