Posted in daughters, grandchildren, kids, life on May 15, 2008 | 16 Comments »
I have a big secret.
One that makes me a super/great/cool grandma, but a horrible/scoundrel mother.
This morning I picked up my grandson from pre-school. (No, this is not the horrible thing.)
I guess I should give a bit of background information. Audrey asked if I could possibly pick up William from pre-school.
I said, [...]
Posted in brothers, grandchildren, kids, life on April 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Run, Grandma, run.
Roll, Grandma, roll.
Faster. Faster.
No, these are not words from a primer or a “Dick and Jane” book.
These are my grandsons thinking that I, their Grandma, am oh… young and agile enough to run and roll and run and roll some more.
And how can I shatter their innocent little perceptions?
I can’t. [...]
Posted in contests, grandchildren, kids, lessons, life, pictures on April 1, 2008 | 15 Comments »
I had an epiphany of sorts last week.
Audrey’s oldest son, 3-year-old William, is getting very interested in letters and words. I happen to have a little sign hanging on my back door inside doorknob, and he was studying the words on it: In the Garden.
“What does this spell,” he asked.
I answered, “In the [...]
Posted in boys, grandchildren, life on March 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Let me tell you…
There is nothing in the world quite like being a grandmother.
Maybe being a princess. A queen. A fairy Godmother.
But I think even these “vocations” simply cannot compare.
Take last evening, for example. Audrey and her little family had traveled to visit her husband’s family in Pittsburgh for the [...]
Posted in Alexander, grandchildren on March 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »
… or more specifically, Daddy.
OK, I don’t think I can be described as a pushover or a sucker. Unless, of course, it has anything to do with my grandchildren.
I was even one of those pre-grandmother women who said, “How can grandkids be that different from our own kids?”
Well, they are.
Not the kids. But [...]
Posted in Triathlon, exercise, grandchildren, husbands on March 12, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I can hardly say Triathlon, never mind DO one.
But I am. Doing one, that is.
Well, a mini one. Or more technically, a “Sprint” Triathlon.
On the average, a Sprint Triathlon is about a half mile swim. A 10-15 mile bike ride. And then, to cap it off, a 5K run.
OK.
I am not [...]
Posted in Dancing, daughters, grandchildren, husbands on March 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This morning, Audrey and her little family came to Grandma and Pop-up’s (that’s what they call Grandpa) for breakfast.
And there are many “rules” to breakfast with three little guys, a pregnant mama and one hungry daddy.
First, the bacon must be already sizzling when they arrive. Audrey loves the sounds and aromas of bacon. It [...]
Posted in grandchildren, kids, language, lessons, life on January 7, 2008 | 9 Comments »
It’s been awhile since I’ve had to watch my language around children.
That’s not to say I’m adverse to swearing… in fact, my husband and I always encouraged in our children the art of seeing humor in colorful language - in the appropriate context, of course.
But with my grandkids at the age now that they’re veritable [...]
Posted in boys, grandchildren, work-at-home on December 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Originally posted on March 15, 2007… re-posting now while enjoying a winter vacation!
Ah… grandchildren!
Sophocles wrote, “Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.” And that being the case, then grandchildren are the little sailboats that take us to lands and places that we otherwise could never imagine!
Take today for instance. Audrey, Jane and [...]
Posted in Christmas, New England Mamas, dad, dogs, grandchildren, holiday, husbands, kids, life, memories, mom, pictures on November 16, 2007 | 9 Comments »
One of our holiday traditions used to be the family trek to the tree farm to pick out the Couto Family Christmas Tree.
We would usually go the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving, pick out the perfect tree, take turns cutting it down with our saw, and spend that evening decorating our fragrant, freshly cut evergreen.
The [...]
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