I survived....

The week has closed and a new one has begun. Grandkids have gone home leaving me exhausted, tired but happy. Watching them drive away today was bittersweet.  I was happy to have my house back and our own little routine but sad to know that it would be so many more months before I would get to see them again.

The week was filled with ups:

• Craft night in which I gave the girls a rubbermaid tote full of 14 years of leftover scout craft materials and my den ended up looking as if Hobby Lobby threw up all over the floor. 
• Geocaching at the park. Everyone enjoying the "thrill of the hunt" even though we didn't find any that night.
• Banana Split night where we were all allowed to create mountains of ice cream and fluffy whip cream towers!
• Fishing with the girls and watching Harmony catch and hold a baby bass and helping Kaylee feed a perch every bit of her worm!

and downs: 

• Little Kaylee with her roller coaster of emotions because I won't let her be the baby but yet encourage her to be a big girl and do things for herself. Every time we turn a corner the waterworks are in full swing.
• Harmony with her constant need to be entertained every breathing moment and then calling home to complain.
• And Serenity? Well, no downs there at all.  She is quite happy in her little color book land!

 Overall, the week was a success.