December 9, 2012

Desert Sky

Well it is official-the sleepover was a success.  I know this because as we were driving the twin’s home they asked when they could sleep over again.  They were very well behaved when they woke up earlier than us. They sat patiently waiting for us to wake up.  They had brought along hand-held electronic games but never took them out of their little suitcases.  They found other things in the rig to amuse them.  When the bedroom door is closed there is a space under the stairs that is open so they used their imagination and pretended they were crawling through a tunnel.  The latch on the front door also fascinated them.  One would go outside and close the door so the other one could work the latch. 

I made waffles for breakfast and Kennedy decided to try it Grandpa Monte’s style with powdered sugar.  She loved it. Daphne claimed she didn’t like waffles so I made an offer of oatmeal, cold cereal and toast.  All were declined.  She settled on plain bread with jam.  But when she took a bite she made a horrified expression because the bread was whole grain and she is used to eating white bread.  She wanted cookies so I struck up a deal with her.  She must eat at least half the slice and then I would give her a large Christmas cookie.  She held her nose as she ate. 

When it was time to leave we piled the sleeping bags, suitcases and pillows into the trunk.  It was close to lunchtime so we went through the McDonalds drive-thru and ordered some chicken nuggets for Kennedy.  Daphne only wanted to eat some of the miniature chocolate bars I had given her.  I know I shouldn’t have let her have that for lunch but being a grandma has its privileges and she is old enough to know that allowing it had been a special treat.

We stayed until just after dinner when the girls started getting a little cranky.  Spending time with our granddaughters had been wonderful but the joy of having our own place to go home to- priceless!