Today I got a phone call from Nana asking where the boys boots were. After figuring that out I'm sure they went out to play. And then I got a call from Nana a little while later and she told me I missed it. I guess Kyler was singing his version of "We wish you a merry Christmas" in the bathroom. It went something like this:
We wish you a merry Christmas
we wish you a merry Christmas
we wish you a merry Christmas
I have to go poop
we wish you a merry Christmas
we wish you a merry Christmas
we wish you a merry Christmas
I am pooping!
Only Kyler!
I thought I would share the daily e'mails I get from Nana this week. So far here are the updates:
Christmas Camp Heslop Sunday
Sunday, December 20
The ride back to Sarnia was very uneventful. First we were all excited to see the Christmas Lights, but as soon as we hit the highway, it got dark. Quinton fell asleep and the other two campers asked for the special surprise I had for them. I fixed them up with a DVD player and two sets of ear phones and they were so quiet until about 20 minutes before we came into Sarnia .
Quinton woke up just in time to see the Christmas light on Michigan road. There are so many displays this year. Kyler wants to go back again and show his mom. Amber said she had never seen so many lights. This is definitely worth a return trip on Tuesday evening.
Almost immediately on arriving at Papa’s house, the campers headed to the basement to play “balls” Three short cues and three step stools later they were all set. They have this funny insistence on setting up the balls in the triangle and doing a regulation break. That’s where any resemblance to pool is lost and the game of “balls” begins. It is every camper for himself, any style and any end of the stick. Some games last a few minutes, others a few seconds.
When their interest was lost on the game they proceeded to play with the doll house, remote control cars, and Thomas the trains. We have already made plans to go in the hot tub tomorrow and to play with the play doh. Juice and cookies was the called for snack and afterwards we headed upstairs to get on their pjs. Downstairs again for a game of jumping on the sofa, where Nana took a million pictures, until Kyler thought it would be funny to get everyone to only show their bums to the camera.
It is 9:45 p.m. right now and the stories have been read, teeth brushed and the campers are talking and laughing in their bedroom. I believe it could be another half an hour until they settle down to sleep.
Quinton – he had more meds at bedtime. Nothing has changed really, unless you think the rash area becoming more pronounced after jumping around on the sofa. He is in excellent humour.
Mondays:
Christmas Camp Heslop Monday
We spent the day at home just getting rested up and playing. Our day started early at three with Quinton waking up and not wanting to go back to sleep. He stayed in bed with Papa and Nana for half an hour then we headed downstairs and snuggled under the blankets. Two DVD’s later, a first breakfast and playing with the puppies, we headed back up stairs to wake up Papa. Papa took the next shift while Nana had a quick nap. By 8 we were all up and eating breakfast.
The basement has proven to be the ideal playroom. Everyone headed down there after breakfast to play balls, play doh, riding toys, Thomas the train and the doll house. We came up around noon and went into the hot tub for a while. It was cold out and the water felt hot. The thing is about half an hour later we all wanted to go in because the water only felt warm. Finally we were all dressed in our clothes and had lunch. Peanutbutter is the staple food around here. Quinton had hit the end of his energy run and asked Papa to hold him. A few minutes later he was asleep. Amber and Kyler really didn’t want to have a “break without toys” but they did and slept for an hour.
I went to the mall and got my hair done, when I got home supper was ready and we sat down for dinner. Amber and Kyler took turns telling us “tall tales” of when they were babies. Quinton showed everyone how he could cry like a baby. After supper, I got ready to go over to the store to teach a class and when I went down to say good bye to the kids, I found them playing play doh with Uncle Jack. They had a busy evening with popcorn and the movie Night at the Museum part two.
We have brushed our teeth, had two stories read and had a ten minute visiting time. It is now ten and the room is quiet, man that is a whole hour earlier then last night.
Highlights
Amber being so excited that she could keep the 7 inches I cut off the bottoms of her pj bottoms. She was so happy to be able to run in her pj’s but made me understand that she did not want the sleeves fixed because she liked it long.
