Paul negotiates

One of the things I love the most about my life right now is grandbabies…I am not sure why, as I am a completely overwhelmed mom somedays to Tuff, Winter and Hope. Then the rest of them still need a mom but in different ways. Owen Abby and Sara are all very challenging children to mother in their adulthood, each with unique and varied needs.

I would have thought that I am a doting gg, but actually I see myself much more relaxed with my gbs (grandbabies) than I ever was with my own kids. Except for the time we lost Paul at the lake and I was frantically looking for him and terrified that I would be the one to find him face down in the lake. About that situation, I was willing to do that to save dear Abby from being the one to find him face down. Just to let you know, we found him breathing, dry and playing and all was good.

Back to my post… Paul (3 yrs old) spent the night last night and he actually did quite good. Instead of studying like I should have, I watched a movie with him and Tuff and I had a pillow right next to me on the couch and Paul fell asleep on it and he only woke up once in the night and went right back to sleep with a movie. This morning he woke up all sweet and it was so fun to see him sleepy eyed and happy. Spud had offered to get donuts and he did and Paul was really excited about that. He ate a few bites of scrambled eggs and then he wanted his donut. I said to him, Paul east two more bites of your eggs and then you can have your donut and he looks at me and says, “well, how bout four more?” I had to laugh as this was the exact same reasoning that Sara used when she was that age….life is a circle, round and round we go, always changing and evolving, but somehow we still find ourselves and the same places sometimes, just with different people.