Sunday, March 30, 2008
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Giggly grandgirls
Our two youngest granddaughters, along with their parents, came to see us last weekend, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Here is a picture, right, of the 9-year old throwing me a frisbee.
These pictures were taken at dusk with no flash and at a distance far enough away to catch whatever action might happen, but they are seen through the eyes of love, so they are perfect, no matter what anybody else might think.
This one, left, is of the 6-year old kicking a beach-ball, or trying to.I would ask whether these are the cutest granddaughters anyone ever had, but the answer to that is obvious, so I won't even ask.
This one, right, is of my son-in-law doing a fake-pass-off
before throwing the thingee to the girls waiting in the background. Athletic is one of his many talents. Cooking is another, as his Xanga site will attest (signin lock in effect).
But his best talent is being a good husband and making sweet grandbabies.
Of course, we did stuff other than play in the back yard. One favorite was eating. Here is the group, left, eating mystery waffles on Saturday morning. The group includes the grandkids' parents, middle, and our son and his new bride, left. Mystery waffles are a family tradition going back 30 years or more. Mystery -- referring to putting ingredients in that they wouldn't eat if they knew ahead of time what it was. Like, pecans. Trick 'em to eat it and discover they like it, before you tell 'em what it is -- is my rule of cooking.
Another tradition repeated was -- hold the little kid on your knee and recite the little ditty -- "ride a horsey, ride a horsey, down to London town, watch out, little girl, doncha fall down," as you pretend to drop the precious cargo off your lap.
Except my son remembers it a little different -- "Ride a horsey, ride a horsey, down to London town; Ride a horsey, ride a horsey, hope you don't fall down." I will depend on the reader to judge between him and me as to which is correct. He's only 33; I'm really surprised he's forgotten something that important already.
But as proof of how silly this uncle was with the grandgirls, I have this video to show. I don't know where he got such silliness from. Tickling these defenseless girls so much, and making them giggle. Shame on him. I thought I raised him better than this.
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@bearnlbk - Well, there are certain things that would not be credible to say in print, but are quite obvious when you post a picture for all the world to see, whether they believe their own eyes or not.
Imagine the look on your face if the tree had taken the hand-off!
@HaigLaw - what are you talking about Dave? Sometimes the trees do. At least my Magnolias do.
El C.
well, i was thinking it was time to change the frozen winter scene, but what's with the big black spider?!
@anchorpoet - It was the only black background showing for a change and I was due for a change. I could not see what the contents were from the thumbnail.
@anchorpoet - You like the pier on the lake better?
Not feeling well; got the runs.
yes, i like the lake scene better. the other may be TMI for a xanga post!
Hello Grampa David,
You worked hard to make your site simple yet elegant. The pictures are a nice touch. I see that you have a wide variety of observations here!
I want to help people to really get to know know God and His plans for us, especially in these troubled times.44 "And in the days of those kingsthe God of heaven will set upa kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever." (Daniel 2:44) (ESV)
I like to write articles about God and religion on my site. I hope you get a chance to look at them.