Bert's Visit

I picked the kids up from school today. As we were walking to the door I told John that we were going to Grandma's house. He said "Really? We're going to Grandma's? Yes!" And he went running down the hallway and out the front door. He ran past a family and stopped at the end of the path right before the parking lot. The other family got closer to John and he told them "I'm going to my Grandma's house tonight!" We got in the car and I told John that we were going to see Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Betty, Uncle Bob, Aunt Katie and Bert. "Who's Bert?" I explained to John that Bert is his oldest cousin and that he and Aunt Katie live far away. I told him that we don't get to see him all the time and that we were all going to have dinner at Grandma's house.

John was very excited in the car on the way to Grandma's. However, once we got there he was very shy and did not want to get out of the car. Aunt Betty met us at the car and helped to get Gillian out of her seat. John was still a little shy, but that all changed when he saw Bert. They hit it off right away and before we knew it they were running outside. John had a sword and Bert had a Nerf gun. The next time we saw John he had the sword down the back of his shirt. That's one way to carry a sword.

We had a wonderful family dinner and afterward the kids played again. We had to leave because it is a school night. On the way home John said "I had a lot of fun. But Mommy can I have M&M's when we get home?"