The recent success stories spurred me onward. Just one more quick and easy project I thought. Note that there was a lot of
Category: grandchild
Time to spare
I even have time to spare with the
The Best Part
I liked work Monday’s for several reasons but for the last few months they haven’t been my favorite. Not so this Monday when we did an impromptu adventure to the Children’s Festival.
Her little brother was there but spent most of his time in the stroller. When he was out I forgot to capture his cute little face probably because I was too busy kissing those adorable cheeks!
We left there and hit the pet food/garden center. It’s always good to have help! Although after she was packed in her car seat with momma and I reviewed my list I had to go back into the store!
Monday was all about new experiences while today was about being a home body. That meant a little playtime at momma’s house in the morning. Songs, snuggles and giggles galore from the not so little Little one.
Then A came home with me; 24 hours of fun and games! We baked, play dough created, vacuumed, played with Fisher Price vintage toys, “played” buttons while Nan sewed on her challenge, watered plants, rode bike (with a solid crash) and played with the digger.
This is the very best of semi retirement; the week book cased with precious grandchild time. I am so blessed that they live close by and that both parents are happy to let us be so involved. This is probably the biggest reason that I choice to retire from full time at 60. In 5 years A will be in 7 and in school full time while Little Baby C will be nearly ready for kindergarten. This time now is so precious.
Bernie
The Sum of Me
This one comes as a bit of a shocker to me. I had not anticipated how much I was going to
Pa’s Castaway
It started as a simple concept a while ago and has branched out considerably. It might even go
Tired Boots
With an early morning to
A Local Encounter
I stood up quickly, self consciously caught in the act. I felt the
Arts & Crafts with Baby C
Armed with one round of experience in the Arts and Crafts Time we struck out again. It’s a time sensitive project that will, like a lot of our end results, be treasured for years. This though is not a building project but rather an arts and crafts creation.
Baby C is now 8 weeks old and so it was time to do his footprints. We had left over supplies from doing the Little A’s when she was a bambino. Her she is “helping” us organize them!
One never ends up with a happy baby with their feet squished in plaster but it’s worth a few minutes worth of tears!
Just over 2 years since we did her footprints. She seemed to be in a bit of disbelief that these were her little feet. Now they are these long slender feet that her momma inherited from her gramma.
The finished product makes my heart fill with joy whenever I glance upon it. So blessed and so grateful and very pleased that their parents were ok with me to share the photos.
Bernie
Still Running
I can say that certain traits haven’t changed much in the
Just One More
I keep telling myself I’ll take just one more but somehow it’s too easy to keep going. So now, despite eating up blog space, I must share the best of the them.
This seems to have been a once in a lifetime
