One Last Quiet Night

As you might have guessed, this past week has been pretty quiet at Chez Wilkes!  Although Charlotte and Elijah are pretty self-sufficient, it just isn’t the same around here with them gone.  I must say that I will be happy to see them come back tomorrow!

That being said, Jeff and I have taken advantage of their absence to fix food that the kids hate and eat in a couple of restaurants that were not exactly kid-friendly.  (Jeremy still sleeps in his car seat at supper time, so he doesn’t count yet!)  I’ve also managed to get the basement picked up and cleaned out again without interruption and even get a digital scrapbook completed and uploaded.  Today, I worked on lesson plans for the high school writing class I will be teaching this fall in the new home school co-op that we are joining.  (It’s also been 10 years since I’ve done anything like that!)  And I’ve read a few books.

And, of course, I’ve spent some quality time with our littlest one, although he won’t remember a lick of it.  Jeremy is turning into little Mr. Personality.  He smiles and laughs and coos and hoots.  He also attempts to shove his entire fist into his mouth when he’s hungry.  I think it’s about time for some rice cereal for this little man!  The pediatrician suggested waiting until he is four months old, and we’ve actually taken that advice this time around.  I remember from last time how much more cumbersome traveling gets with baby food!

The kids have had a blast in Tennessee.  We’ve called them nearly every night, and they have filled us in on their exploits.  Last night, Elijah informed us that he and Granddaddy were going fishing today.  He was planning to catch a six-foot long fish.  I asked him if he was going to eat it.  “No,” he told me.  “I’m going to bring it home and hang it on the wall.  But I’ll put it in a glass case so it doesn’t stink too bad.”

Um, OK.

In face, Elijah and Granddaddy did go fishing, and Elijah caught five fish, one more than Granddaddy.  But they let them all go because they were little.  Afterwards, they went to a garage sale where Elijah got a box of 20 Transformers toys for $5.00.  He was pretty excited.

I hope that Charlotte and Elijah have many sweet memories of their summer time with Grandmama and Granddaddy.  I have a feeling that this could turn into a yearly event!

Hope that your week is going well!