Kyler telling Amber that his nipples were to small to feed a baby. (this came with a conversation about feeding babies milk)
Quinton being so pleased with himself every time he got a ball in the pocket of the pool table.
Uncle Jack getting an A- in finance this year.
Forever Furniture really losing our sofa bed, but promising us the floor model for the holidays if they cannot get the one we ordered to our house on the 24th.
Tuesdays:
Christmas Camp Heslop Tuesday
This day just went from good to great, without a lot of help. We began the morning being very lazy and stayed in our PJ’s. The basement was the preferred venue with the pool table being converted into a very large brio train station. We had a few issues with only one battery operated train, but we worked it out. The play doh is getting old and we are really down to just two colours, so we added that to our to do list for this afternoon.
One at a time I took a grandchild up stairs to get dressed in their Christmas outfits and took their pictures. Quinton was the last one as we wanted the benedril to take effect, there were a few hives on his face, but nothing I cannot photoshop out. By the time we were finished with the pictures it was time for lunch. After lunch we were treated to a piano recital and old fashion sing along featuring songs they had learned in school. We got ready to go out for our afternoon of fun and only a few streets away we remembered the Bulk Barn bag. We went back home and picked it up.
At the mall we went to see Santa, we were a few minutes early so there was 10 minutes of standing in line. The kids were entertained outside of Please Mum by a live model in the window. It was a young boy and he was actually quite good. He would only move when adults were not looking at him, so it made the grandchildren laugh a great deal. It was almost ten minutes into this show that we discovered he wasn’t suppose to be in the window and was removed by one of the sales people.
Santa was very good and talked to all three of the kids, they got their picture taken as a group with Santa and got a candy cane. The next stop was Toys R Us where we picked up three new containers of Play Dou and two more trains that use batteries for the train set downstairs.
Our last stop was Bulk Barn and it was so funny. Kyler walked down the first aisle and kept breathing in sharply every time he looked into a new barrel. I was waiting for him to exhale at the end or pass out. We all got something and filled the Bulk Barn bag so that it was so heavy that Kyler took it upon himself to carry it. Once home they were excited to use their new trains, so Papa was forced to go directly downstairs and put in the batteries. We played a good hour or so making the tracks twist around so the trains could travel all over the pool table. Amber was the first to take a break from the trains, the call of the confetti play doh was so strong. They were all happy to have new soft play doh to shape things with. Aunt Sandra came over with a big box of Christmas videos so we are all set for the rest of our holiday.
Before supper everyone came up stairs and got to choose two things from the candy and then settled down to watch Franklin ’s Christmas. Quinton came into the kitchen and said he was too hot and he hurt. He had a raging case of the hives all over his face. We drugged him up, loosened his clothes and he wanted to go back to the movie. When it was supper time, he didn’t want to leave the chair and was almost asleep so we left him.
After supper, we tiptoed past Quinton and went outside to the hot tub. The best fun was putting on the jets and making lots of bubbles.
After the hot tub they changed into their pj’s had another snack. Quinton woke up by then, but was not in a good mood. At one point he broke into a horrible cry and I came running to find out that he had boogers and needed a nose blow.
After three more Christmas shows we went up stairs to get ready for bed. There was lots of laughing and playing until I decided that it was almost ten and they had to sleep. I stood on guard at the end of the bed and that is all it took for them to drift off to sleep.
Highlights
Amber telling us the dog was hurting her bum. I went to see what the matter was and found out that every time she sat on the lazy boy Snowball invited himself up and squished between Amber and Kyler.
Kyler’s reaction to the bulk food store was the best.
Quinton’s imitation of a baby where he fake cries and crawls after the other two who are trying to get away from him.
Sofa Bed – has been found, they shipped it from where ever it was to the store today and it will be delivered tomorrow afternoon.
Arnold and I wait up nightly for these messages. It's great to know they are having fun. I'll try to post their next few days of updates when I can :)
Sounds like Nana and papa are having fun too! I am sure they will be exhausted!
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