Monday, June 7, 2010

Hello on Monday Morning

Dear Friends,

We left North Tewksbury on Sunday around noontime. It is Linda, Max, and I for a whole week. Kevin is home alone with the two dogs, and one cat. Their other cat is among the missing. This cat has been gone for a couple weeks now, and there is not much hope for him to return. This loss has made Kevin and Kyla very sad.

The 2.5 hour ride from east to west on the Mass Pike went okay. We did have to make a food stop on the Mass Pike because the bottle of formula, which we gave Max just before we left, wasn’t enough to keep him fueled for the trip back to Pittsfield.
We corrupted our Grandchild at the rest stop by feeding him two Happy Meals. Linda purchased a chicken nuggets happy meal, and a hamburger one. We did take off the coating on the chicken nuggets before we broke it up into manageable pieces. Well, Max was a chow hound and he pretty much ate both the chicken and hamburger along with some salt laden French fries. He washed down the meal with apple juice, which he also loved (it was the sugar). This was his first McDonald’s experience!

We stopped in at the nursing home to visit dear old Mom, but she was in bed, and didn’t have her hearing aide in. We didn’t stay long because when we arrived at the nursing home, it was right in the middle of Max’s nap time. When we reached our home, we decided it was too late for him to nap.
He adjusted to the surroundings with relative ease.

He was a chow hound for supper once again. Linda made him a delicious meal which he gobbled right up. When his 7:30 PM bed time arrived, he was so exhausted that he went down without a whimper. I have the morning shift since I am an early riser. Normally he gets up around 7 AM unless I rescue him before that time.

Linda has golf today at 3:30 PM so you know what I will be doing while she is gone.

We do have two other grandchildren who are also doing well in Kansas. Isabelle is adjusting quite well to her new brother. We all know at times it could be stressful since Mommy needs to devote a good deal of time with the newborn. Good thing there are two people to help raise the children. According to the last e-mail from Danielle, Michael and Isabelle slept in a tent in the backyard. Danielle said it was “too cute” to watch Dad and his daughter go through the camping experience. Danielle was up sending us an e-mail to us around 11 PM, and she noticed the flashlights were out in the tent. We will find out how the experience went by way of an e-mail today. Wait until the birds start chirping at their bird feeders at the crack of dawn.
Camping in our back yard might be a little scary with all the creatures that frequent our yard.

Speaking of our yard, the Dill eating bandit returned while we were in North Tewksbury. He ate the replacement plant which I planted on Friday. We will have to wait until we use the indoor Aerogarden in the fall when we grow the Herbs for all of our crock pot recipes. For some reason, the creature left the new parsley plant alone. I shouldn’t say that until I check out the herb pot after sending this e-mail.

I went to bed a semi happy man last evening. The Red Sox lost an extra inning game, but the Celtics came back from the mauling which they received at the hands of the Lakers the other day. The sports nation was convinced that the Lakers were going to beat up the Celtics for second time since the Lakers haven’t lost a home playoff game for years. Well, my Celtics took it to them, and won the game. They return to Boston for the next three games of this final series starting on Tuesday. I can’t wait!

The temperatures fell like a rock yesterday after the front moved through. The local forecasters are calling for sunny, but fall like weather for a good portion of the week. When Linda goes golfing during the mid afternoon, it will be in the low 70’s with 10 to 20 mile per hour winds. Hold on to your hats or visors!

Observation – Do you think that Kevin and Kyla will miss their child since he will be with us for a whole week? They can enjoy a couple days of not changing diapers, trying to do house projects without interruptions before the longing to hold their child finally hits them. They do know that Max is in capable hands, and that we are better than any childcare facility no matter how good that the facility is.
Max is like the energy bunny right now except he is not walking yet. He squirms when you try and change diaper. He crawls toward anything that looks interesting. When you put him on a bed or the couch, he would crawl right off and hit the floor if you are not watching him.
I guess I forgot what it was like when our two boys were at that age. I do remember both of them leaping out of their cribs, and crawling down the stairs of our first house. I think one of our boys did it on his first birthday.
Danielle said that Isabelle has moved from her crib to a bed to make room for he brother, Gabriel.

Well, I have to get ready for our day to start. I hope that the local newspaper arrives soon so that I can read it before Max does wake up.
Have a great week at work or play!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad

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