This week I have a guest blogger... my mother-in-law, Judy (aka Juju)!
Usually when she watches the kids it is rather uneventful. Not so much this time....

"A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to spend the evening with Sheridan, Ethan, and Evan while their parents went out for dinner. After our dinner Sheridan, Ethan, and I played Sorry at the kitchen table while Evan was toddling around. At some point he came up to me and held his finger up, which was covered with a suspicious brown substance. Well, I knew immediately what it was----straight from his diaper. My reaction was so immediate that I whirled around and knocked over my glass which contained a very small amount of red wine. That very small amount splattered everywhere - Evan's blond hair and down his tummy, on the floor, chairs, and all over my white jeans. A total disaster. I raced for a towel and paper towels to clean it all up. Sheridan surveyed the mess and said, 'As a babysitter, you could be fired.'

"After taking Evan upstairs for a bath---the only solution--I came downstairs and used a stain marker on my white jeans. At this point Sheridan asked me for some ice cream which didn't seem like a necessary request to me at this point. I told her I was pretty busy at the moment. So she and Ethan started to squabble. That was my limit. I pointed my finger at both of them and announced, "If you two don't stop fighting right now, you will go straight to bed!" Since I rarely speak to them in that manner, it was quite effective. When I came downstairs after putting Evan to bed, Sheridan and Ethan were quietly coloring at the kitchen table, perfect angels. I concluded no more drinking on the job (or at least make it white wine). I am also sure that I am no longer in the running for Grandmother of the Year if I ever was!"