One thing I loved was that when I hung out with Rose the other day, it was for as long of a time as possible. We all left it up to Rose (or bedtime).
She texted in the morning, she was dressed and waiting at 7am! Nice to be five minutes away.
I picked her up, right away she chose what we would have for supper. The whole day fell together bit by bit. We had breakfast, we shopped. We painted, we watched a show, we played cards, we did a craft that we saw on Pinterest, we made cucumber sandwiches and tea for lunch. She wrote a whole story about the giant swan painting that was at the moment overpowering my living room. She decided we needed to make an activity basket.
We met Grandpa G at storage. Rose picked out a few things and wanted to see the outfit I wore as a baby. In the box, we also found a necklace I wore at her age, I found a necklace that was given to me when I was four. We wore our new (old) necklaces home.
After our BLTs, G insisted on gelato. We luckily returned her home in plenty of time.
When the kids were little I would happily babysit for hours, we kept so busy, the time always flew by.
I love that we had to put the T next to our first names
Oh the open ended time to hang out with my favorite people. It’s the same with my daughter’s kids and my other son’s three year old. When I’m there, rules and lunch hours are flexible. Grown ups get time to get some things done, kids and I get to have fun. It’s a positive gift to get this open ended time with these guys.
Time is short. You blink and they grow up. I’m utterly thankful for every moment I get to spend with my grands!
Peace Kit 