Today was just a great day to sit in the backyard and watch clouds go by. Every once in awhile I found myself doing an out loud smile. At age five when Megan was staying over Little Einsteins was a hit on the Disney channel. Nicholas at age five is giving us a play by play of the Vikings and Titans game. In days gone by Megan was enchanted by the mail slot in our west porch and playing post office was her new favorite pass time. We drew pictures and stuffed envelops for deliveries to all the stuffed animals. Yesterday Nicholas thought a good craft project would be making some foot stools with lumber in Grandpa Dennis’ garage. Bless his heart. I know Nicholas could execute the stools but Dennis would have no idea what tools Nicholas would need. Megan is a wiz at the computer games of skill. She offered to let me play a set but I lost points big time. This is an amazing sign of changing times and it’s only been four years between Megan’s age five and Nicholas’ age five.
The kids and I spent some time in the basement over the time they stayed with us and it just tickled me when Nicholas brought out the box of Lock Blocks, circa 1960’s. I do believe these were the fore runners for Lego’s. Us girls were doing some drawing and out of the blue comes Nicholas, “What am I suppose to do with these? There are no gears or wheels to build anything with.” It was a hard sell but we did build some pretty good looking structures. Though over the days I did hear the chant “BGE – BGE” (best grandparents ever). We have been left in the dust as to what the kids have so easily picked up on and what they’ve been exposed to. Dennis and I will continue to hang on by our toenails to stay in sync but I realize the kids will have to bring us up to speed often times in the future.