Category Archives: grandchildren

Sep14

organization.

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to do list – style a:

play with the ponies 1.

pack the cars. 2.

go to bed 3.

get in the car to go on vacation 4.

do fun things 5. 

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a major contrast in approaches

both with the same desired outcome

two grandies

each with their own

style of list

and

way of getting ready 

and

organizing things

to go on a trip.

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to do list – style b:

(loose translation):

‘go around and around in a twisty circle and get some stuff done

and not some other stuff and then hide for a while

and eat something you find outside

and then get in the car to go on vacation and do fun things.’

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(i am more of a ‘b-list style’ of organizer. what about you – a or b?)

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“the process and organization leading up to cooking the egg

can tell you a lot about the cook.”

-david chang

Mar27

today was good. today was fun. tomorrow is another one. – dr. seuss

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– sure signs of a fun spring birthday celebration for baby v-

Dec15

“christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ” ― norman vincent peale

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that moment when baby j feels the magic.

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christmas isn’t a season. it’s a feeling.

– edna ferber

 

Nov12

will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. – saint augustine

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the tiniest riders

babies r and v

numbers 16 and 8

get ready for their show

and then

with no fear

and great excitement

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off they go

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on their trusted steeds

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and home again safely

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with  blue ribbons

and happy hearts

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care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse.
– danish proverb

Oct12

“children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” – john w. whitehead

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first sleepover

at peaches’ cottage

for

babies b and j

and

we are

making

shadow puppets

on the wall

and

there is

a

feeling

of

magical electricity

in the air

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deep meaning lies often in childish play. ~johann friedrich von schiller



Aug5

“now let it work. mischief, thou art afoot. take thou what course thou wilt.” ― william shakespeare

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someone stopped by

for a bit of mischief

fairy dust

roses

glue

glitter paint

not a clue

who could have done this

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luckily

these three

baby r, baby v, nacho the cat

all had gone inside

the cottage

just

minutes before

i wonder

if they saw anyone

or

know anything

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“they were becoming like a little mafia. if one committed a mischief, the others would not tell.”
– franco diligenti

Jul27

in summer, the song sings itself. ~ william carlos williams

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climbing the apple trees

flying kites

chasing fireflies

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sending messages in a bottle

wandering through the library

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playing big games

losing shoes

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baking cupcakes

reading books

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so many surprises

walking everywhere

finding clues

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making costumes

singing made-up songs

talking into the sewer to invite the ninja turtles to a party

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meeting the people all around

making up and telling stories

robots and legos

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dancing like centipedes

playing in and out and around the water

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sand in your pants

 tunnels and giant ants

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making a palace for the fairies to move into

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big, big messes

cardboard forts

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cousins, cats, dogs, goats, bunnies, lobsters, frogs, fish

and more family of all kinds

and becoming part of the art

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you are six shooting stars on a shining summer’s day.

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yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun. –
john lennon

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dedicated with love to all of the little stars who make my life so big

and all of my seasons so bright –

peaches 

Jul24

nobody’s free until everybody’s free. – fannie lou hammer

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found these two down the street

guess the price was too high

even with

that stripy, ratty love seat

thrown in as a bonus.

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he who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.

– henri matisse 

Jul21

little boys should never be sent to bed. they always wake up a day older. – peter pan

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spending the weekend with grand baby joeys, f and m,

(who have a look of mischief in their eyes like the vintage lads above)

while their mom is away with friends

and it’s so very different

from time spent with our girl babies

yet every moment is equally exciting

in its very own way

where going swimming in a pool

counts as a bath

and waking up in bathing suits

makes us ready

for another day’s adventure

and it’s all about

perpetual motion

and peeing

and rocks

and bugs

and ghost tales

and staying up late

and everything is sticky

and wet

and dirty

and it is a delight.

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boys are found everywhere – on top of, underneath, inside of,
 climbing on, 

swinging from, 
running around, or jumping to.

– alan marshall beck

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