Fantasy

She clutches the pretty pink box and stares at it's contents. Inside the box is a princess crown and other items of royalty for a princess. The items inside the box have been secured with wire. Each item has 10 feet of wire that is looped thru holes in the box, tied in knots and the steel ends twisted a thousand times. Grampy Santa always brings his Swiss army knife for these events.

I Gotta Go

Ethan wanted to come with me to walk Buddy. Then he wanted to bring the sled. Then he wanted to be pulled in the sled up the hills and then ride down the hills. He had a great time riding solo. After the first time of sitting down, he was ready to do stunts.

And then it happened. Wearing his fifty pounds of winter jacket, gloves, boots and sweater, he turns to me and says "I Gotta Go".

The Car Wash

We had to wash the road salt off of the car. I had him hold the spray gun and then I told him to pull the trigger. I wasn't prepared for what happened next. The water came out with such force that it spun him around. Then he started screaming and shouting Woot Woot! He was energized like a giant sugar rush. And went running and blasting the car with water. He was quite sad when the time expired and the water shut off. It was a man moment.

White Christmas

Some people dream of a white Christmas, some wish for it, but I have it. He wanted to go sledding down the hill, walk the golf course in the snow, track the footprints of animals left on the snow, guess which animals made the prints, roll down the hill, and slide down the hill on his bum.

Grampy learned that it isn't wise to to turn your back to a little boy that has snow in his hands.

Reading

Stories come alive when Grammy reads them. Characters and heroes are each carefully explained. The historical and geographical importance of places and things are carefully described.

Little minds are like sponges, they thirst for the water of knowledge.

Imagination

I see so many toys and games these days that are of the digital variety. Children only learn how to use these types of games and it seems that there is little room for a child to use their imagination. But if you can imagine a design for your train tracks and then build it, why then you have to show that off to Grampy.

Chocolate Covered Donut

What is better than having a chocolate covered donut with your friends? Mr Tickles is a very special Teddy Bear. A special friend that needs to be rewarded by a trip to the donut shop, just because, he is always there for you.

Rocky

At Porter Square, the steps to the subway descend at a 90 degree angle deep. So deep into the middle of the earth that you pass hobbits when you climb down. It is so steep and strenuous of a climb that a local martial arts class has their students put their jackets and shirts in a corner and go up and down the stairs for exercise.

Little Drummer Boy

He has a new drum set that he had to show me. He proudly sat down, picked up the drum sticks and started to play the drums and the cymbals. Suddenly, I remembered when my boys were playing guitars and drums, and the noise. I remember the kid next door who got a trumpet and would practice playing unstructured music out his window facing my house. But who really cares about the noise, it's all about the music.