The House Is So Quiet

[Roda]

Thursday husband and I drove 300 miles to WV and met my parents about half way to their house. They live in NW PA and my boys are spending a week with them. We will be going up to stay for a week also on the 18th. This is the first time I have ever been away from my youngest (ds1 is 9 and ds2 is 5). I did spend 5 days in Chicago when the oldest was around 20 months old, but that is it. The house is so quiet and it is taking some getting use to. I miss them terrible, but I think I will adjust fine. Husband and I needed some time to ourselves and I think it will be good for all of us. I couldn't ask for them to be in better hands and I know the are going to have a really good time. They are making memories with their grandparent's that they can look back on and remember. I have memories of staying with my mom's parents. They had a cabin on a island in a lake in Northern Ontario that we would go to almost every summer as a family and then a few summers my parents sent my brother and I up before them. We would treck the 5 mile island exploring, go fishing everyday, catch bull frogs, go on trips in the boat and picnic on neighboring islands and play cards. Grandma would fry up all the fish and frogs that we caught and have some of the best fried fish known to man. There was an out house and a rigged up outside shower, nothing fancy, but that was what made it so great. The boy's are having fun going to the barn and shoveling horse poop and feeding the horses. They have a huge round roofed barn that my grandfather (paternal) built that they are exploring, they're trying to catch frogs in the swamp and catching crawfish in the creek. I can't wait unil I get there so I can play too.

[jackay]

They will have a wonderful time! Enjoy your time alone with hubby. Relax, relax, relax......