We are halfway through our vacation now. This morning we left my parents' place and made the 3 hour drive across the state of Florida to visit with my in-laws. I can't believe it's half over already. We all had a blast with Nona and Grampy. Every day was filled with fun things like the water park, Lion Country Safari, the beach with a trip to the pool thrown in just about every day. The weather has been cooperative and we've had gorgeous days so far. I am so appreciative to my parents who made everything fun, and my mom who helped us with the girls so much, I actually felt like I was on vacation! I am looking forward to the next few days too. They promise to be filled with fun times celebrating Medz Papa's birthday and visiting with Andy's brother, David, his wife, Brenda and their kids, Brigid and Moira. It will be great for the girls to visit with their cousins. I just wanted to check in, give a shout out and share a little Lana story.
Yesterday, we came back from the beach at my parents house and went to their shower with the girls where we dumped out a quarter of the beach from their swimsuits. As I was showering with them later, Lana was working hard to get all the sand, piled in the shower, to go down the drain. I told her not to worry about it. Then I jokingly told her we needed to leave it so Nona would have something to do the next day.
"Why do we need to leave something for Nona to do?" She asked confused.
"Because she's going to be sad that we are gone," I tried to explain.
I knew after having all of us there for four and a half days, my mom was going to be upset to see us go. On top of that she doesn't have as much to do during the summer, since she is a school teacher and off right now. Plus my father would be working all day with a business dinner that night. He wasn't going to be home until much later. I knew my emotional mom, would have a rough time after we left, and when she is sad, angry, frustrated, nervous, or any one of a number of emotions, she gets through it by cleaning. When I was a kid and would come home from school to unnecessary house cleaning, I knew to steer clear of my mom. I was pretty sure by the time my dad got home on Monday night the house would be sparkling and smelling of Pinesol.
"So she needs stuff to do?" Lana asked, still not clear on what I was getting at.
"Yeah, it will help her to keep her mind off of us being gone if she has things to clean, like the sand in the shower," I honestly did not intend for my offhanded comment to create this much conversation. Lana kind of shrugged it off. Then, after our shower, she told me that she wanted to make a picture for Nona so she wouldn't be sad. So sweet.
The girls spent almost the entire morning with my mom. Eventually we had to leave, so we loaded up the car and headed out. About fifteen minutes down the road, Lana said to me,
"Mommy?"
"Yes, Lana?"
"Did we leave something for Nona to do?" She asked concerned.
I giggled then asked, "Are you worried that she's going to be sad?"
She nodded her head.
"Don't worry Lana" I told her. "She might be sad, but you guys left enough of a mess for her to clean up so hopefully that will keep her busy for the day." Or in my mom's case, it might have kept her busy for about two hours.
Thanks for the hospitality Mom and Dad! We had a fantastic time!!
Yesterday, we came back from the beach at my parents house and went to their shower with the girls where we dumped out a quarter of the beach from their swimsuits. As I was showering with them later, Lana was working hard to get all the sand, piled in the shower, to go down the drain. I told her not to worry about it. Then I jokingly told her we needed to leave it so Nona would have something to do the next day.
"Why do we need to leave something for Nona to do?" She asked confused.
"Because she's going to be sad that we are gone," I tried to explain.
I knew after having all of us there for four and a half days, my mom was going to be upset to see us go. On top of that she doesn't have as much to do during the summer, since she is a school teacher and off right now. Plus my father would be working all day with a business dinner that night. He wasn't going to be home until much later. I knew my emotional mom, would have a rough time after we left, and when she is sad, angry, frustrated, nervous, or any one of a number of emotions, she gets through it by cleaning. When I was a kid and would come home from school to unnecessary house cleaning, I knew to steer clear of my mom. I was pretty sure by the time my dad got home on Monday night the house would be sparkling and smelling of Pinesol.
"So she needs stuff to do?" Lana asked, still not clear on what I was getting at.
"Yeah, it will help her to keep her mind off of us being gone if she has things to clean, like the sand in the shower," I honestly did not intend for my offhanded comment to create this much conversation. Lana kind of shrugged it off. Then, after our shower, she told me that she wanted to make a picture for Nona so she wouldn't be sad. So sweet.
The girls spent almost the entire morning with my mom. Eventually we had to leave, so we loaded up the car and headed out. About fifteen minutes down the road, Lana said to me,
"Mommy?"
"Yes, Lana?"
"Did we leave something for Nona to do?" She asked concerned.
I giggled then asked, "Are you worried that she's going to be sad?"
She nodded her head.
"Don't worry Lana" I told her. "She might be sad, but you guys left enough of a mess for her to clean up so hopefully that will keep her busy for the day." Or in my mom's case, it might have kept her busy for about two hours.
Thanks for the hospitality Mom and Dad! We had a fantastic time!!
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