Let The Fun Begin

I picked up my parents at the airport last evening and we had a nice evening chatting. Of course that all ended after we picked up Jessie - she has a great knack of interrupting and taking over any conversation going on any time she is in the room, and of course, will be in any room my parents are in while they are there. Our conversations will resume after I drop Jessie off tomorrow evening - until then chaos reigns! It is amazing how easy it is to forget that was how it was 24/7 - my coping skills with this one are rusty!

Mom and Dad came out with me to pick her up and saw the grounds and her home, plus many of her fellow residents. They also got to see her room. Her princess blanket on her bed (her princess quilt is folded up on top of the armoire. It kept getting lost - I think this is there solution to that). My mom noticed that the princess blanket on the bed was not the one she and her friend made - theirs had a crocheted edge and this just had bias tape sewn on. Ooops. I think it got mixed up in the wash somewhere. I will have to make sure they find it.

When we got there, my mom was worried Jess wouldn't recognize her - which seemed strange - Jessie will never forget Grandma and Grandpa. She first saw me when I walked into the commons room and was excited, but as she saw Grandma and Grandpa that excitement notched up exponentially! She gave them huge hugs then we headed off to see her room, but first exclaimed to the room "This is my Grandma and Grandpa" to which the workers and residents said 'hi'. Her room looked good, they had painted the walls since I had been in last. 'Grandma' (a darling old lady - a resident at Jessies home) started crying when we said we were taking her - she has done this before. It is nice that Jessie has such good friends that they cry when she goes! We quickly assured her that she would be coming back, that it was just for a couple of days, but we left her inconsolable.

Mom was a little choked up at Jessies home stating that very few of her grandchildren are excited to see her and come running up to her and give her a big hug anymore. She said probably only Scottie, Jeff (my brothers) youngest does that other than Jessie. She was so thrilled that Jessie was so excited to see her, but should realize: Jessie will never, at seeing her yell excitedly "Grandma!", run over to her and giving her a big bear hug. It will forever be as constant as the sunrising in the East and setting in the West.

They are now off at Wal-Mart spoiling her. She is getting to pick her graduation gift.

Charlie got a treat when we came home from picking up Jessie. Grandma decided to show off her Frisbee throwing skills and in doing so became Charlies best friend ... until tomorrow when Gary gets home, then she will become scum like the rest of us when Gary is around!

Well, I am supposed to be resting while Grandma and Grandpa are out spoiling Jessie and I am cheating. Next up - getting her ready for her big night and dropping her off at her high school at 3:30 for her to ride the bus to the location of graduation (they said if she does not ride the bus, she cannot walk across the stage and pick up her diploma - rules - go figure). She will be graduating with the entire Senior class, not just the Special Ed students - that will be fun and I am glad that it happens like that, she will be on cloud nine and it will be a difficult task for who ever will escort her across the stage to keep her in line - at her other graduation (Elementary School) she bolted across the stage, so excited she had the entire croud laughing - her excitement and joy were contagious - I see no reason that her behaviour will have changed a bit in the years between then and now.

Photos of the big graduation to follow.