Grandma stories...

Okay, so I told you about the customer appreciation days, right? While the kids are working the store, I am doing my part by babysitting. (At this point I have to tell you how HAPPY I am that Aaron does his own thing aside from Papa Murhpy's!) Dina's children. Fortunately, Aaron was home to watch his own children. And actually I only had Jalen and Lily! And Lily was easy peasy to watch as she mostly watched TV. However, Jalen and I spent about two hours playing 'hide and go seek'! And that little guy is so good at hiding....and he stays quiet! He doesn't answer you when you call his name.

So he managed to get into his Mommy's bathroom and grab a lipstick! (You know where this is heading, right?) Well, I was on the phone to his mommy when he flew by me and I caught a quick peek at what he had in his hands. So, I was nearly on his tail, but not nearly fast enough...he disappeared right before my eyes. As I talked to Dina I walked through every room and looked in every corner...TWICE! And still I could not find him. I asked Lily (who was by the way sitting on the pot!) if she had seen Jalen. She asked if I had checked her mommy's closet...I looked in there and said, "yes! no Jalen!" She comes running in, slides onto the floor on her belly and looks under the shirts all hanging in the closet and pulls them back, sure enough, there he is on his back, tucked against the wall, under the shirts and pants painting his face with the lipstick!

We got his face all cleaned up and proceeded to play more hide and go seek! And chasing...he especially loves to be chased and to chase. Well, I have those two bum knees, you know, so I can only run so much and then I am wiped! Finally he started hiding from me and I decided it was time for me to hide! I chose the BED!! Covered me all up with a blanket, thought I was nearly invisible, we had not done anything with the bed, so why would he even look this way. I left a little pocket open so I could see his feet as he came into the room. He stopped just feet from me and then all of a sudden he gives my leg a big WHACK! I jumped up and laughed and asked how did he know I was there! But he was off to hide in the closet....again!!

So much fun...but so exhausting. But he and I are definitely BUDS!!