Another interesting week in the Andrews house.  Started off at Sunday mass after communion when everyone was back in the pew but Kate.  I looked at Jeff and said "Where's Kate?".  He said "I thought she was with you".  Our pediatrician was also sitting behind us and got the same panicked look on her face that we had.  I ran out to look in the bathrooms and outside.  No Kate.  I go back in to the church to see if Jeff has found her.  She is in the pew smiling nicely.  When I asked him where she was, he said "on the altar".  I gave a questioning look to Dr. Osthaus and she nodded her head "yep".  This was not quite as embarrassing as the time Alec pulled the fire alarm during mass but not one of our finer moments. 

Another fine moment for me happened on Tuesday evening.  My mom had helped me with the kids because I had a dentist appointment that went way longer than expected.  Normally, this is not a problem for her. But there was added craziness of trying to shuttle my dad and the kids to the Memorial Tournament.  So, when I picked them up, I made a quick escape with the kids and took Charlie with me.  Charlie wanted to come back to our house and then when Jen came to pick him up he wanted to stay longer while she ran an errand.  During that long hour, Charlie had a bathroom break in the woods and used his hands to clean up.  Alec informs me of this as I am trying to console Charlie after I found him on the corner of our street sobbing (while at the same time putting his hands in his mouth).  Some girl walking by had found him out there by himself and was trying to help him.  He was probably out of my sight for a minute or two but it was long enough.  I felt horrible!!!  He was sooo tired and upset that he had "forgotten" that he wanted to go with his mom.   "Aunt of the year" is going to be right up there with my award for "Mom of the year"!

Tonight, Connor came running inside from the backyard to tell me that he just saw Grandpa in Tyler's yard.  He said he was floating up with the pine trees in a white robe.  He was most worked up about it.  My only history with people seeing dead people is when my  mom and aunts have seen deceased family members right before someone in our family dies.  So, I was naturally a little freaked out about this.  A couple weeks ago, Kate also went into great detail about how Grandpa came to visit her and gave her a hug.  She described him in pretty accurate detail.  Amazing to me!  I hope it just means that Bob is watching over our kids at all times!