Day 359 of 365 - Grandparenting 2.0

As I start this post it is 8:30 p.m.  Our two year old grandson just went to sleep a little while ago.  We are taking care of him overnight, at his home, for the very first time, while his parents have a little anniversary get away.

It probably won't be long before we are ready for bed ourselves.  Being with a two year old is a pretty steady flow of action from one thing to another.  He kept us busy this afternoon using the couch for somersaults, playing various falling down games with toys and showing us the many ways toy vehicles can go down a spiral car track.

Dinner time is another fun event, whereby we encourage bites of nourishing food between his nibbles on the buttered crusty bread which accompanies the great pea soup his mom had prepared for us before they left.

Oh, and he's also potty training, so he was very happy to oblige a few trips upstairs to the potty to show us how it is done.  He wanted us both in the bathroom and even had me reading stories to him while we awaited results.

Following some more after dinner play time with his little people and animals who go in the Fisher Price farm, school bus and airplane, it was bath time.  He loves his bath with all his water toys.  Then once into diaper and jammies, it's story time in the rocking chair until he nods off.  Thankfully, he was pretty tired and easily went into his crib the first time I laid him down.

Hopefully he will sleep through to his usual wake up time of 5:30 or so,  which is also close to mine, so that won't be an issue.

Yay!  He slept through until 6:15 a.m. though I must say Grandma was listening for him frequently in the night.  (Grandma will have a big sleep at home tonight!)

We had a full morning of first breakfast for him, watching a children's program with Grandpa, playtime and then second breakfast with us.  After getting dressed, we went for a stroll to the park and played on the swings.  He had a fun walk home while Grandpa pushed the empty stroller.

After a successful potty visit, snack time and play time ensued until he had a brief and sleepy lunch.  Our tired little boy is now down for his nap.  Mama and Dada will be home later this afternoon.

I will have the opportunity to help out with him again in a few weeks when Mom and Dad go out for the evening to celebrate our son's 40th birthday with friends.

He's a great little guy, and time with him is always energetic and fun.  We are happy for his parents that he adapted very well to having us as his caregivers, so they could enjoy some couple time away.

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