"Not Me"

I walked into the Walgreens the other day and they were delivering Christmas trees.  Did I miss Halloween? Did I sleep too long and it passed us by? OMG! Every year they start gearing up for Christmas earlier and earlier.  by the time the real holiday gets here we are all sick of it.  Now this year I get to spoil my 'Lil Man who will be 4 (what a great age for Christmas). Of course I am already looking for holiday bargains and gifts to contribute to that spoilage.

Yes I said spoil.  I love it.  This is my time of real revenge on my son who was the original messy Marvin.  It was not beyond him to make a mess and try to hide it.  Sometimes I wouldn't find these messes until they had dried or changed color making them indistinguishable. Now 'Lil Man is very capable of much the same.  He has already made fast friends with "not me" and drops his name on any occasion that he deems necessary.  "Not Me" was a very close friend of my son...not sure if this is the same one - could be his son - but he sure is a bad.  Does all kinds of things that 'lil man gets in trouble for.  It seems to me that there may be many of these kids - "Not Me" because I have dealt with him as a teacher as well with many ages of children.  Hmmm really makes me wonder what he will do next, this "Not Me".

Where does time go?

As I watch my grandson grow I become more and more: the proud grandparent.  He is the joy of our lives and the object of so many smiles...Every time he is with us he says something that makes us laugh because of the unbelievable maturity of the word s leaving his mouth.  The kids were here to visit a few days ago.  I had decided that it was time for me and my grandson's mom to have some girl time so we went to get our nails done together...We had a grand old time talking and getting to know each other in a way other than Mom and daughter-in-law and getting our nails done.

We didn't even realize that we were there so long until my daughter-in-law happened to look out the window and noticed that it was dark.  Just as the words "I wonder why we haven't heard from home yet" the phone rang from home.  After a brief - we will be home shortly - I am almost done, we hung up.

When I got home Pop Pop told me the reason behind the call.  He said that right before he called "little man" came into the room and said,"Pop Pop, don't you think you ought check out what is going on with this situation?" I laughed so hard I thought I was going to pee.

There is nothing on earth more precious than a grandchild. They smile and tell you that they love you. They are a constant reminder of what you miss in your own child and a never ending supply of joy and laughter.

My grandson and his family are visiting us these past few days...days full of wrestling with pop pop and letting mom mom spoil him with goodies and toys from the dollar store.  The first day they were here I told him that I would take him to the local farmers market to get his favorite mini donuts.  Well every chance he got he would ask me if we were going to get the donuts yet. LOL. He never forgets what he wants but ask him to pick up his toys and he forgets in an second.

Well this visit his mom and I spent some time together and went to get our nails done.  The women was ungodly slow and it took quite awhile to get finished.  Mom and I were just talking about how we were surprised that we had not heard from the men at home, when the cell rang with a call from my home.  It was pop pop relaying the concern where we were.

After we got home pop pop told me that the "little man" came into the room very seriously and stated,"Is someone going to make a call and find out what is going on with this situation?" So funny.