Spending Time With The Grandparents

Gabe and I went to see my parents last week. Jeremy has been working so much and I really wanted to go home for a bit. So the first adventure was driving during the day. I had not done this with since we lived in East Tennessee and I was worried about what he would do. Most of the way there he behaved quite well. Then once we got about 2 hours away, he wanted out of the car right away I found myself singing the silliest songs and pointing out things on the road that I never would have looked at before. It's amazing what you will do to keep a child quiet. We finally arrived at the house and Gabe was so excited. Thankfully, he decided to behave once w got there and went bonkers over all the Shrek stuff my Mom had gotten him (yes, Shrek and dinosaurs are competing for first place in my child's heart). Dad got to teach Gabe some of the basics of golf, which was fun to observe. Gabe just wants to hit everything while Dad is trying to teach him the correct form. It was so interesting to watch Gabe because he really tried to get my parents to save him whenever I tried to discipline him. One day I thought my Mom and I were both going to pull our hair out because he kept going back and forth between us trying to get us to give him what the other wouldn't. But other than the occasional two-year-old tantrum we really enjoyed our visit. We got to visit with some of my friends and that is always a nice treat for me. Gabe has been fascinated with lawn mowers for a while now and a neighbor was having his lawn cut one afternoon. Mom and Gabe watched carefully as the two guys did their job and Gabriel could not get enough of it. They had to walk around the house and get just close enough to observe, but not get too scared. It is so much fun to watch Gabe with his grandparents. We will be going back in a week and they will be keeping Gabe so I cannot wait to hear his version of what they do.