Birthday Weekend, Day Two

I'm home.  Plenty pooped!

Nathan took the children with him to church this morning while Meg and I tackled some cleaning.  I did dishes and swept the floors.  She started on the Toy Roundup.  When Nate and the kids got home, he and I left again with them for lunch, then took them to the Muncie Children's Museum for a couple of hours so Meg could continue with her effort unimpeded. 

Meg and Nate have a year's membership to the museum--I think as a gift from Nate's folks.  It provides activity for the kids--especially during the winter when there isn't the Great Outdoors for them to blow off steam.  Because the museum is somewhat small, the children know it pretty well by now, but they still seem to enjoy it.  Ryan, of course, wasn't ready to leave when Daddy and Grandma decided it was time...

In the past couple of days, Ryan has figured out how to climb out of his crib.  This poses a problem: what to do to keep him safe if he gets out during the night.  So, tonight will be his first night of sleeping in the bed with the side rail gone.  Not sure how that is going to work out since he is pretty adventurous.  (The last time I talked to Meg, she had temporarily "locked" his bedroom door to keep him in there, but he had already pulled the changing table over on himself in an effort to turn on the light.  Not good!  Meanwhile, Robin was bubbling about how proud she was of Ryan because he is a "big boy" now.  She's a hoot!  (Heh heh...as I was leaving for home, I wasn't very successful in getting good-bye hugs and kisses from either of the grandkids.  Ryan went outside with us to the car.  He finally relented to give me a good-bye embrace, and announced that he had given me a "good hug".  Whew!  Task over!)

Anyway, when we all got home from the museum, I fixed dinner for us, did the dishes, and headed for home.  My little bungalow sure is quiet!!  I think Meg is pleased with how much she got done, although it is hard to tell right away when one is tearing into things...  Been there; done that! 

Countdown to Spring Break:  5 days!