Grandma Sue rocks!

After writing my previous post, I realized that I did have something pretty un-boring to talk about!

My awesome mother-in-law, Sue, came and hung out with us on Columbus Day weekend and it was anything but boring. Relaxed, yes. Boring, no.

Sue is everything that I could have put together on my own in a perfect 2nd mom. She loves me as her own, is silly, funny, calming--well, motherly. I love her very much and feel extremely blessed to have been accepted so fully into her family.

While she was here, we did a number of things. Saturday we spent the day at the Greenville Children's Museum, which was really quite awesome. It has been under construction since we moved down here, and it finally opened this year. Never have I seen so much hands-on opportunity for the kids. Both of them had plenty that they could do and they enjoyed it very much. I think we will be heading back there in the future for sure!

Sunday we had chili and watched some football. Sue is NOT a Redskins fan and made sure to let me know how she felt about them! It was quite funny to hear her--sweet Grandma Sue--cheering whenever something went wrong for them (which as any of you football fans know has been more often than not this season, but that is a whole other post). Then, horror of all horrors, she cheered for the Cowboys! Ah jeez, as if Roger being a Cowboys fan wasn't bad enough, I was stuck in my living room with two of them! I love being able to tease each other and know it is all fun. After the football "fun" was done, Roger and I were able to get some time together and went to a movie. We saw "Couples Retreat" and it was absolutely hilarious. It was really nice knowing that the kids were having some fun with their grandma and were being spoiled appropriately while we were gone. Sue is wonderful about playing cars, superheroes, trains, and whatever else Colin wants to do--over and over and over again. She is much better at it than me, and Colin eats it up. They had a great time and Roger and I appreciated the chance to be adults only for a couple of hours.

Also while Sue was here, we bought a puzzle to complete. I love puzzles and usually don't have them sitting on the kitchen table to work on because that doesn't make much sense since that is where we eat. Sue and I bond over puzzling. The last couple of times she has come to visit, we have worked on puzzles. We talk about a lot while focusing on where those blasted pieces go. We get serious, we get silly, we laugh. It's truly a great time for me. I hope she enjoys it, too!

So there you have it, my un-boring weekend with Grandma Sue, topped off with a trip to Target so that Sue could buy each of the boys a toy. Colin wanted a Transformer, and Christopher ended up with a K'nex Police Elmo. Overall, everyone got what they wanted--except maybe more time for Sue to stay. Colin didn't want to say goodbye and was very sad when he left for school on Tuesday knowing that Sue wouldn't be here when we got home. Thanks for a great weekend, Sue! Can't wait for our next one!

I will post pictures soon...I have to get them from the camera. One thing at a time!