Cross-Generational Hilarity
This short video encapsulates cross-generational hilarity. My granddaughter asked me to play "scream and laugh" and make a movie out of it with my cell phone. She insisted we practice…
Scoots ‘n Sounds
This is how a 22 month old granddaughter sees her Grandma Boom when we are scooting down the steps making funny sounds together. Neither one of us may remember this…
Kids Building Relationships
Love is obvious with these siblings, three years apart, at spontaneous moments like this at a waterpark only moments after having some rivalry over water buckets. Even though they have…
Soccer Camp
"You aren't going on the right road, Grandma Boom!" "Yes, Grayson, this road will get us to soccer camp." "There are two roads to get there and this isn't one…
Sibling Traffic Jam!
It's one of the reasons siblings are so important to each other. They get to work through all kinds of jams and go forward with practice in developing relationships. Peers,…
An A for Understanding
Grayson gets an A for understanding what a lie does to one's own body! Human beings experiment with lying. Imagine FEELING this object. It is my 3D version of what…
Priorities and Messes with young ones
This morning Claire's mom took Claire for her first swim lesson. I had to go watch. When finished, Miss Claire insisted on hugging me fresh out of the pool. Hence,…
Play with children…be happy together!
Grandie, Claire, was excitedly happy to climb up on me and keep me in tow to her lively interactions, wanting to play and play and play. Thank you, Miss Claire,…
Simple Answers to Deep Questions
"I don't see heaven even in the distance, Grandma." What a precious statement from a four year old who has obviously been thinking about life and death, where his dog…