Overstretched, 2 grandkids, 24 hrs straight!

We overstretched ourselves this past weekend. The title above should suffice.
Love the kids, but managing their wall-to-wall energies and need to play for 24 hours straight is a stretch. We always agree that we will not do that again, and then later end up agreeing to do it, to give adult children a respite.
Don’t know how daughter does it: demanding career, two small ones, etc. So we try to help out when we can. Janette is on call for a sick child day care, and last week it happened three days. I help as much as I can. They both love to play with "Poppy," but I do not have the patience that she does.
Still what a blessing to have them so near, about 15 minutes away that we can frequently enjoy them. We often watch the bird feeders here with them and sometimes chase away the squirrels, as they have another feeding place, but won’t stay away from bird feeder. Long weekend needed and restful. Coordinating new web logs, trying to move from Dial-up to DSL.
Is all of Life a kind of Upgrading? A stretch for loving? Maybe trying to grow us bigger hearts?