Last Friday my husband calls me (semi-frantically, it would sound) telling me that I needed to drop everything and come home. He told me he had a surprise for me and I had to be home within a few minutes for it to ‘work.’ Okay, okay I admit. I thought it was a weekend get-a-way and that I needed to get home so that we could get on the road and miss traffic. I pack up all the things I had planned on working on that afternoon figuring I could work on it in the car with my wireless access to the Internet on my cute pink laptop. I pull through the gates (yes, we have gates in prestigious Oceanside!) and I see my husband chasing after OUR two nephews laughing as they try and manage the ravage pugs! What a great surprise!! I was so excited, because I knew what this meant… Babysitting!! I know babysitting is so not PC because they are not babies after all. They are boys! 10 and 8, they are ready to take on challenges and demonstrate their independence by staying overnight at Uncle Scotty and AUNT Tiff’s. I have been begging Scotty to let us have a sleep over. He has always said we could do it, but it was never a good time between their rigid soccer schedules and our happy hour engagements. Well this time, it just worked out!
That night we went to Ralph’s and picked up candy, ice-cream, popcorn (thank God we didn’t get to it!), coke, and sprite. We decided to forgo any ‘real’ food because we decided ordering pizza would be a great idea. If anyone is looking to gain a few pounds and loose a little coloring in the face, eat this diet for just one night!! Wow! I am not one to eat healthy, but I think I rolled myself into bed that night! After freezing the chocolate candy, making a rootbeer/coke float, and eating what felt like a whole pizza, we sat on the couch and watch Jake play about 4 hours of the same Wii game. He finally got bored and changed games. Ian, what a sweet boy, was more interested in cheering on his older brother rather than getting in on the action. Funny thing is, Scotty and I were exactly the same way!! The three of us sat on the little couch while Jake sprawled out on the big couch and practically beat all of our Wii games! What a great and productive evening- you’re welcome Kelly and Will!!!
Saturday morning we woke at 8:00 (keep in mind we went to bed at 1:00a.m.-okay, so what, I am getting old!) and we are feeling a little guilty for sleeping in. Naive me thought they couldn’t possibly be awake after staying up so late playing video games. Jake swears they ‘had’ to get up early because Kooper was snacking on his bone and Jinx was hogging all the blankets! We decided to let the boys play a little more video games (and let Tiff take a shower and recover) and then go to breakfast. We convinced Scotty that breakfast on the pier at Ruby’s was just the right way to end our adventure. We all had specialty burgers and chocolate shakes (Ian had a butterfinger) to wash it all down. As we all floated back to the car we realized that we made it! Thanks to Kelly and Will for trusting Scotty and I to take on the boys! They were perfect little gentlemen and are welcome back anytime… just no more candy!!
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