Grandberries--The Best Anti-Aging Medicine Ever!

If you are a grandparent, I needn't explain to you that there's simply nothing like grandchildren to keep you young. They add an element of F-U-N to every holiday (well, EVERY DAY!) that seems to be lacking when adults-only are present. Because Gingersnap (Britt) and I were both under the weather this Christmas, we had an enjoyable Christmas but I didn't get many good pictures of the grandchildren. I did have a couple of other occasions recently to take some pictures, however, and wanted to share them on our family blog.


Britany sings with an all-girls high school choir called Bell Canto (Italian for "beautiful singing"). I had the opportunity to hear them sing (and to take some fun pictures) when they performed recently at the Battlefield Mall. I thought the picture of Brit and two of her close friends was very cute and, in fact, we picked up some cute "FRIENDS" photo frames and Brit gave each of them a picture of the threesome for Christmas.

A look out our back door might help to explain why Papa and Nana had the pleasure of spending today with Reeders and Miss Ky. This much snow and windchills of -13 degrees are atypical for Springfield. The City does not have a lot of snow removal equipment, and temperatures this low can also mean power outages. Thus, the public schools (and more than 270 other schools in the region) were closed yesterday and today.

Reed and Ky spent the morning playing Wii. I sweated for 45 minutes on the Schwinn Airdyne while I watched them "sword fight" one another, bowl, and frantically paddle their canoes in an effort to return the "cute" lost ducklings to their grateful mother. Isn't technology great?!! Now, if I could just find a program that would do my exercise for me (with the same or better results, of course!). Hmmmm.....
Ky and Reed wanted Stromboli for lunch so I told them to wash their hands and prepare to make it. They didn't have to be asked twice!

When the Stromboli was finished, they didn't have any trouble talking Papa into joining them for lunch.

I have two hours before my date-night movie with my hubby, and my office is still a disaster. But you know what? I'll bet it will still be here tomorrow, and the grandberries won't be. I think I made a good choice, don't you?