When we returned from Texas yesterday, we brought back the Texas grandkids, Reyes and Lala. Reyes is 10; Lala is 8. They will be here Thurs. and Friday and Uncle Joe will take them to Oklahoma City to meet their Mom on Saturday. (OKC is about half way to Dallas from here.) We're getting it ready to sell. (Anyone want to buy a house in a suburb of Dallas?)
We bought them yarn and spool knitters to work on in the van, but they mainly dozed and asked "are we there yet?" We ended the "Are we there yet?" question by stopping in Oklahoma and Kansas at the Tourist Information Centers. We got each kid his/her own map of the state we were driving through and showed them how to follow the line for I-35. Every time we'd pass a town, I'd ask "What town will we come to next?" Lala caught on quickly, but Reyes has a bit of his parents' ADD. He swore he didn't know how to read a map. On the other hand, he quit asking "Are we there yet?" because he could tell we hadn't traveled all the way along the green line yet.
Mean ol' Grandma. Making a kid learn something on a summer vacation!
Actually, I think the kids are here to visit Uncle Joe. They really love their uncle and don't get to see much of him while he's going to school at Emporia State. Pat and I both worked today and will again tomorrow. Fortunately, Uncle Joe is between school sessions, so he is the designated babysitter. (Ah, that's hard on all of them! He missed the kids as much as they missed him.)
They talked him into taking them swimming today. I've already heard plans to go again tomorrow. They are watching videos and playing Runescape when they aren't pestering their Uncle. This part of vacation is good!
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