sugar high

 my mom lives for this stuff

taking the grandkids to the zoo

or to fly a kite, on a picnic..

you name it!

she loves all the cliche things that you'd think a grandma should like.

but heres the thing. 

after a long hot / rainy day with no naps and way to much sugar

she gets to go home, to her own home.

the home without the children. 

 but thats what grandparents are for, right?

spoil em', love em', rile em' up  

and send them on their way. 

 well the little kiddos love every stinken minute of it!!

and when i take a step back from my sleep deprived life 

i know that i love it too. 

i love that my boys love their nana's and papa's 

because they have the best around

 and they get to make memories with them that they will remember forever. 

 and then when i do the exact same thing to them with their kids

i can just pull out the old

"you will do this with your grandkids too" card.

cuz what would life be like without family???

 or with out sugar highs, and the crash that follows.

or the ear piercing pterodactyl cry the entire car ride home

that signifies you may have pushed the limits of the day

a little too far!

 it would be down right mundane i tell ya!

so thanks to both sets of nana's and papa's in our lives.

ill forgive you for making some nights of my life a little harder.

because you make the little dudes entire life a WHOLE LOT BETTER!