Timeout for a Family Moment

​November.  It’s the second day of November.  October slipped through my fingers far too fast.  I have trouble remembering each and every day.
This past weekend we gave our kids a special wedding anniversary gift.  They celebrated their 9th year of not quite blissful marriage.  As in any marriage they have had their challenges but they are resilient and have two healthy, energetic boy – one almost 6 and the other 2 ½.  Our gift – time – we picked up the boys Saturday morning for a special program at our library and they stayed overnight and we took them back home mid-morning on Sunday.
Our oldest grandson has been having sleep over’s since he was two.  This weekend was the first time our youngest grandson has slept over.  In fact, we had not even been able to get him to take a nap when staying with us for a day.  His Mom was worried.  She sent us a detailed e-mail on all his sleep patterns so that we would have written instructions.
The two boys are exact opposite in temperament.  The oldest is relaxed, funny, and could move in with us without blinking an eye.  The oldest is high strung, energetic and currently has a bad case of the terrible twos.
The only hitch in the weekend was that we learned the hard way that our youngest grandson hates, let me repeat, hates taking a bath.  This also is an exact opposite of his brother.  He brother could stay in the tub with bubble bath and toys for an hour if we would allow it.  It took quite a bit of time to calm down our youngest grandson and convince him his life was not at risk due to water.
Both boys went to bed easily and slept soundly – until 4:00 am.  Our youngest grandson got up ready to play at 4:00 am – still don’t know why.  By 6:00 am after playing and having pancakes for breakfast he took a nap until 7:30 am.  Our oldest grandson rose at 5:00 am and was up for the day.  This was a bit earlier than I had planned on.  When dropping the kids off the first think my son said was; “Oh no, you have the ‘look’.”  It’s ok, I said – been up since 4:00 am.”
Even with the challenges having the boys was great and now we’ve broken the ice for having both boys for sleep over’s.  I’m looking forward to years of having the boys stay with us.