My trip to WA & OR continnued...

I had just finished up with Mom & Dad in WA and was headed to Oregon to see the kids. Pamela had worked hard to get some stuff done around the house but we still needed to do much before the party on Wed. night, the 29th. Kyra was turning 7 years old. But 1st of all we were all hungry and when I asked the kids what they wanted for dinner, it was decided very quickly that we would have Mexicain. So off to the local restruant to have dinner, all went really smoothly, except Ethan, he was tired of sitting in the high chair and with fruit loops all over the floor, was passed from person to person as we all ate. The kids loved their own burritos that they each get to make with rice and beans.
Wed, the laundry was stated in full force, clothes were sent upstairs with each child once they were around to help out and keep busy, old junk items were taken out to be tossed, items were taken to GoodWill and to storage, several times...Treat bags went to school with Kyra to help celebrate with the class...Time to pick up the cake from WalMart and to get something to eat before everyone arrived. Plus Jon worked hard and mad on the front porch to make sure it was strong and sturdy, for all the people that would be coming up to the door. We had a great night and several grandmas confused Kyra a little, when asked who gave that to you...There was Great Grandma Shaw, Grandma Shaw (Jon's mom), There was Grandma Kathy, (Jon's step mom), a friend that was close to Jon when they were growing up, so she to was called grandma and then there was me,Grandma Anderson. We had to make sure who was talking to who, when grandma was said.
Thursday, we had more fun with cleaning, moving items to storage and getting ready for Halloween. We had lunch at a Chinese restruant, which is also a big hit, since they give you enough food for 2 or 3 meals at a very low cost. We ordered faster internet services that day for Pamela and Jon hoping to get them installed quickly, but to our amazement, the person never showed, so it was back and forth on the phone to the company to see why the serviceman wasn't there, after waiting several hours, we receive word that they don't have a man until the next week. So we waited in vain.
Friday, Megan and Jon had a field trip out at Megan's teacher's house and around the neighboring farms to look at animals. Then we tried to get ready for going out...We decide not to do the church's Trunk or Treating, but decided to go to WA, but because there was a long line at Pizza Hut, (trying to redeem Kyra and Megan's book it gift certifcates), they messed up on the pizza and we waited to get it corrected. By then we were tired and ready to just hit a few houses for the kids, then head home. We were tired. I believe the kids scored with the candy... They had a huge bowl full when they returned home that night.
Saturday, Pamela had meetings and selling events, so Grandma got to be the babysitter for the whole day. I started to come donw with allergies, but seemed to keep it together for the most part. Something that I now know that I'm to old to do, day in and day out. Pamela has my greatest respect to handle 4 children.
Saturday night, I headed back to Mom and Dad's to rest before leaving on Sunday. It had rained most of the week-end, so all different smells were in the air and I seemed to get sicker and sicker. But my trip home was a success and I even stopped in Post Falls to say hi to a former boss. It was great to be home, but wonderful to see how the children had grown. I look forward to seeing them again at Thanksgiving.