Potato Time Grandpa picked up the phone and called around. He wondered if anyone was interested in helping him dig up his potatoes ? He knew that everyone was busy. If they couldn’t come, he would just take his time or try for another day. . . sometime before …
It was an absolutely beautiful day. Olive and Maya found a strange rock in the water. It was crawling with bitsy living bugs. Somehow, in their young imaginations, they decided that the bugs were leaches and that they were going to grab onto them and not let …
Hey kids ! What do you think ? Tucker felt a little shy. Nevertheless, he had a dress-up in mind. Amazing color sense, I would say. Lydia is about to lose her hat after which she will lose her head, her pretty sweater and everything in …
The record isn’t complete without a few more dress-up moments. Lydia, Lydia. “Oh, wouldn’t the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at ?” -W.S. Gilbert- (I know some parents who would have grumbled if their children’s teeth had been knocked out.) …
Several hours later, we were still dressing up and pretending. The sun went down but I was snapping away until the last ray of light. Only they, the enraptured actors and actresses can tell you about their experiences. There is no doubt that they approached their dress-ups …
After the photo booth experience, I am afraid that there are several headless snakes slithering around the yard. Other snakes were likely shot right through with “plunger arrows”. This young lady has never seen a dinosaur in person. Ouch. I do love her “grandma kitchen smock”. It makes her look …
You Can Learn So Many Things Through a Camera Lens Poke’man is a foreign language and children are fluent. If left unsupervised, children will let the water out of any rubber pool. Most Poppers never pop. Grown-ups cry when they see F-35 jets fly overhead. Water is more fun when …
WHAT ELSE DID I SEE ? I saw a wonderful grandson who visited with everyone and put his phone in his pocket most of the time. I saw kindness and love among siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles. I saw careful driving although the pirate scarf kept inching down dangerously low over his …
HOURS OF SHADY AFTERNOON FUN This activity was worth its weight in gold. I made a lot of sidewalk paint in different colors and have to say that it was easy, easy easy. The proportion is one cup of corn starch to one cup of cold water. I added Wilton …
SCOOT ALONG NOW I am a fool not to buy stock in Dollar Tree. These stores have everything I need for fun and games. The grandchildren already knew about the scooters. They didn’t come from the dollar store. They said they had them in their classrooms. I bought plungers …
