Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Happy New Year!



I was happy to say goodbye to 2007 for obvious reasons, but the final week was a pretty good one. There is nothing more fun than grandchildren and I had a great time on Saturday night with Alexis, Catie, Nick and Cam. They all spent the night and we did nothing but PLAY! (Except eating pizza and homemade chocolate chip cookies....they wiped out 2 dozen in about 2 minutes!)



As soon as I heard they were coming I went to Target in search of fun things to play with that would work for the entire age group of 6-53....and I found it. UNO ATTACK was a so much fun that we could not stop laughing. For once, it wasn't a night of video games or TV or movies...just family fun and laughter. Every time someone had to push the button on the game and the cards came flying out...the kids could NOT stop laughing...which just made me laugh harder!


PlayDough was next....yeah, I got into it too. I hadn't played with it in years and I think it just might be good therapy. It still smells wonderful, the colors are better than when I was a kid and I made Alexis laugh at my creations!






Even the big boys got into the party when Mike, Andy and friends Justin and Kyle showed up and got the video games going just about the time this Grandma was getting tired. The kids headed upstairs in new PJs from Aunt Cat, invaded Andy's room where multiple games were being played. Cam, Catie and Alexis were singing their hearts out with a sing-along game on the Play Station in her room and laughter could be heard from every room.

Since I had to get up and have Joey to the train station by 7:30 am, Papa felt sorry for me and cooked a big breakfast for all the kids while I got a bit of a nap in the morning after my return. You KNOW it was a fun visit when all the kids are whining when it was time to go home....as for me, I had a wonderful time!