Monday, July 12, 2010

Grandma De-Tox

grandma DETOX-the period of time after small children have been with grandparents, etc who spoil, love and make rotten said child, that requires lots of redirection, reframing, come to Jesus meetings, and time outs....

Avery and Hank have had the best July ever!

If you know me well, you know I LOVE the 4th of July.  I love the red, white and blue, I love the fireworks, I love The Star Spangled Banner, and I love being at the lake. 
But one of my most favorite things about the 4th of July is that my Aunt Susan Jo, Uncle Mark and their boys get to come home to TEXAS!!!

Sadly, Steven had to stay in NC and work this year.  So, Uncle Mark and JD told Hanky all about how much Stev-O was missing him. 

Avery and JD were spoiled ROTTEN by all the Banks and Papa and LouLou leading up to the 4th!

Avery also got to spend lots of time with his lake BFF Carolina (aka Caroline), whose Mom happens to join in on the spoiling of Avery and Hank!
Then we came home and the boys got to spend a whole day with Aunt Linde while mamma and daddy worked.  It was filled with fun projects, a trip to the beloved Chick Fil-A, and play time with Uncle Jeff.
Then one day later we loaded up and headed back to Tyler for some Womble spoiling.
Honey took us to the zoo and then Avery got to spend the weekend with Grandma, Grandad, Honey, Pop, Uncle Blake and Aunt Courtney spoiling him!

 Trust me Mamma would never let him ride the Mickey Mouse train at Wal-Mart!
Hanky had some fun with the Wombles and get spoiled with the grown-ups at the lake, too.

Needless to say we had to take 2 trips out of church in the 20 minutes before Bible Hour and have had several breakdowns back in the real world.  But I wouldn't trade all that fabulous spoiling for anything!  We are so thankful for all the people who love our boys!!!!

1 comment:

kristin fulghum said...

we are going through grandparent detox right now at our house. just got back from 10 days in canada with lots of family. miss priss is having to get used to NOT being held 24/7.