John, Sadie and Jack came over this evening after a fish dinner at St. Vincent's. We always enjoy them and they are very much "at home" here. Jack has always enjoyed setting on a lap and having someone read to him but Great Grandma is special. His vocabulary seems to grow at the same speedy rate as his physical body. John and Julie do an excellent job of parenting in my judgment. The kids do a certain amount of "testing" but they know who's boss. It is probably well that we don't have them alone very often because we would surely spoil them. They have learned to entertain themselves to some extent which is good. Carolyn's backyard has been a major factor in that process.
They shared my chair as we watched the "Irish Rovers" sing the Unicorn and Puff the Magic Dragon songs. I told them about how their Mother enjoyed those songs when she was a little girl. So many things have changed in those 30 years since Julie was a little girl, that it's nice to be able to go back and listen to music from that era. The fact that we were 30 years younger might also have something to do with looking back on those days with wonder at all the things we were able do. I spent time today going through old files from a trip to the Czech Republic back in 1993 and marvel at the energy we had at that time. But, I also thought about how I was reliving and again enjoying things that we had saved for a day like today.
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