I got to babysit my youngest grandchild yesterday. He is growing so fast, 15 mons. already. He's always so shy, and leary of seeing me, at first, as we don't connect every day, and likes to give me the impression he's afraid of me, and doesn't know who I am. That's OK, as I know that after his initial whining, and clinging to Mama, he gets down, and runs to his toys. Then he gives you this "good morning" smile. All is well from then on. He sees me drinking my coffee, and puts his hands up. "Are you thirsy, little man?" He runs to one of the lower cabinets, and pulls out his sippy cup, and hands it to me. After having his fill of juice, he goes back to the cupboard, and starts pulling out all the plastic cups, and starts pulling them apart. Then he picks up each one and starts putting them together one at a time. He concentrates so hard, and he repeats this over and over, as if he's doing it for the first time. I sit and watch, sometimes helping him stack the cups, and he gives me this brillant smile, as if to say, isn't this fun? I'm reminded about two little girls of my own, Shar & Chris. They loved to get into cupboards, banging pots and pans together, so I finally put all my Tupperware and plastic containers in one cupboard just so they could take them all out and play with them. Then he's off to another room, opening drawers, pulling pillows off the couch, aall the time, laughing. Such happiness in such simple things, but he is learning about his world as he goes. Such joy for me to watch him.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Busy Boy
I got to babysit my youngest grandchild yesterday. He is growing so fast, 15 mons. already. He's always so shy, and leary of seeing me, at first, as we don't connect every day, and likes to give me the impression he's afraid of me, and doesn't know who I am. That's OK, as I know that after his initial whining, and clinging to Mama, he gets down, and runs to his toys. Then he gives you this "good morning" smile. All is well from then on. He sees me drinking my coffee, and puts his hands up. "Are you thirsy, little man?" He runs to one of the lower cabinets, and pulls out his sippy cup, and hands it to me. After having his fill of juice, he goes back to the cupboard, and starts pulling out all the plastic cups, and starts pulling them apart. Then he picks up each one and starts putting them together one at a time. He concentrates so hard, and he repeats this over and over, as if he's doing it for the first time. I sit and watch, sometimes helping him stack the cups, and he gives me this brillant smile, as if to say, isn't this fun? I'm reminded about two little girls of my own, Shar & Chris. They loved to get into cupboards, banging pots and pans together, so I finally put all my Tupperware and plastic containers in one cupboard just so they could take them all out and play with them. Then he's off to another room, opening drawers, pulling pillows off the couch, aall the time, laughing. Such happiness in such simple things, but he is learning about his world as he goes. Such joy for me to watch him.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Crab Heaven
Best crabs he has had in a long time. Mediums,and only one bad one of the bunch. I opted for crab cakes, good, but not as good as I like, needed more crabmeat in them.
Pictures to remember
Funny how we came across this shop in Melbourne. Perfect name for a coffee shop, wouldn't you say?
Reflections of a Florida Vacation
Just came back from visiting ET's sis, Mar and hubby, Fred, in Florida. Besides ET, and me, Steve and Kory went, too. Talk about a change in weather-sweatshirt and jeans when leaving home in the 40's, and shorts and tank top when arriving in Orlando to hot, humid 90's. Recognized Mar's house right away as it was the only brightly painted one in a development of pastels. Very nice place, with screened-in pool and patio in the back. We hung out there morning and night, swimming, eating, talking, talking, talking...why is it when brothers and sisters get together, their childhood is disected, and analyzed. Life was hard for them, but somehow they have got stuck in remembering only the negatives, and what this and that one did, and not letting the bad stuff go, and just to focus on the happier times. E didn't stay for much of the "discussions", as he has let go of all that stuff, and I was getting antsy after only one day of it. Let's go for a walk, a swim, read, eat??? We did go to Cocoa Beach, a town festival in Melbourne, Crab Heaven for delicious Maryland crabs, and Carabba's for great Italian food and service. And to just dream, we spent one full day visiting all the new models homes that were going up in the area, and deciding what layouts we all liked, and where we'd like to live IF we ever wanted to live in Fla.
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