The Week-End

The week-ends seem to come so slowly and then they go by so quickly. I am lucky to have both my grandsons so close by. On Valentine's Day I got to take care of both of them--Kalub's parents went out to dinner. Charlie's parents planned on going to a movie. Matt and Nikki made dinner for the 4 of us first and by the time dinner was over, they were too late for the early movie. They decided to stay home and not go to the late movie. Oh well. I still got to get Charlie ready for bed, rock and read to him and put him in bed for the night. Then Kalub woke up and we got to have some one-on-one Grandma-Grandson time too. The best of everything.

Friday evening Charlie had a sleep over at Grandma and Grandpa's house. He is always so good. I spent Saturday catching up on a few things and then taking the nieces--Emily and Kirsten--to their final basketball game of the season. Uncle Steve came too. It is fun to watch them in action. They are pretty good players.

There is another storm coming to Des Moines--predicted for tonight and tomorrow. I a hoping to spend the day at home doing whatever I want.

February

It is still dang cold here and there has been a lot of snow. To further complicate matters, Nancy fell down and broke her ankle. She is out of action for the next 4-6 weeks. She is home trying to recover and fortunately, her employer will let her work from home. Her work friends have been fabulous and have been very helpful--bringing in meals every night, shoveling, taking out her garbage, etc. I am taking the girls back and forth to school--along with some help by a couple of other mothers whose children attend the same school. There is one more basketball game on Saturday.

Kalub Steinbronn turned six months old yesterday--February 11th. He is growing by leaps and bounds and is rolling over on a regular basis now. He is a darling!

Charlie Fitzgerald will be 17 months old on February 23rd. He jabbers all the time--which is great, except Grandma doesn't always get it. He doesn't seem to mind. I am still his favorite person. He is so cute with Kalub. They will be great pals.