Grandma Update

I'm pretty sure that Emma possesses some sort of "spidey-sense." We have seen this before. On the day before someone is to leave to go home, say for instance, a grandmother, Emma won't have anything to do with them. Emma loved all over Grandma Lolo all week long, but would not give her the time of day on Thursday. She knew she was going to be leaving.

I kicked Grandma out at the airport at 6:15 yesterday morning. It's ridiculous that the only flight available was at 7:00 a.m. I'm sure she was ready for bed by the time she got home. I know I was. And she was probably glad to get home, where the only person she had to cook for, wash dishes for, wash clothes for, pick up after, and listen to was Grandpa Larry. She worked non-stop the whole time she was here. It gave me a nice break. Thanks for coming, Grandma!

Last night the girls slept over at Lindsi's (a.k.a., "The Flower Lady"). I'm not sure what the real purpose was of the sleepover was, but they had a good time. Emma went with me to drop them off. I let Emma get deep into Lindsi's house, then, to put her off guard I asked Lindsi, "What time do I need to pick them up?" Her reply was 8:30. I said, "OK. See you then." And I walked to the car, leaving Emma in there. Quickly, Lindsi comes running out the door after me. I almost got away. Anyway, needless to say, Emma was feeling a little left out. We started back home and she started thinking of places she could go. "I wanna go Aunt Lori's house." I told her Lori was out of town. "Wanna go see James." I told her James was busy. She thought for a minute. "Wanna go Brenda's house." It's probably been two months since she was last at the Barrett's, but she was ready to go last night. When we pulled up at the house, she said, "Awww. I don't LIKE it" (one of her favorite sayings). Then at bedtime she asked where Zazzy (Shelby) was. We told her she was sleeping at Lindsi's house (how do you explain the concept of a sleepover to a two-year old?). She then very affirmatively declared, "I GOTTA sleep there." Poor little thing. Nobody ever pays her any attention.

On a side note, while last night she did not ask to go to Joel and Linda's (a.k.a., "Nana" and "Papa"), she has missed them very much. Maybe they will pay attention to her.