The Art of Being A Grandparent!

We met up yesterday at the baseball field for practice (his not ours) although we may show up at some games too later on.

These 7 year olds have talent!

They hit, they throw, they catch, they run, they score!

It's all pretty amazing.

 My grandson  is a little guy, but he has a lot of power and he is very athletic!

 I was very very impressed with the coaches. They are dads of the players and they have patience! They were kind and caring, good teachers too! The kids listened and learned and had great team spirit.
One girl on this team of boys. And ALL these kids went to preschool together even though they are mostly at different schools now. So it was sweet to see them all back together again as a team. There is a small group of triplets on this team as well! All 3!

 After baseball practice my daughter and I went off alone for a bit to shop. There is a humongous Joanne's store in their town that I didn't mind getting lost in at all. She was picking up some things for Purim costumes for the kids, which I helped make later in the evening.

My grand son worked with me to sew a crocodile sock doll from a kit I had given them for Chanukah.

He is taking a sewing class for art at school now too!

 My grand daughter had her own adventure she went on earlier with a friend's family. But got home in time for us to enjoy being together too. We turned a pair of her pants into a penguin suit for her costume. (I brought my sewing machine there).

 After taking them out to dinner for a good Chinese meal we came back to the house for ice cream.
The parents had gone out for the evening so it was up to us to get them ready for bed.

 Well they are of an age now where they get themselves ready for bed with out our supervision. PJ's, teeth brushing, etc. And then we settle on the couch for reading a story. This book was about a Chinese Nun who was a teacher of Kung Fu in it's most traditional Zen sense. The children have studied China in school already so we were sharing facts back and forth about that country. It was quite interesting and I learned things from them I did not know.

Just a delightful time all told!

These beautiful flowers were on the coffee table

I had never seen this one before; My son in law had bulbs he had purchased

at Costco and is going to plant them outdoors in his garden.

I think I may go get some for mine. So pretty.

Happy Sunday

Happy Spring

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The correct name for this flower is:  Eryngium and can be seen here: http://parkseed.com/images/l/33727.jpg