last minute visit to the grandparents

Jul 02

Posted by: Rachel in: blog, caleb isaiah, family, just another day in paradise, memories, parenting, ramblings

Caleb and I are at my parents’ house in Virginia. My dad has the week off and was quite anxious to see Caleb, as was my mom. We decided sort of last minute yesterday that we would come up here for a short visit. Scott and I have been planning to take him to a local fireworks/4th celebration at a lake, so we are squeezing our trip in between.

We’re heading to their children’s museum here tomorrow, which from the website, looks pretty cool. We brought a tray of car cakes with us to decorate. I found a pretty big variety of red white and blue things to decorate them, so I hope they turn out well. We baked them last minute last night, and wouldn’t you know, since we were pushed for time, the recipe flopped. I don’t know what happened but they stuck to the pan. Several broke coming out. What a disappointment! Better now than his birthday though. I was so pushed for time then!

Anyway, more on yesterday’s library experience. When I got home, despite being not okay with it, I had this nagging feeling that maybe something wasn’t quite right with the guy. It was one of those situations where you really just don’t know. So Scott and I got to talking about it again and he asked for the library’s phone number. He called on his work phone, we were on our personal cell phones, so I could hear his part of the conversation. He just explained that we had a bit of an incident and wanted to find out if there was more to it or was this guy doing something he shouldn’t be doing. As it turns out, he is special needs. Like I said it was one of those times when you really can’t tell, just something seemed a bit quirky. Anyway, Scott told the librarian that he understood, it wasn’t a problem, but we just weren’t sure what was going on. The librarian said he was sweet as he could be, but he thought if a parent was getting separated from a child, that wasn’t good. Anyway, it was sort of a relief to have a better understanding, and I’m glad now that I was speechless when it occurred. It was just another reminder for me, not to be so quick in passing judgment. Not that you shouldn’t still be cautious (read Julie’s comment, sick), but you never know what someone’s situation may be.