A Day with the Grandkids

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Three of our grandchildren spent the night with us last night. Hubby did the fun stuff with them by chasing them around the house and acting like a goofball. The kids love it when he is a dork. Our oldest grandson wanted to sit with his Opa and Uncle Gregg in the computer room while they played Battlefield. The youngest grandson and my oldest granddaughter decided to watch "The Legend of Zorro" with me. I popped a huge bowl of popcorn and we munched on the buttery snack and talked about the movie as it went along. Most kids want to stay up late if the can. These kids are the exception to that rule. At 9:30 they all were having a difficult time keeping their eyes open and asked if it was okay for them to go to bed! We gave them hugs and kisses and tucked them in for the night. We finished watching the movie and talked about places we could take the kids on Saturday. The ideas went from no cost to $20 per person. We opted to go to the flea market. Saturday morning, our youngest grandchild wakes and comes next to the bed and just stands there until I wake from having his eyes bore into my head. He said he was awake and wanted to know what he could do now. I told him to climb in bed with us. This has been a routine with him since he was a toddler. The difference is that now that he is 6-years old, he doesn't go back to sleep once he is awake. It wasn't long until I was kicked out of the bed. The old kid and the young kid were horsing around. It was 7:30 and time to start breakfast. The other kids were now awake and heading in the direction of the ruckous. I asked if anyone wanted to help with breakfast and quickly found that to have fallen on deaf ears. Who wants to make breakfast when you can horse around with Opa! After breakfast the kids pulled out the race track and wanted to play with it. Hubby helped them assemble the track while I cleaned up the kitchen. After about a half hour of watching cars go round and round they became bored and went off in search of something else. They were soon rounded up and told to pick up the track. By 10:30 we finally decided to hit the road. The kids were excited to know that they were going to the flea market. I was surprised that they didn't ask if they would be able to buy something. The drive to the flea market is about 30-40 minutes. But today, it took over an hour. The small tourist town was filled with people and the main street was backed up with traffic that moved at a snail's pace. Once at the flea market the boys went off with Opa and my granddaughter went with me. My granddaughter is going to be quite a little shopper. She can sniff out a bargain as good as her Oma! We went from one side of the row to the other. We saw jewelery, leather pocketbooks, kitchen towels, placemats, baked goods, antiques, paperback books, and old toys. She spied a lavendar color visor that she commented on how much she liked. It was a bargain at 50 cents. I bought it for her. She put it on and didn't take if off for the rest of the day. We had nearly made it up the first row when the boys returned from looking around. I told my granddaughter that it was nice to have another female to shop with that truly enjoyed shopping. That made her smile. We followed the boys around to the next row. There was the usual items for $1 or 2 for $1. I call it the flea market dollar store. I told my grandsons to pick out something for themselves. My granddaughter was happy with her visor even though I told her that she could get something too. I found a pack of 9-volt batteries and a 2 pk of cotton gloves with finger grips. The boys found a light up top and a chess game. I did find other things I wanted to buy, but decided to wait until another day. My daughter, Celisa's birthday is on the 8th. I was searching the jewelry tables for something unique. I found a few things that came close, but not close enough. The one that I did find had no pricing on the items. They were clearly handmade and he didn't offer a price and I didn't bother to ask. We were drawn closer to the food concession by the incredible smells that filled the air. Driven by hunger we stood near the wagon and began to read the menu and the prices. The last time we were there you could get 2 hot dogs for $1.50. They were now $2 a piece! That would have been $10 for 5 hot dogs. No sale. We found a vendor that was selling apples and peaches. The peaches were too hard for immediate consumption so I bought 5 nice apples for $1.00. As we munched on our apples we headed back for the car. On the road back to town we decided to stop at the local grocery store to pick up sandwiches and drinks and go to the lake for a picnic lunch. There were few sandwiches to choose from. Hubby chose a sandwich and the kids chose "Lunchables", I chose some popcorn chicken. The "Lunchables" come with a drink and a sweet too. We added a quart of milk and some snack cakes to our cart. At the lake the kids were so tickled that we would let them take a dip if the water wasn't too cold. We first dined on our lunch and then hubby took then down the steep embankment to the water's edge. Not having planned on the picnic or the swimming, we let them go in the water in their skivvies. The first to go in was my granddaughter. She was also the first one out! The younger grandson went in and got wet enough to know it was too cold for him too. Instead of swimming, they tossed stones in the water. The sun was warm and the day was quickly going by. The kids played a game of chase while I sat with my hubby on the picnic table and watched the boats on the water. It was a delightful day filled with warm memories.