The Puddles

The puddles are home. I just checked on them and they are all tucked into their beds and sleeping soundly.  The grandparents brought them home safely today with the children brimming with stories of their adventures of the week. I don’t think we will ever be able to top the fun they had during Spring Break (who knew a picnic could be so adventurous), so the grandparents had better prepare for a repeat next year!

So after an afternoon at home playing catchup with all of the stories, unpacking suitcases, and acclimating back to family life, they are all crashed out in bed.  There is sweet peace at this time of night when all is quiet in the home.  I know where all of my puddles are and know that they are all in bed allows me to get back to the “list” for tomorrow.

We have a lot going on tomorrow.  Hopefully 30-40 girls and their families are coming to church tomorrow to say thank you to TOL for letting us use their building for scouting activities. I meeting them all in the morning so that they can usher/greet/pass out treats (hopefully!). Plus Girl Scouts is asking the girls to make origami cranes to send to Japan, so I have flyers to go home with instructions for that.

Due to other obligations, we are down to two teachers tomorrow for all of Sunday school.  Since I have to bail early to get to church to meet all of the girls, I am planning the lessons and the other teacher is sticking around to finish the lesson out with all of the kids.  I am pretty excited about the lesson.  We are going to make pretzels with the entire Sunday School (who knows how many will be there due to Spring Break).    I am ready for up to 3 dozen kids!  I think it will be fun! I hope it will be a special experience for everyone who comes. But I’m ready with stuff to make, activities to fill in the time and a readiness to accept whatever comes my way.

Then we are going to the other grandparents’ house.  We were suppose to go and pick strawberries at Frobergs, but because of all of the Spring Break people there aren’t any to pick!! So they closed the fields for tomorrow.  Can you believe it?  I was actually excited to get to do something fun with the kids. We still have to go down south to drop off items for a church down there, so we are going to see Papa and Grandma Grace without the strawberry picking.  The kids are going to see them next weekend (if Aunt Debra doesn’t have a baby yet.), so this will be a shorter trip.  But we are going all the same.  I am ready.

Of course, it is midnight and I am still sewing on patches, attempting to do a few more loads of laundry, and trying to clean my office all before I go to bed. We’ll see if it all happens.  My next goal is to try not to get angry when the list isn’t completed. I guess tonight will be a good practice run for that!