Our eight-year-old granddaughter recently spent four non-stop days with Charley and me. Here are her
interests: reading, crafts, cooking, games, softball, surfing, tennis, dancing, music, shopping, movies, fashion, and lots of things I've left out. Since we only had four days, we tried to cram in as much as possible.
We picked blueberries and baked muffins, shopped for school clothes, had a pedicure, saw a Smurfs movie. She dived under four-foot waves and rode her boogie board (left her surf board at home), had a shoot-out with me in bumper boats, played tennis, went to a church fair where a magician transformed a white handkerchief into a bunny and she spent $1.10 on gifts for her sister and herself.
Our "quiet" time was spent on the computer searching for instructions to make patterned duck tape into a purse. The instructions were too complicated, and she'd already made the easier projects. Family photo albums provided some amusement and time for me to wash my hair.
My plan for grandchildren's future visits is: I WON'T HAVE ONE! We can sit on the deck and our amusement will pass by: butterflies, squirrels, chipmunks, hummingbirds, robins, mockingbirds, sparrows, seagulls, hawks, possums, and maybe even a fox or a deer. Books can provide our adventure, shared chapter by chapter, before eyelids droop at 9:00. We can walk to the beach and along its length. We can arrange flowers we've picked from the garden, feed the birds, and cut herbs. We can make up our own recipes while the car stays in the garage. Or we can sleep in the shade.
This is sounding too much like a plan again!
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