Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Not only did I survive babysitting the two grandsons overnight, but all went smoothly. I got the older one to bed easily, and the younger one was already in his crib when his parents left. They slept until 6:45 am, and we had a breakfast of scrambled eggs and chocolate croissants. They bungled around until my husband came at ten, then we bundled them in the car and went to Little Farm to feed the pigs, cows, ducks, geese, chickens, and sheep. The rabbits cannot be fed but they may be admired. We found a picnic table on the grass and the boys had their lunches. A tree next to us had been fixed up like a fort, with branches making a hideout, and the boys found more branches and played happily for many minutes. Then we came home, and I put the younger in for his nap, and the older and my husband watched a kids' show about dragons. Then the older had quiet time for 30 minutes, and I only had to go in the room about three times to tell him to quiet down. Grandpa helped the older one assemble a toy I'd gotten him, and when the younger woke up they snacked then we went in their back yard where they managed to drag every toy out on the small lawn and destroy two boxes as a fort. We observed and kept them from climbing the back stairs to get to the upper deck. Soon their parents arrived and brought candy, which delighted us all. My husband received taffy, I got sugarfree chocolate almonds and the boys gummy sugary somethings that were colorful. Then we said goodbye, pleased that we had facilitated the parents getting away for their anniversary, and proved that we could keep their children alive and happy, at least for 24 hours. Back at home we made BLTs and watched "Bull Durham" and sighed with relief that it was R rated. Returned safely from toddlerland.