Quiet

It is quiet at Nana's house tonight--way too quiet. All four of my grandbabies were here this weekend; and, it was pure bliss!!! I really wish I could just create a "compound" on our block in Grace & move them all here & have them all close to me every day! I think Sarge would like that, too!! Jingle Bells would also like it because he would have four homes to go to instead of just two! sigh. I am such a daydreamer! Anyway, we had soooo much fun! Cade & Lucy are so cute together--he says that Lucy & Grendel(a friend from Bellevue) are his best friends. That is sooo sweet!! However, he doesn't hesitate to take things away from Lucy! But, this morning, I think she very innocently got even with him when Cade's Daddy put some ketchup on their shared plate of sausages & she immediately started dipping in it. The look on his face was priceless! I guess it's hard to share ketchup! Lil & Seth are soooo adorable! Soooo sweet! Beautiful babies! I am truly blessed. When it came time for Jeff, Jamie, & the boys to leave this afternoon, Cade started to cry. I asked him what was wrong as I held him in my arms trying unsuccessfully to console him, & he said, "I don't want to go home!" Okay, I've never had that happen before (I don't think any of us that were here had heard that before). I could see that Daddy was a little surprised. Mommy was busy finishing up the little details of packing up so she was a bit distracted, Grandpa was sympathetic, but clearly didn't know what to say or do so he just took charge of Seth (sometimes he's such a chicken!). So, I'm left with a distraught & crying 3 year old leaving all kinds of bodily fluids all over my shoulder. Hummm? What to do? First of all, I try to talk him through it--such as going to school tomorrow--yada yada yada--not working. So fun to play with all of your toys at home--yada yada yada--not working. Watch the movie Spiderman on the way home-yada yada yada--not working. Now, I start to cry--still not working!!! I carry him outside to the car--both of us crying--this is definitely not working!! The sight of Daddy's face stops my crying, but not Cade's--he's used to that look--I'm used to giving that look. Well, Daddy talked to Cade for a few minutes after he put him in his car seat & Cade decided that watching "Spiderman" wasn't such a bad idea afterall. He was definitely exhausted from his crying spell & starting to forget about why he didn't want to go home. I wish I could have recovered as quickly as he did! I was still sobbing an hour later! This Grandma thing is harder than I thought!