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Got the root beers in the fridge
Buffalo wings ready for the oven
Nacho fixings lined up
Pregame show is running in the corner of the living room

This is the first time I get to watch a superbowl live without having to stay up till 1am.

With 2 little superfans to help me out.

My Mum has been here with us for the last 3 weeks, she leaves tomorrow and we are all so sad that Granny is going.

Mum and I flew over together after Dads memorial service (more on that another time) and so Mum has had 3 uninterrupted weeks where she has been able to spend all day every day with her first 2 grandchildren.

I think both she and Melissa have been surprised with how natural and easy their time together has been, the dynamic of a family really changes once little gremlins arrive. Mum and Melissa have been getting steadily closer over the years but that has been drastically accelerated by the arrival of the tiny gang so now the two most important women in my life find themselves firmly on the same team, sometimes this is to my detriment as they gang up to make sure I at all times know what I should be doing and how.

It hasn’t been the most activity filled trip for mum, especially as I had to be away for work for about half the time but she has got to see a bit of Colorado, a bit of the West in general and most importantly be part of the babies days for nearly 1/7th of their lives to date.

Highlights include:

Taking the babies to Bass Pro for the first time to look at all the fish and animals (while daddy did some shopping)
Driving to and from Idaho, the babies were very good on the drives despite their previous aversion to it.
Nearly a week with Grandma and Grandpa Young in Soda Springs getting a feel for the place and firming up friendships.
The weekly fun trips to baby gym for some fun alternative play.
Some top quality shopping.
Generally feeling like a celebrity gran whenever she is anywhere pushing the babies around, so many people want to comment on the bubblies and congratulate the proud twin granny.

Now it is time for her to go back home and Granny will be missed, her cheerful loving presence and her helping hands with the babies will make the house seem empty without her and I am sure the little ones will miss all the extra cuddles that come with Granny.

By the next time she sees them in July they will be mobile and very different, it is only 5 months away but they are changing so fast as they become little people, but we have hooked up the webcam so she can tune in from Lochmaddy.

Thanks Mum, come back as soon as you can.