The "List"

Last week my mother the bargain hunter actually found decently priced tickets to Germany. So she, my sister and my nephew are flying over in March for a week. This will be especially fun for me as I've never met my nephew as he was born just a few weeks after we moved here. And then there's my sister...she's my best friend and it's hard to be so far away from her. Thank GOD for free long distance phone calls! But I digress...

Tyler and Meghan were thrilled when Leslie called them to say she was coming. So they immediately sat down and started making a list of everything they want to do while Grandma and Aunt Leslie are here. They were so engrossed in this project that they almost missed the bus that morning. They finished it that night. I've been asked to post the list on my blog, which I am doing with authentic spelling. Meghan was writing so fast she never bothered to ask me how to spell words she wasn't quite sure of. Things that need clarifying I will post next to it with an asterik. So here goes (um, you might want to get a cup of coffee or something now. It's long.):

Go to the new pool
Get ice cream
Go to Yabadoo *Indoor play place. Just the kind of place my mom AVOIDS.
cook cupcakes or cookies
play the Wii
Go to Castles
Shopping for Webkinz on Amazon
Surprise party for mom and dad *How sweet...
Go the the power zone for movies
Achmed the dead terrorist on youtube *I'm assuming they want my mom to see this. It is hysterically funny...
Go skating
Go to Disney land
Go to the food court
play with Eathen *Ethan
Go to Garmich *Garmisch
Go exploring
Go to the movie theater
play with Mellie
Go to the commissary *because that's what my mom wants to do on vacation..go grocery shopping!
make smoothies
Go bowling
go to Kidzone *a chuck e cheese type place on base. Also something Judith avoids like the plague
listen to music
take me to school (Meghan)
scrapbook
Go on walks
Make bracelets
make oven mits
make knitting creaturs
play with clay *from the last few, can you tell she wants to play with all her craft kits she has stashed in her room?
Go play at the soccor field
Go to the BX
Go look at close *clothes
Go look at shoes *she forgets that my mom doesn't like to shop...
make dinner from my cookbook
go to the etkah *Edeka, a small market near our house
go to the Bistro *ice cream parlor in our village
go to parks
go to the creak *creek
feed the birds
look for scrapbooks
Run at the track *Tyler's addition
Visit Meghan's school
Visit Tyler's school

So that's it. If anyone has any extra No-Doz, caffeine pills, SPEED, anything for my mom and sister to make it through the week that my kids have planned, you have until 23 March to get it to them.

For the record, I LOVE the Disneyland idea. It's 4 hours down the road and what fun would that be for me, Aunt Laura,to take Ethan to his first Disney trip! It's been vetoed, however. I will settle for spoiling him rotten while he's here, stuffing him full of McDonalds french fries and chocolate shakes. And whatever else his adorable little heart desires. That's an Aunt's perrogative, right? I think so...