How Blessed Can One Be? Day One of Three

My five year old twin grand children came to visit today for three days. Grand daughter informed me that she had learned to sew string fabric at school and proceeded to show me how she could in fact thread a needle and stitch fabric. She then asked if I could help her make a quilt she could sew herself.

I gave her some random pieces of fabric from my table

she threaded her needle and got to work and this is the quilt she built and sewed all by herself

Later we walked up the road to the park nearby

where my grand son could show off his natural born music talents on these drums

and they could play on all the equipment there

and pose for grandma's camera

once back at the house there was time for more art on the patio

and they proceeded to draw pictures about Shabbat (The Sabbath).

They drew "chicken, challah, wine in a wine glass, candles to be blessed,

and wrote on it: "I love Shabbat"

So sweet. None of this prompted by me.

So I went looking and found my grandmother's candle holders

and my shabbat candles and we lit them at dinner

before eating our chicken.

and after dinner and much giggling and play

grandpa read a book to quiet them down

so we could get ready for bed, baths, and more stories

before falling asleep on the mats on the floor by our bed

upstairs.

I know tomorrow will be another

blessing of a day.

I wish I could give you some of what is in my heart right now.

^^

V