Our boys are back after a weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's house....playing at the park, eating ice cream, playing with baby Eli, baseball with Uncle Ryan, grilling hamburgers, coloring pictures for Aunt Erin, etc.
Brian and I were thrilled to have the weekend alone but glad to see the boys again today. Tonight as I was tucking them in Elliott started to say something about Grandma and then his lip started quivering and the full-on crying came. He misses Grandma. He wishes we lived closer to Grandma so we could see her more. He wants her to visit us at our house.
It's got to be hard for them to get to spend just a little time with them and then have to come back home not knowing exactly how long it will be before they see them again. Bedtime is especially hard cause Grandma always lays down with Elliott until he goes to sleep at her house (not so lucky here with Mom).
The crying went on for a few minutes, then Ethan said something to upset Elliott and Elliott's foot just happened to kick Ethan's foot, so then both were crying. At this point it was way past bedtime which meant their self-control was pretty much out the window and the only way to resolve this was for me to lay down with them for a few minutes until they could calm down. So I crawled into the middle of the bed between them and it was an immediate mood change. They fell asleep a few minutes later. I'm sure Elliott will still be missin' Grandma in the morning, though.
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Poor babies. I know their not babies, but that breaks my heart. They love their grandma and grandma's do always lay down with their grandchildren :-). My mom does too. I'm glad they had a great weekend and hope they start to feel better. Ny
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