My girls surprised us with a weekend visit. I should have known something was up when I telephoned Cait and she was reluctant to tell me where they were. I did not really take much notice. A while later Bern and I were watching television when I received a phone call from Sarah and she asked me what I was doing? So I told her that we were watching television and not much else; I then asked her what she was doing to which she replied.
"Cait and I are on a bus on our way to you"
I responded:
“You can’t joke about something like that, I don’t find that at all amusing!”
To which she replied,
“Mom we really on the bus so please pick us up at the bus station at 4h30 that is 4h30 in the morning mom. “
So I got quite agitate and exclaimed
So I got quite agitate and exclaimed
“Sarah this is not something you tease about, especially when I miss you so much!” with quite a bit on annoyance in my voice.
Sarah got quite excited and said
“Mom, please listen to me, I am serious, please please do not leave us at the bus station, I promise, please believe me.”
Cait was giggling in the back ground which made me all the more suspicious and she joined in and assured me that they were really on the bus on their way to us.
I was so excited because we had not seen each other for five weeks. At 2h48 (am) I received a message on my cell phone but I did not respond. When the second one came through I decided to check the messages as I was sure these messages were just updates from my girls.
I saw there was two “please call me” one from Cait and one from Sarah. My Girls arrived an hour and a half early. We jumped out the bed in a hurry, threw on our clothes and rushed off to the bus station. Half dressed in our long pajama pants and track suite tops. My girls certainly know how to make an entrance. This was such a wonderful unexpected gift from them.
We had a wonderful weekend, going to the beach, shopping and generally re-connecting. On Sunday morning for some unknown reason I was awake before 6h00. I climbed out of bed and dutifully switched the alarm off, to my surprise the alarm went off and I stood there stunned and very confused. The alarm screamed its terribly loud ear pitching scream and this was my wake up call for the day. Unintentionally I managed to wake the family and give their hearts a jump start.
One I am sure they could have done without and one I know I definitely could have done without! Bern had already disconnected the alarm earlier. Something I would have appreciated being told as this shock and jolt of the alarm is still going to be the death of me.
Cait and Sarah had hoped we could play the drinking Game called Kings but alas it was not to be…. Or should I say - Thank Goodness!
This is a game where if you are nominated as the Boss by drawing the ace; you have total power and control of the game until the next ace is called and a new Boss takes over. The trick is to be a really nice boss as you know you will be paying serious penance if you lost your position to another Ace. The best is too pull the last Ace then you know that no matter what - all bets are off and anything goes. Whatever you demand has to be obeyed no questions asked and no one is allowed to pull out of the game
Bern is the funniest Boss in these games, she had made a rule that her chosen victim is to keep their chin on the table during the game and drink their drink in that position, or they would have to cluck like a chicken, sing some silly song, run around the table every time they have to drink. Sarah has made Cait and Matt run around the pool several times and do pushups.
The funniest task to date is the one set by Bern for Cait on our visit to the girls last month which will remain with us for many years.
Her chosen Task for Cait was that she had to end every sentence with “My Boobies” Imagine the sentences, “Please may I pour myself another drink; MY BOOBIES” or "May I please use my toilet card, MY BOOBIES" or "Bern you are not fair MY BOOBIES"
Cait and Sarah had hoped we could play the drinking Game called Kings but alas it was not to be…. Or should I say - Thank Goodness!
This is a game where if you are nominated as the Boss by drawing the ace; you have total power and control of the game until the next ace is called and a new Boss takes over. The trick is to be a really nice boss as you know you will be paying serious penance if you lost your position to another Ace. The best is too pull the last Ace then you know that no matter what - all bets are off and anything goes. Whatever you demand has to be obeyed no questions asked and no one is allowed to pull out of the game
Bern is the funniest Boss in these games, she had made a rule that her chosen victim is to keep their chin on the table during the game and drink their drink in that position, or they would have to cluck like a chicken, sing some silly song, run around the table every time they have to drink. Sarah has made Cait and Matt run around the pool several times and do pushups.
The funniest task to date is the one set by Bern for Cait on our visit to the girls last month which will remain with us for many years.
Her chosen Task for Cait was that she had to end every sentence with “My Boobies” Imagine the sentences, “Please may I pour myself another drink; MY BOOBIES” or "May I please use my toilet card, MY BOOBIES" or "Bern you are not fair MY BOOBIES"
As the evening progressed we were in hysterics as Cait would say a simple thing like “I must tell you what happened at work MY BOOBIES” and this would end the conversation for her as we all burst into spontaneous giggles and raucous laughter. The evening got progressively funnier and one tends to forget that there are neighbours who may not appreciate the singing and Cait having to add her little sentence MY BOOBIES!
This afternoon we were having lunch in a wimpy. Cait was pinching my cheek telling me I had a cute baby shaped face and Sarah decided to pinch hers and the game was on. In typical fashion we were not quiet and the poor guy, who was sitting near us, quickly gulped down his food and left the establishment.
Sarah and Cait started play fighting, like kittens they play slapped each other’s hands. The next minute as if in a comedy of errors, Cait was clutching her strapless top and her hands were covering her exposed boobs. Sarah had inadvertently gotten her hand caught in her top and pulled it right down. We burst out laughing and Cait asked Sarah to help her lift her top up. Cait sat there all exposed and in split second she was on display for the whole word to see. She warned me not to use this in my blog but knew that it was too funny not to use and relented and said OH OK!
Sarah asked me what I was laughing about when a few minutes later I burst out laughing once again. Caitlin in a very earnest face exclaimed, “Coz of my boobies”
This afternoon we were having lunch in a wimpy. Cait was pinching my cheek telling me I had a cute baby shaped face and Sarah decided to pinch hers and the game was on. In typical fashion we were not quiet and the poor guy, who was sitting near us, quickly gulped down his food and left the establishment.
Sarah and Cait started play fighting, like kittens they play slapped each other’s hands. The next minute as if in a comedy of errors, Cait was clutching her strapless top and her hands were covering her exposed boobs. Sarah had inadvertently gotten her hand caught in her top and pulled it right down. We burst out laughing and Cait asked Sarah to help her lift her top up. Cait sat there all exposed and in split second she was on display for the whole word to see. She warned me not to use this in my blog but knew that it was too funny not to use and relented and said OH OK!
Sarah asked me what I was laughing about when a few minutes later I burst out laughing once again. Caitlin in a very earnest face exclaimed, “Coz of my boobies”
Well that started us all off again as Cait reminded us of Bern’s rule for her during the drinking game.
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