Younger Folks

Patty · August 27, 2007, 01:05:34 PM

Our grandson stops in for office visits now and then. Here we are at his 8 week birthday celebration.

sawguy21 · August 27, 2007, 11:39:27 PM

Phorester, that is funny. :D :D :D :D :D

Roxie · August 30, 2007, 10:17:05 AM

Patty, that's a great picture! What a cutie! 8)

Bibbyman · September 11, 2007, 09:35:25 PM

Idle hands are the devil's workshop – so I've been told. So the girls are kept pretty busy. They've got some chores to do and they get in some play time. But I can always find some way they can help out. One way is that when we have logs on the lot that need measuring and marking, I get one or both of the girls involved. Brooke has taken a real interest and can tell you the name of most ever log that comes in. She can even identify some of the sub species of the red oak family.

Anyway, this evening was the first evening in quite some time when the temperature was actually pleasant outside. I went up to the log lot and set there waiting for the girls to walk home from Granny's house where they get off the bus. I had the tape measure and paint can ready to mark the 44 logs we'd got in that morning.

I waited and waited. They were a little late but sometimes they just enjoy the walk. Finally I saw them coming about 100 yards up the road. They had made up a song and choreographed a dance routine. I can't remember the words and I can't describe the dance but it was something like Lavern and Shirley did on the beginning of every show. They'd practice their lines and steps and then stop and discuss their performance and decide on modifications and then repeat the song and dance. In this manner they progressed down the road about 20 feet at a time.

I was in plain site, seated on the end of a 14' log that's other end reached the road edge. I watched as the girls sang and danced right on by me. I let them get to the end point and let of a great roar like a bear. Both screamed. Alex jumped three feet in the air and landed facing me – then quickly turned to run but then realized it was just me.

They helped me with the log marking and measuring and then went to the house to show Grandma and their dad the song and dance they made up.

It'd sure be fun to be a kid again. :

Dave Shepard · September 11, 2007, 10:51:18 PM

Even grampa can get into some mischief when his hands are idle, eh? :D :D

Dave

sawguy21 · September 12, 2007, 10:47:31 AM

How did you ~~bribe~~ talk them into helping you after that prank? :D :D

KarenKae · September 12, 2007, 04:25:49 PM

My daughter will be 33 on October 2 and we are going to Durango, Colorado for her birthday.
Her father ran off with another woman when she was only 14 months old so I raised her alone.
We had lots of ups and downs, being a single working mom was tough, but the greatest thing my daughter did for me happened only a couple of years ago.
I was single for over 20 years; things for me and men just never seemed to work out, but then, on my birthday in 1998, I met Tom. A red haired gentle giant of a man with quiet ways. After we got married, Christie came to visit us here in the Ozarks and we all went down to the Buffalo River to get in some float time.
Tom had gone to the tire place and explained his NEW step daughter was coming and we didn't have money for those fancy floats so could he get an old tire tube patched and aired so she could float on the Buffalo? They fixed him up with a couple of old patched truck tubes that would work pretty well.
Christie was floating in her tube and having a grand time, when she suddenly came up behind Tom in the river, threw her arms around his neck and said " Thank you, Daddy, this is loads of fun!"
WELL.. he blushed completely red, but managed to say, " No problem, honey".
They are as close today as a Daddy and Daughter could be.

Bro. Noble · September 12, 2007, 04:40:10 PM

You gonna ride the Choo-Choo?

KarenKae · September 12, 2007, 04:42:27 PM

What choochoo.??? I've never been to Durango.

Bro. Noble · September 12, 2007, 04:56:56 PM

The Silverton to Durango Steam Locomotive. It's an old minimg train that goes over the original railway. There's some fantastic scenery there whether you drive or take the train. I'd sure ride it if I were going there. I sure wish I'd ridden the train that used to run from your local to Calico Rock. We'd always planned to and then they shut it down :( I love train rides. My favorite is the Georgetown Loop which is also in Colorado. It's short, but really nice. ;D

KarenKae · September 12, 2007, 05:09:48 PM

Ohh.. I'll have to ask my daughter about that. We will be there a week, so we should have the time. We had planned to "Pan" for gold and go see the Mesa Verde. Mostly, I just want to visit her and her COOKING!... there goes my weight loss plan! I'll have to start over when I get back :D

asy · September 12, 2007, 06:13:26 PM

KK, what a lovely story!

My daughter has elected not to go to her father's house any more, since they argue and she's not happy there. I kept trying to talk her into going, because whatever my problems with him, they aren't hers and I felt she should have a relationship with him. One day she sat me down and said "Look Mum, stop trying to talk me into going there. I don't want to. I have enough 'father's' in my life that I love and that make me feel safe and happy, I don't want him at the moment.". I told her that was fine, I'd stop pushing, but, I also told her the only thing I was putting my foot down about was that she wasn't allowed to 'burn her bridges' in case she did want a relationship with him one day... She's happy now, and much more settled. Even her school principal has noticed!

But, that said, She and Andrew, my partner, could NOT be closer if they were, in fact, Father and Daughter. Also, Andrew's cousin, Mark, is like a second alter-father-figure to the kids, he adores them, and they him.

