Tonight was our first Lailah/GranPa Brian sleep-over since GranMa Rose moved out of the home we shared together (to her own place last fall). Lailah dropped by around 5:30pm tonight since it was Katie and Jordan’s (Lailah”s parents) fourth anniversary of being together, and Lailah wanted to babysit me instead of having to watch cartoons […]
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Lailah visits the ‘night trains’ at Bandana Square
We took Lailah to see the “night trains” at Bandana Square on Saturday night (Energy Park Drive, between Snelling & Lexington – close to the state fair grounds). If you’ve not heard of this place, it’s a former railroad locomotive engine servicing facility originally built in the late 1800’s (not a typo), and now since […]
Lailah – Little Babysitting Terror that she is!
Another Friday, another day babysitting the beautiful little girl whose name cannot be uttered out loud (ssshhh: Lailah), the holy terror, the one that demands on a minute by minute basis: “come down here (to the floor, and off the comfortable lazy boy), and PLAY with me now, DARN IT!”, the little one that is […]
Lailah – Unusual phone call request
Got home from class tonight and my phone starts to ring – unusual since it was ~9pm. Seems Lailah asked her mom to call Granpa Brian to see if he was available to play with her tomorrow (this, in addition to my usual Friday playdate with her). I had to check my social/business calendar (I’m […]
Lailah – Sam’s Club and the Dollhouse
Note to self: when taking the granddaughter to Sam’s Club, do not, repeat, do not, take her down the toy aisle. Silly me, we passed a 3 story dollhouse sitting on a shelf. I picked her up to show her all the various rooms and furniture in it. Tried to move on many times, but […]
