Showing posts with label grandkids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grandkids. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Let them eat... marshmallows!

I had company on Monday and Tuesday. My favorite kind - grandkids and their parents! We shopped and ate and played and ate some more.

But the best moment was when Grampa lit his bonfire. The air filled with flames and smoke and bits of ash that made us feel like we were caught in a blazing blizzard in August. Then came the mouthwateringly yummy part...

Fire behind her, fire in front of her! What's a girl to do?
marshmallows! Toasty or black... gooey and sticky... on our fingers and chins and noses!

Isn't summer great?

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14

Monday, May 19, 2008

Making melody

It's hard to believe, but sometimes this 2 year old boy is naughty.


In an effort to stop that tendency, his mother has introduced him to the "time-out" - you know, sitting in a chair, all freedom ended for 5 minutes....

In his first ever time-out, Ikey bellowed his displeasure for all the neighborhood to hear. His mom and sisters continued their activities in the yard, ignoring his noise. When he realized no one was paying any attention, he stopped yelling and sat contemplating his plight.

Moments later, the nearby sisters and mommy stood in shocked silence as they heard the little "time-outer" sweetly singing Amazing Grace.

"Mom!" the oldest sister said, "He's just like Paul and Silas!" (See the full story in Acts 16:16-34)

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3:16