7/22 - Rob's Mom Visits

Rob’s mom came up for a visit this weekend so she got to meet Olegs and Kristine. The kids were pretty quiet at first but soon opened up. They enjoyed showing her their picture albums and scrapbooks. I wonder if they understood that this person might be their future grandmother. We had a good time. This morning Rob had to work so Sharon, the kids and I went out for breakfast…or lunch depending on how you look at it. We got there just as they were beginning to serve lunch so the kids were able to get burgers and fries while Sharon and I got breakfast. All was well until WHHOOOSSSHHH…Kristine spilled her drink AGAIN! Almost every time we’ve gone out she’s either spilled her drink or come close to spilling her drink!! AAARRRGGGHHH!! She tends to be very animated when she talks and uses her hands a lot. Anyway, we got our stack of napkins and mopped up the table, got her a new drink and continued our meal without any further incidents. In the afternoon we ran a couple of errands and stopped by Target to get them some toothpaste, shampoo, soap, etc. to take back with them to Latvia. It’s really starting to hit us that they’ll be leaving soon. :-(

The kids were great until we decided to take pictures out in front of the house. We asked Sharon to take some pictures of the four of us since we don’t have many. We had 4 or 5 cameras by the time you counted up the kids’ cameras, ours and Sharon’s cameras so it took a little while to take all of the pictures we wanted. The kids grew impatient of course…Kristine huffed and puffed but put up with it for the most part. Olegs, however, got to the point where he had had enough and muttered something in Russian at us and ran off while Sharon was trying to get our picture. This is the point where Rob and I usually look at each other to decide who will go and talk to him. Olegs had run up to his room so I went up and tried to explain to him that his behavior was unacceptable. Since he was rude to Sharon, we’d have to put his camera away for awhile. He wasn’t too happy about that but he understood that he misbehaved and that there are consequences. After a time of pouting, it was bedtime anyway so he and Kristine got their baths and then we gave them their nightly hugs & kisses and tucked them in bed. We knew it would be like the movie Groundhog Day again tomorrow anyway. Once we woke up in the morning, we’ll all be friends again and start all over.