Common Mom

Today is an awesome day - Noisy Grandma (aka my mother) is coming to visit from MN!

 

She wanted it to be a surprise for the kids, so they don’t know yet. She’ll get to surprise them when she picks them up from school today.

How, you may be asking, did she come to be called Noisy Grandma? I assume that growing up in a family of 7 children helped her boisterousness come out at an early age. As for why my children gave her that name? It’s kind of funny! When Jason was just shy of 3 and Keira was just 6 months old, we went to MN to visit everyone. We got there on a Friday before my mom was home from work, but my step-father (Monster Grandpa) was already home. Jason barrels into the house with all the enthusiasm of an almost-3 year old ready for a sleepover at Grandma’s house and says “Hey! Where IS that Noisy Grandma?!”

We just about died laughing! We’d never heard him call her that before! At that point, Tony (my much-taller than 6 foot step-father) came bounding up the stairs Roaring at the kids . . . hence, the name Monster Grandpa

I’m so excited for Noisy Grandma to visit for a long weekend. She plays with the kids, spoils them rotten (but they can take it - it only takes a day or two to get them back in form), reads with them, plays games with them, and all that good stuff. Just last week Keira said how much she missed Grandma and wanted to go see her and Jason was saying how he wished Noisy Grandma could watch one of his soccer games. They’re both going to be happy today! As am I - Mom and I have all day Friday to spend together while the kids are at school. I can’t wait!

And on a side note - many congratulations to my mother who has been smoke-free for 2 months after 40 years of smoking! WOO HOO!

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