A little worried. dd19 is babysitting ds' children and having some kind of trouble. I only called because it seems late. She says there's no time to talk to me and is handling it herself, with calls to her brother. Doesn't sound good, though, at 3 hours past their bedtimes. She says she will just have to call me back and I hear a forced calm in her whispers. No children sounds. i know that someone would ask us to go over there if we could help. Hmmm... ... Isn't it hard to let go... ..
Okay, just a middle of the night laundry crisis for toddlerC, with tragic tears over the wet mattress, an awakened brother, and dd breaking the bad news that Daddy says bath. (smile) Nothing an old hand at baby-sitting couldn't handle. Except next time she could tell her mother a few more calming words.