It's a great thing when your kids are loved isn't it?

asy :D

sawguy21 · September 12, 2007, 11:13:06 PM

KK and asy, that is great. 8) I do not have children but established very close relationships with my girlfriend's kids. Unfortunately, I have lost contact with them and miss them very much but hope that they are o.k. and that I had a positive influence

KarenKae · September 13, 2007, 11:09:24 AM

Quote from: sawguy21 on September 12, 2007, 11:13:06 PM
KK and asy, that is great. 8) I do not have children but established very close relationships with my girlfriend's kids. Unfortunately, I have lost contact with them and miss them very much but hope that they are o.k. and that I had a positive influence

Saw.. if you can locate them and just drop a card.. saying " I was thinking of you".. you can't imagine how that makes the young ones feel. It doesn't have to be fancy or expensive. I tried over and over to tell my daughter's father that , but he never got the drift.
Tom loves Christina as if she were his own and he is the one she has asked to give her away at her wedding, ( couple of years off, she is still paying for college)
He is the one she calls when she needs "Daddy's" advice. I feel so sorry for her father, he missed so much. She is a wonderful daughter.

Bibbyman · October 18, 2007, 01:19:32 AM

The other morning the girls were ready for school and Brooke came gave me a hug goodbye. I told here to study hard and learn something so she could grow up, get a good job and a nice home so she could take care of Grandma and Grandpa.

She walked off without commenting so I added, "Don't you think that'd be a good idea?" She said, "Well, I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up. So I don't know if I'll be able to afford you." :'(

logwalker · October 18, 2007, 02:01:05 AM

That is a lot of pressure for a little gal. She gave the right answer though. Joe

KarenKae · October 18, 2007, 09:55:42 AM

Quote from: Bro. Noble on September 12, 2007, 04:56:56 PM
The Silverton to Durango Steam Locomotive. It's an old minimg train that goes over the original railway. There's some fantastic scenery there whether you drive or take the train. I'd sure ride it if I were going there. I sure wish I'd ridden the train that used to run from your local to Calico Rock. We'd always planned to and then they shut it down :( I love train rides. My favorite is the Georgetown Loop which is also in Colorado. It's short, but really nice. ;D

Ok! I'm back and I DID ride the choo choo. GREAT fun! Only real downside, I have chronic bronchial asthma and at 9000 feet there just wasn't enough AIR for me, so I didn't get to do any gold panning or walk much, but the scenery was just beautiful. Got to see the really big Ponderosa pines. Got some real pics of the place, I'll try to upload a couple in the gallery.

Bibbyman · October 18, 2007, 08:06:42 PM

What a pain in the old kazoo. smiley_tom_tutnurhorn2

Alex is starting to learn to play the kazoo. Lucky for us, she has taken it outside to practice most of the time. The first night she brought it home I thought she was trying to call in the aliens from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

This evening she's in her room playing "Mary had a little lamb." and doing a pretty good job of it.

Roxie · October 26, 2007, 12:02:17 PM

Last week, I was talking with a friend (that has grandchildren) about how kids repeat everything you say when they are learning to talk. It caught me off guard, and unfortunately, my 17 month old grandaughter now says, "Oh cap" everytime I drop something on the floor.

My friend told me that it didn't get any easier as the granbabies got older, misunderstandings still happened. She was with her grandson, who was 6 years old at the time. She had to run some errands so she got him into the car, and he asked where they were going. She said, "I need to go to Rite Aid and pick up my drugs." Her little grandson said, "Just say no, Mom Mom, just say no."

sawguy21 · October 27, 2007, 10:13:41 AM

:D :D :D :D :D :D He has the right idea.

Bibbyman · November 15, 2007, 08:56:21 PM

Brooke had been visiting friends on Monday. When she got home she was telling Alex that they watched Shrek the Third on DVD. Alex said, "Why didn't you wait until I could watch it?" (They got to see it when it was in the theater.)

It reminded me of when I was a little shaver in the mid-50's. Hopalong Cassidy would come on TV sometime on Saturday mornings. It was must see TV as far as I was concerned.

One Saturday we went to visit my Aunt Abby. She lived at least a half hour drive from our farm. When I got there, I rushed in to get a seat in front of the TV. But I was too late. Hopalong had already hopped along and was over. With disappointment I asked, "Why didn't y-all wait for me?"

That's me on the far left. My sister Dorothy Lee is holding cousin Roger, next is cousin Roy and then Dickey on the far right. This was taken before we had TV - or even electricity to plug the TV in. Or a local station to broadcast for that matter. We are setting on the well top. Note the water bucket above Dorothy Lee's head.

Roxie · November 16, 2007, 11:12:23 AM

Bibby, you haven't changed hardly at all.....yer britches is as baggy then as now! This must have been the beginning of your belief that you "gotta be free, to be me".

Bibbyman · November 16, 2007, 06:29:39 PM

Quote from: Roxie on November 16, 2007, 11:12:23 AM
Bibby, you haven't changed hardly at all.....yer britches is as baggy then as now! This must have been the beginning of your belief that you "gotta be free, to be me".

Glad you're paying attention. Just don't let Mary catch you... smiley_rainbow_colors

DanG · November 16, 2007, 10:30:10 PM

That's a great pic, Bibb! Y'all was at least as happy as these kids who have Playstations and all these other modern gadgets. Kids is kids, and it don't much matter what they have or don't have. They'll find a way to entertain themselves.

asy · November 16, 2007, 10:55:46 PM

What a GREAT photo! 8)

It's funny, ya gotta wonder how y'all survived childhood, these days that well top would have to have a fence around it due to legislative requirements (or be a certain height above the ground). Gone are the days when kids knew not to go too near without being really careful!

Thanks Bibby, got any more photos? Maybe of other ages, so we can compare the baggy-pantsedness of your youth?

asy :D :D :D