VLR 963

Of course the morning was great!  Mom and dad were still here to feed the kids breakfast, have a little playtime and take them to school. I went with Paige to drop Rahm off and then went with Marcus to drop off Vail and Leo. Seems easy enough, but the goodbyes were very touching. Vail gets it, Leo mostly does and Rahm seemed okay but didn’t really care.  Darlene took Marcus and Paige to the airport and we were on our own from there!  OMG! We fixed their car meals and at the designated time, I went to pick up Rahm and take him to gymnastics…so cute!  Darlene left to pick up Vail and Leo, drop Vail off at swimming lessons and take Leo to his baseball practice. When Rahm was done with gymnastics, I brought him to baseball practice and left to pick up Vail from swimming and headed home. Darlene brought Leo and Rahm home and Wa-La…we arrived home about the same time. We let the kiddos play awhile and have more to eat if they wanted and then the pre-bedtime rituals began. ...

Leo and Rahm with their medals for running    I’m sitting in a chair in Aurora CO watching Leo’s flag football game with Paige and Rahm close by. Paige is my niece and Rahm is her youngest child. I’m here to babysit Paige and Marcus’s three kids with Darlene, Paige's mom. Vail is 9, Leo is 6 and Rahm is 3. Paige and Marcus are headed to Norway for their 15th anniversary trip.  These kids have incredibly busy schedules with school, baseball, football, hockey, gymnastics, soccer, swimming and run club.  After this football game we’re headed to Vail’s soccer games, two of them, then Leo and Rahm will each run a race. Of course the soccer games and the races are on complete opposite sides of town!  Later… Paige and Marcus leave tomorrow so the kids are all bathed and fed and ready for bed. Im exhausted and I didn’t do much! (Except play a little soccer and throw the football around with Leo in 90 degree temps!) Darlene will be here tomorrow and Paige and Marcus will...