March Forth ~ Whoo boy... birthday ice cream, a book and a check from me, then off to testing at Taekwondo. He has on his backpack, a new 13-year-old birthday tee, and a slight, very slight, mustache. I say, "Hey, come here! Is that hair on your upper lip?" He answers proudly, "Yeah, and I have it … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2019
Birds and Bees
The Birds and the Bees ~ "Oma, you have to have a man and a woman to make a baby, right?" I think, “Why me, and why now?” My ten-year-old grandson can’t ask me questions like this when we’re alone? He wants to have a sex conversation with Miss Five-Year-Old Big-Ears sitting next to him in … [Read more...]
Just Plain Mean
Char Girl ~ I had my four-year-old granddaughter for the weekend. We’re making chocolate chip cookies and she begs to take over mixing the butter and flour. “I do it, I do it! Let me, let me!” After getting the cookies in the oven and cleaning up, as there was now batter everywhere, we put a load of … [Read more...]
Princess Imelda
Big Sur, California ~ Camping is everything I remember, which is a lot of work, kind of grubby, and not particularly comfortable. Other than my grandson having poison oak from stem to stern from his camping trip the week before and Princess Imelda having a meltdown because she had to wear her tennis … [Read more...]
Talk to the Hand
Different Strokes ~ The grandkids are here most Friday nights. Now that he's older, Satchel sleeps in the downstairs bedroom while Temple still sleeps with me. She wants a Taser for her birthday. Here's the difference between these two... He was three the first time he spent the night (she was not … [Read more...]