Words from a 3 year old who knows his own mind
Posted: January 25, 2012 Filed under: Grandbaby!, Happy things 7 Comments »After having fun grinding salt and pepper over his mashed potatoes:
“I don’t like those, they are too tasty!”
While giving me a tour of their soon to be home, and his mom calls him because its time to leave:
“Can’t you see were talking here!”
I’m reading him a dinosaur story book, and he sees one of those flying bird dinosaurs:
“That’s a pterodactyl, a flying reptile.”
We are talking about dinosaurs, and I ask him if he would like me to make him a dinosaur quilt…
“Yes, and we can make a fort with it. Let’s do it right now, can we use this chair, Grandma?”
After refusing to give his Aunt Steph a hug and kiss goodbye, I ask him why he won’t:
“Because I’m too dirty, I need a bath to get nice and shiny again.”
Going down the basement steps with a flashlight in his hand, and Marlo, our dog, is following him:
Don’t worry Marlo, I’m your protector, I have a light.”
Caught during a stream of talk, going from one subject to another without a pause:
“I want a baby, Grandma. A real baby, not a fake one.”
After his dad warns him not to do something. His mom had just explained to him, a day or two before, that dad isn’t yelling at him… he just has a big strong voice that can, evidently, be a little scary:
“Daddy, we’ve talked about your voice before!”
If he said this once, he has said it a hundred times:
“I can do it myself!”
While him and I are sitting on the floor, putting together a puzzle, he looks at me with a big smile and says:
“Grandma, this is so fun. I love doing puzzles with you.”
Mr. C’s Handmade Castle
Posted: December 28, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby!, Happy things, Home and family, Jeff 5 Comments »Jeff started with a wooden crate and some mailing tubes…
Laid out the basic plan…..
Cut down the crate, notched the turrets, cut out a drawbridge(with an opening door, of course), made a circular stair case and painted the facade silver and black….
It was an immediate hit….he had lost interest in opening any other gifts!
We hope he will add his blocks made by Uncle John, and a whole new imaginary world will entertain him for years….
Scarewy Monstur!
Posted: October 31, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby! 5 Comments »
Hear the roar……RRRRAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
But not too scarewy……
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
A walk to the park
Posted: October 7, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby! 5 Comments »
The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives. ~Robert Brault,
Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don’t have the top for. ~Jerry Seinfeld
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. ~Frederick Douglass
Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. ~Jean de la Bruyere
Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it. ~Not Your Average Dictionary
We do love that boy!
Holiday weekend……
Posted: July 2, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby! 2 Comments »
We were scheduled to go up north….but here I am, home this weekend……for various reasons.
What a lovely week its been, weatherwise and eventwise….
A certain sweetie pie had a birthday party…..
He is blessed with many Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, friends who attended….and well stocked with toys for the summer!
Everybody had a blast, especially with the dollar store water shooters:
And silly string:
And what good would a birthday party be without a Buzz Lightyear pinata?
I was so proud of that little guy, he was so kind and sharing and took turns with all the other children all day long.
Now, back to this upcoming weekend…..
Yes, I’m here….let’s see how the weekend will take shape. I have plans to get much accomplished. But really plans are for naught…..but I’m gonna try….studio time….want to make the most of it!
Hello again, hello….
Posted: June 17, 2011 Filed under: Flower pins, Grandbaby!, Mosaics 4 Comments »Summertime….it makes me want to stitch-outside, in the shade, with the breeze and the birds singing….its been perfect this week just for that.
I’ve stitched some zipper pins:
And worked on mosaics one day with Kelly, Capri P, and Patrice. Patrice and I have resumed working on the mailbox mosaics and made excellent progress. I also worked on these mosaics this week:
And last but not least: We went out to dinner to celebrate TJ and Amber’s birthdays…..Mr. C had a root beer, with a couple of cherries. He ate those cherries quickly, and his mom asked the waitress if he could have a couple more. Ask and you shall receive:
Have a great weekend.
Snap
Posted: March 25, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby!, Mosaics 6 Comments »In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. ~Mark Twain
The sun was shining, the outdoors looked so inviting, but step out and it was freezing….gloves, hat and scarf necessary! It warmed up late in the afternoon, but by evening snowflakes were dancing down to earth.
Who would expect anything different in March.
Luckily, ha, I’m keeping busy enough to not go crazy with spring fever.
Yes, things like number crunching and taxes…..again, who would expect anything else in March!
And I had this little guy around, who really is a breath of springtime!
He was talking about the “big thunda”……another spring weather phenomenon we’ve experienced recently.
And, just saying, I made him pose with his face in this frame! The frame is just one from the pile of mosaics waiting for grout….outside in springtime weather!
Can spring be far away
Posted: March 17, 2011 Filed under: Flower pins, Grandbaby! 3 Comments »When the tractor comes out?
Along with the power washer:
And, of course….flowers in spring time hues:
A friend, Carolynne, who makes beautiful dolls….asked me to make some pins for her. I had so much fun making the flowers to surround her needle-sculpted faces…
Spring can’t be far away.
I kind of like that idea….just a little.
Time for a Grandma post…..
Posted: February 15, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby! 4 Comments »We had fun on Sunday….Mr C and his parents came over….the bean bag became his personal spaceship.
here he is yelling in his own little way, but very clearly…the words of Buzz Lightyear……
“To Infinity and Beyond!!!!!
He has a silly grin always ready for the camera….I think part squint to protect his eyes from the flash….
What a character!
Have a great day….
from the Grandmother of one darn cute and bright little man
Clean out week….
Posted: January 23, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby!, Home and family 2 Comments »Those 3 Salmon patties nobody wanted, 1/3 bag of frozen french fries, freezer burnt periogi, a can of fruit cocktail, a bag of frozen crystallized broccoli, two boxes of rice a roni, the dregs of the applesauce jar—all gone. Some eaten up, some too far gone to be consumed.
It took a group of 11 of us to complete this weeks goal of clearing out the freezers, pantry and refrigerator.
The family came over tonight for this meal:
Beef tenderloin*
Shrimp Cocktail*
Mushrooms and Onions
Baked Potatoes
Dill Pickles*
Squash*
Rolls*
Salad
Cherry Pie a la mode
****Starred items were hangers on from the past ???year???, the holiday celebrations, and from d’mama’s pantry, too. The beef was really, really good, despite the date on the label. I know you are thinking, how could she have let that meat stay in the freezer for so long. It needed a special occasion and a crowd that never transpired, until today. I used Pioneer Woman’s recipe for Roasted Tenderloin. Melt in your mouth!
We had fun evening. Seems one of the favorite things to do in our house after a family dinner is watch youtube videos on the tv. Tonight’s entertainment was 4 wheel drive jeeps and such rolling down mountains, or flipping over, or some similar thing. Everybody laughs, but mostly we enjoyed Colton’s reaction.
No photos taken tonight….
But this could have been taken today, or any other day he’s over. He sure does love his books! And I like reading to him, maybe just a little bit.
