Vaguely fun day

There was yelling, but let's not go there . . .

This morning we had to go give my Grandma her medicine. She has dementia but refuses to move so every day someone has to go over and give her her meds. It's usually my dad but last week he asked me to do it today. I get there and Grandma says she already had her pill so I call dad and yup, his plans were cancelled and he forgot to tell me. So we sat and visited a bit but not very long. The kids were sort of whiny. They get frustrated that Grandma keeps saying the same things over and over and they aren't exactly polite about it. I've explained it many times and Bridget can be understanding (for awhile) when reminded that she's not doing it on purpose but Owen? Uh, yeah.

I recently read a blog where someone mentioned how her kids are perfectly behaved in public because she homeschools. Huh, homeschooling. Maybe I should try that (cough cough). Anyway, my kids are good kids, really, but no, they're not perfectly behaved. FAR from it.

So we had a bad week with all the illness and all the missed social dates and then we had a pretty crappy morning (mainly me and Bridget) so I said hey, how about we go to the Mall. So we did. Bridget had her build-a-bear with her that she got 4 or 5 years ago. According to the website all new build-a-bears (hereafter abbreviated as BABs so I don't have to keep with the dashes) come with a code so you can go to the BAB website and have all sorts of fun. Old BABs, from before Oct 07, don't have the code but if you go to a BAB store they will give you a free one. So we went with her BAB "Bob the Bear" and got a code.

Then lunch at Sbarro's. The kids had pizza and soda and I had salad (no pizza for the gluten-free gal - phooey).

We explored the mall a bit and looked at all the new renovation. We passed the bulk candy store and, feeling the need to make up for the crappy week and ultra crappy morning, I offered to buy the kids some candy.

The mall trip was really nice (despite the kiosk people jumping out every few feet "Ma'am, can I ask you a question?" "No").

At home Bridget went to the BAB website and found it wasn't as exciting as she thought it would be I guess. Oh well.

It was an ok day. Owen fell asleep on the couch so who knows how long it will take him to get to sleep. He doesn't nap any more - I hope he's not getting sick again because I will cry if he does. Today was the first day in over a week where no one coughed or sneezed or fevered or anything. I think it's finally over. Please!

I think the highlight of my day was cleaning the front room. I got into a little dusting/washing routine. It was fun. Would have been more fun with no kids and some loud music but whatever.

Eh, I'm in a much better mood than this post implies. Just sort of a hard day with the girl-child who I love very much but she is WAY too much like me so we butt heads a lot. I'm considering boarding school when she hits puberty. Catholic military boarding school. On another continent maybe.