The Babysitters

This past spring PaulA and I had the privilege of babysitting 

our grand baby, Ansley 

for five days so her parents could 

attend a work event and wedding in Florida.

I was thrilled we were asked 

as there was this one time we babysat…

Maybe Mary Poppins was unavailable 

and they had to go with the B team.

 I know Mary Poppins is good with kids…but, 
heck, we are the real deal. 

Last I knew she was fictional.

Move over Mary Poppins, 
PaulA and I got this...

plus I had my own magic carpet bag of activities 

I had planned to pull out.

It didn’t take me long, however,

to realize that each activity would last 

8 minutes …

if I was lucky. 

After doing a little computation,
I figured I would need 7.5 activities an hour or 

75 activities for the 10 hours she was awake

X 5 days = 

375 activities.

I would have to repeat a couple activities.....
And 
I was gonna need a bigger carpet bag.

Coloring 

Stickering books and ourselves

Sitting in a bucket of water

Tunneling 

Playing in the sprinkler

Putting puzzles together

Riding in cars

Looking for  airplanes in the sky...

I was grasping at straws 

Picking flowers (dandelions)

Blowing bubbbles 

peek-a-boo-ing 

walking Charlie and her grand Paul

collecting plastic eggs 

Reading

Snack timing…my fav and Ansley's

A few field trips were called for…

Kroeger, Target, Mall, 
Library Story Hour,
Playground,
Rock 'n' Roll Marathon,

and the NFL Draft.

hope that was ok

Anywhooo….

After Chelsea and Austin returned from their trip,

 Chelsea mentioned that Ansley 

was asking for “Meme”

“Oh really?….Tell me more…"

I may have whispered “Meme” into Ansley’s ear 

a few hundred times while she was sleeping.

Mary Poppins might be all magical and everything,

but definitely not as 

magical and special
as a grandchild/grandparent relationship.

Although,
 I would like Mary Poppin's nifty parrot umbrella to teleport me to Atlanta.

One thing PaulA and I know for sure...

life is

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

with Ansley in it.