I'm going to be a grandma again!

Yesterday we drove to our son's house in Temecula so that his wife could go to a doctor's appointment.  Yes, THAT kind of appointment.  She's 3 months along...

This will be #3 for them.  This will be #5 grandchild for us...

Anyway, we got to babysit the 27 month old.  Let's just say she's a challenge.  We sat and did some art work on a big piece of cardstock I brought and I put stickers on it, but then she wanted her momma and burst into tears.  REAL TEARS!  And screams!  OY!  My ears hurt!

So, I decided it was time for a walk.  However, SHE decided she didn't wanna go.  She was kicking and screaming as I attempted to install her in her car thingie walker.  Okay.  Plan B...I tried to reason with her.  That did seem to work.

An hour later, I was nearly suffering from heat stroke.  It was 90 degrees there and I walked all the way down to the far park and stuck her in a swing.  BIG MISTAKE.  She didn't want to get out.  I told her 3x that Grandma was MELTING and I needed to get out of the sun!  (I've had skin cancer twice now...)  No effect.  She didn't care.  SHE wanted to swing!

I finally just grabbed her out of the swing and stuck her in her car thing.  And, off we went.  I was seeing spots about halfway back to their house and I drank 2 huge glasses of water once we got there.  AND, that afternoon I took a 2 hour nap.

We had dinner and left and got home at 7:30 or so.  I always have conflicting thoughts about driving over the mountain at night.  On one hand, seeing all the lights in the desert is a beautiful sight.  On the other hand, I'm always scared a deer or a bighorn sheep will venture out onto the road.

But, we made it home okay and I woke up at 5:30 this morning ready to go to the farmers' market.

~Cheers~
Cheryl Ann