Family Time

Megan's in town! She brought Baby B with her. It was a great opportunity to spend some time with family.

Even Jama got to participate (electronically). 

It was a Food Ministry night, so we all went to the church. Nana and Pop made sandwhiches and led the homeless ministry. Megan and I watched the kids.

Megan was more successful than I was. Shane had eyes only for Nana. He was very jealous that she was focused on other things. He asked her to go play with him "in a room with no other people!"

I didn't have any real success until Megan or Nana (I can't remember who!) started a "Don't Touch Hot Lava!" game.

Shane was exhausted by the end of the night. He cried and he cried and he cried some more when it was time to go.

However, my school system is full of a bunch of sissies. They cancelled school because it was cold. The forecast claimed historic lows (-17 wind chill), but the reality was it was warmer than the day they had school (and did NOT delay opening).

Their mistake gave us an opportunity. I did errands while Shane was in daycare, and then we went to visit Nana and Pop's again!

Shane was so excited he didn't even nap.

Nana and Pop left to deliver food to the homeless, but John dropped by next.

Baby B is a highly social and active kid. He crawls, wants to walk with support, and shoves everything he finds in his mouth.....all while looking people in the eyes and smiling. He'll let you know what he wants, though. I enjoyed hearing about how he was around Cole and Evy in Carolina (and Megan did a great impression of Cole and his 'egg' videos!)

Meanwhile, John and Shane built a swing set out of tinker toys. Building stuff rocks.

Baby B went up for a nap shortly after the pics. Shane stayed away. He had a short power-nap in the car on the way over and insisted he didn't need to sleep. I went ahead and let him park in front of an electronic pacifier. Megan supervised (Thanks, sis!). That allowed John and I to play a round of x-wing.

The Rebels proved superior.

I think closing was the wrong call, but it did let us have a fun day out of it. The number of times that family can gather at Nana and Pop's VA house are numbered. They go on the market March 13th. They've de-cluttered and rearranged like we have.