Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

A Weekend With the Grands

First the ride (with kids' CDs)
Then supermarket (mini-cart);
Buying lots of food to please 
Then snacks and playground, for a start.

Books and Curious George on tape,
Dinner, Face-Time Mom & Dad;
From routines a great escape.
What a time we all have had!

Baths and bedtime story, then
Hugs and kiss and cozy tuck;
Next some calm for hours when
Our perfect streak has lost its luck.

One child up who needs attention
(Seems it's not an easy fix). 
If you see me, please don't mention
Age and lack of sleep don't mix.

Breakfast, music, puzzles, playing;
Happy Birthday Daddy call.
Ride to Music Fest and staying
Long enough for smiles for all.

See the water wheel still turning;
Marvel at the way it works.
Home for lunch with time for learning.
(Smart genetics has its perks.)

Visit friends to see their fishes;
Hit the playground once again.
Back for dinner and some wishes
That I'll have the time to pen.

Winding down with books and bingo
And a VCR cartoon.
Two short bedtime tales, then zingo - 
Day is over, none too soon.

For though there has been no blunder
On this weekend on our own,
It's so tiring, I wonder
How we ever raised our own!

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Paul Callus June 25, 2018 at 5:34 PM That sure was a long and hectic weekend, Ilene, but undoubtedly pleasant in many ways! This is what keeps us grandparents young at heart, and in body, too:) Regards // paul

Jan Allison June 24, 2018 at 4:48 PM oh Ilene it sounds like a fun but exhausting time was had by all! I hope that one day I will have grandchildren to have fun with ... let's hope its not too many years so I can still entertain them as you do:-) hugs jan xx Ilene Bauer June 24, 2018 at 6:29 PM i hope the same for you, jan! somehow, you'll find the energy (and collapse afterwards!)

Tim Smith June 24, 2018 at 4:44 AM I think you need a vacation. You forget how energetic they can be Ilene Bauer June 24, 2018 at 6:29 PM you are right, tim! i am exhausted. ~ thanks for the visit...

Tom Cunningham June 24, 2018 at 3:24 AM Lovely verse ilene, I love it but it's exhausting sometimes, but wouldn't change it for the world. Precious moments indeed. Tom. Ilene Bauer June 24, 2018 at 6:28 PM so true, tom! these times slip by so quickly, too. i'm trying to hold onto them as much as i can. thank you for writing...

Lyric Man June 23, 2018 at 10:40 PM You were in a different life stage. Good Grand parents subject themselves to exhaustion. And they do it for pure love! Ilene Bauer June 24, 2018 at 6:27 PM very true, dave, but spending some time with the grands is a great way to remind you how old you really are! thanks for dropping by and welcome back...