Copy Cats

I remember when we lived up north and I had three little girls. My oldest was only 2 and she didn't like dogs at all. They scared her to death. She had bad nightmares about them. We would reassure her all the time that she was OK and it was just a dream. There was a dog that lived next door so my husband would often yell out the door for the dog to be quiet. One day the dog barked incessantly so my husband once again opened the patio door and yelled "Shut Up You Dirty Beggar". Our two year old opened the door and yelled "Shut-Up You Dirty Beggar" in her little 2 year old voice. I was horrified. I didn't think someone so small could have possible immate that one. It goes to show you how much they listen. Shame on us.

Where Has Time Gone

You know that someday you will have children who grow and become mothers and fathers themselves. I am happy that that has happened to me because I enjoy my grandchildren, but sometimes I look around and wonder where did the time go. Things change before you are ready for them too. I remember when my first daughter got married and she was a little bit frustrated because she felt like the family didn't miss her. Trust me that was the farthest thing from the truth, we missed her more than we could express, but we didn't want her to feel like we were infringing on her and her new husbands territory, so we stayed out of her way. Trust me we tried to be there when we were needed and we would liked to have been there more, but certain things didn't permit that. Now time continues to go by and my daughter finds herself with a daughter that is almost 8 before she turns around she will be married and on her own. If I could express one thing to all of my children that would be love them. They are so precious and so fun to be with. Take the opportunity to love to watch them grow. Count everyday a true blessing. Because trust me it is.

My Son

I had the privilege of having 2 sons. I wish I could have had more but it wasn't in the works. One of my sons is in Russia right now. My sister happen to take some pictures at my 2nd daughters wedding which happened about 9 years ago. It is fun to look back and see how much my children have changed over the years. But I have to laugh when I see my second son in these pictures because he hasn't changed a bit. He just looks taller. As a matter of fact in the pictures he just looks like a miniature of who he is now. What a great sight to see him so little and yet the same when he is big. It is the same in his everyday life. He has always been the strong silent type even when he was little. You can count on him to listen alot but never pass any judgement or any information to another. An amazing quality. One I wish we could learn from.

Happy Days

I have heard lately that I concentrate a little to much on my grandchildren and not my children. It is just that being a grandmother is so fun. A lot of things I see in my grand children are the same things that my children use to do. I just can't remember that far back. But one of the highlights of my life in December was attending my oldest daughters wedding. I knew when she got married I would be pretty emotional, and that is because she was 32 before that great day came about. She got a fantastic young man who truly loves her and that is all a mother can ask for. She was my first and thus my training daughter. She trained me to be a mother. I wasn't perfect but I did the best I could. So I am just extremely grateful that through all of my children's patience I can rejoice in being a better grandmother than I was a mother.

Princess Castle

My granddaughter is using her tent for her Castle. She says that she needs to get her dress-ups so we can go in the castle. But of course first she needs to hand them up. It is fun to see all the clothes she tries to hang up. She is getting good at it. Won't her mom be proud if she keeps it up when she is a teenager. I know that I am always on my teenagers backs to get their stuff picked up. I am sorry I have to leave this blog because now we are going to get dressed up, of course first we have to find our jewelry so that we can go to the ball and dance with the prince. We are going to dance now, all in the imagination and the phone. Sometimes grand kids can be our highlight of the day.

Granddaughter

My granddaughter is on the phone with me again. She is building a tent. She says that it keeps falling down. So I told her to get kitchen chairs to help support it. So she did and is so exciting and says that that works. She asked to speak to her grandfather so I tell her that he is busy cracking walnuts that came off the tree. She says that is good because your tummy likes them. They are so good for the tummy. I think she is right because I know that nuts are good for you. Such a fun little girl.

Snow Snow Snow

We are happy for the snow it makes life interesting. When you drive you slide everywhere. (We have a rear wheel drive car) If you need to go anywhere you find it very slippery and easy to fall. You can't see sometimes because it is coming down so fast. If you want to go up a hill you had better watch out because you may not make it. But there is a lot of fun in snow as well, my children love snowball fights as long as there aren't extremely accurate people throwing the snowballs. They love to build snowmen. A few days ago they decided to build a snowman that represented a family member that is out of the country. It was pretty funny. They tried to duplicate everything about this person. The brown hair, blue eyes, nice mouth even his clothes, but when it came to the nose that was a bit different they used a large carrot. For some reason a small one wasn't available. Lets just say I think this person would laugh a lot if they could only see their replica.