Surprise!

Grandma Cathie and Grandpa Jim flew in today to spend some QT with Eli and Maddux. We opted to not tell the kids about this beforehand, though it was hard to keep the secret. They arrived around the time the kids went down for a nap, so Lehr concocted a plan for them to surprise Eli after his nap. (Maddux hasn't seen Grandpa Jim since June, so we opted to not 'scare' her with a surprise.) While we changed Eli back into his non-nap clothes, I pretended to hear Eli's pretend phone ring. Then I picked it up and talked to Grandpa Jim for a second before handing the phone to Eli. When Eli talked, Grandpa Jim answered, from just outside of Eli's door. Eli got all excited, but he didn't run into the hall....I think the whole thing kinda confused him. Nonetheless, he jumped up and down about 100 times in the first two minutes of seeing both grandparents. Maddux took a few minutes longer to warm up which wasn't surprising considering we woke her up from a deep sleep. We went to our favorite Chinese restaurant for dinner (where the owner/manager/head waitress showed Maddie the special attention she always does), and then we drove by a nearby house with amazing Christmas lights. Both kids were excited to visit it again and they ran around showing Grandpa Jim and Grandma Cathie all of their favorite aspects. I think Eli asked my mom and dad 50 times tonight, "Are you gonna sweep here tonight and be here tomorrow? OHHHH...that sounds like a good dee-ah (idea)!!"