Commitment to your Dream

  Thanks to all that attended our weekly get together, for support and motivation. We met in Saratoga Springs at The home of my Daughter Qwinette because I was baby-sitting for her while her and hubby went to Chicago for a few days to get away.
  I had the two youngest  of her five children from 9am till 3pm  and they are very good  well behaved children. The three oldest were up with out prodding  got themselves ready and off to school on time, I was thinking that this would be a breeze. Jolyn left about 9am and kept asking if I was going to be ok, as if she knew something I dident. I shrugged and pulled some sort of face and said of course, after all we had raised ten of our own and not all of them were angels. I could not understand her anticipation and concern, after all I was not like most men, and had had a lot more experience than most.  So reluctantly she left and said if you have any problems please call.
   I must say that my hat is off to all women who stay at home and take care of their children. Wow!
  I used to proudly take credit for raising our ten children with no thought as to who should get the credit for that feat. I must apologies to Jolyn for taking credit for that task and admit that I  have only assisted in the raising of ten children. And that became very obvious to me yesterday. The emotional stress and daily demands of commitment to serving the need of young children are and have bean way under rated, and men of this would need to take the time to walk a day in the shoes of their brides and feel the emotion and concern as they meet the  needs of young growing loving children.
Let me share:
   Before leaving their parents left us a list of a few areas of concern to watch for, a schedule that they were used to following and some specific items that needed to be addressed for each child.
   After Jolyn left I quickly glanced at the list and went about taking control, I put Brock the youngest in his high chair and gave him a small piece of banana, because on the list Qwinette had indicated that he loved bananas. Brynne their youngest Girl was also hungry so I put her up to the counter and fixed her a bowl of her favorite cereal. Peace of cake right.
   Next  Brynne wanted to play some games so I spent the next forty five minutes running down stairs picking out different games and keeping Brock supplied with Banana.  He soon let me know that he was not only done eating by throwing the balance of banana on the floor, but by exercising his vocal cords and trying to let me know with out words, he was done now.
   After getting him down and cleaned up, I set about cleaning up the floor and high chair. (I have a greater appreciation for my mother now, since she had to clean up after me every meal for several years and from the pictures it was a lot worse then my experience)
   I  had to split my time between cleaning up and trying to satisfy activities that would keep Brock from interfering with Brynne’s activities, and settling Brynne down to keep her focus on her project.
   They say time flies when you are having fun and I must have been having a ball, because it was soon 11 o'clock and I had not yet found the time to get out of my pajamas and get a shower.
   When I made one last round to clean up the kitchen I realized  from the fragrance, that Brock had a need to be changed. After remembering where I was told the diapers and wipes were I made what I thought was a wise decision to take him off the carpet to a hard surface to execute this procedure. Brynne had lost interest in the games I had positioned on the floor for her and she wanted to go out side. I told her that we were not going out side yet but after I changed Brock and got myself cleaned up we would. she wanted to go downstairs and find another game to play with and because I was   focused on Brock’s needs I said it would be ok.
    I remembered one of the warnings from her parents that she liked to sneak off and go out side some times without her clothes. I took a moment to dead bolt the front and back doors and make sure she was dressed so I felt safe returning to Brock’s needs.
I am in no way a novas when it comes to changing diapers so I didn't give it another thought just put him down and started to take his cloths off and change him. I soon realized we had more that a switch and wipe procedure to preform. Brynne was wondering back and forth from the living room to the kitchen but still  in and out of my peripheral vision, so I focussed all of my attention on Brock trying to entertain him and coach him to sit still while I attempted to contain all the liquified waste. After several wipes and a wiggling grandson I was able to contain most of the mess with only a few smudges, after the successful exchange and redressing of Brock I allowed him to run free giving me a chance to finish the clean up on the floor and dispose of the byproducts in the trash.
   After washing my hands I picked him up and realized I had not heard Brynne’s movements for some time.
   Brock in hand I checked the front and back doors they were still dead bolted, I called for her but no response, still calm and in control I started a methodical search through the house, calling her name. After checking all floors of the home and the garage I started to get concerned.  I went outside for a quick glance around all the while calling her name.
   Ok I do not usually panic but it seemed that I had failed in my mission to contain and control the situation and that in only Two and a half hours I had lost my grand daughter. I thought how am I going to explain this one?
I called Jolyn and confessed my failure, she asked if I had checked under the beds because she had experienced once when she was watching a neighbors daughter in addition to our own children, and she had crawled under the bed and gone to sleep.
   Ok I took a deep breath returned to each of the bedrooms checking under the beds, nothing found. I then returned to the great room on the main level and started a inch by inch search, starting to panic I thought I would lay Brock down and quickly search around the outside of the home. As I walked around the sofa to lay him down I saw under a blanket tucked tightly against front of the sofa a angelic sleeping Brynne.
   After thanking the lord and calling Jolyn to report I resolved myself that I was not going to get a bath and be able to get cleaned up until reinforcements arrived.
   So I said Hats off to all Mothers who daily manage the scheduling and coordination of just trying to get a bath and ready to present themselves to the world as being all together. So when you see one of those mothers that seem all together, smile and acknowledge  their successful day.

Our First Super Saturday

We had our first Super Saturday today and it went great. Charalyne and Kyle joined us from Montana and we learned alot about the new Product B that Isagenix introduced at Celebration this year. DeeWayne and Darla were our hosts. After the broadcast we went to the kitchen to sample all the new goodies. I'm really excited about the new cleanse flavor. I can't wait until the next get together so I can learn more about building my business and sharing all of these wonderful products.