Back to the Peasant's Life

We were spoiled for two weeks, and then a week before that. Alison's mom, Janet, came to visit in January (and sandwiched a trip to India in between her two visits to us). It's always good having her here for a couple of weeks - not least because the kids love having her around. More importantly, she

• gets up at 5:45 with Gabe and Eva (which is a nice break for Alison) 
• is willing and ready to hold fussy babies 
• is ready to do more than her fair share of diaper changing (and, when I'm a grandparent someday, that fair share will be none) 
• does more dishes than a whirlpool 
• reads "I can lick 30 tigers today" 30 times during the day 
• takes more pictures than you can shake a stick at 
• watches the kids while Alison works on school work 
• and lots more. 

Now, though, she's gone, which means I change more diapers, do more dishes and read more '30 Tigers'. More devastatingly, it means Alison gets lots less school work done during the day, and has to do more studying and writing in the evening. This cuts into my YouTube surfing time.

Obviously, everyone is happy that Nana is here!