THE GRINSTEAD FAMILY

AUNT MAGGIE

I'm going to be an aunt again!! My sister Mandy & her husband Mike are expecting their 2nd child on April 25th. She is 11 weeks along & doing great. They heard the baby's heartbeat last week and announced their big news this week. She is feeling pretty rotten with morning sickness that lasts all day long, but they are delighted to be pregnant!

I told the kids that one of their aunts had a baby in her tummy and they guessed it was KIM!! I said no & they guessed Mandy next. They then proceeded to argue over who gets to play with Ben & who gets to play with the GIRL in Mandy's tummy. I thought that was pretty funny since at 11 weeks we have no clue if it will be a boy or a girl.


PAYBACKS

I remember when I was a kid really enjoying teasing my sister. The one thing that sticks out the most is when I used to call the teacher on Romper Room Miss Piggy instead of Miss Peggy. Mandy was a HUGE fan of Romper Room & would FREAK out at the name change of her idol Miss Peggy. Well, tonight Allie was discussing what she wanted to be for Halloween & she was saying she thought she'd be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Jake began saying "oh...you're going to be DORKY???" Allie was SOOOOO mad, which of course made Jake keep repeating it. I told him to leave her alone etc. He informed me that it is ALOT of fun to tease his sister. I had NO reply...he's right...it is fun to tease your sister!! Oh...by the way, she is going to be Belle from Beauty & the Beast now due to the teasing...I wonder what he'll change Belle to???

TUMBLING

Allie started her tumbling classes tonight. We took the summer off & decided to skip September too due to soccer. She had a great time tonight on the trampoline, balance beam & uneven bars. She has a new coach this year, we'll see how that works out. Her old coach was one tough cookie, which Miss Allie needs!