Canes for Corey

In honor of the memory of my friend Seana's son, Corey, whose 21st birthday would have been this week, I have created a set of orange canes. Corey loved the color orange, and all Seana's friends wore orange clothes as a remembrance of him on Friday.

While it's incredibly sad that Corey is not with his family now, we do know that they will see him again in Heaven. So to help ward off the sadness, we can use these small ways to remember him and the joy that he was while we are still held here in this realm.

Seana, my pain meets yours in the loss of your son. I can never express the depth of my sorrow to you in your loss, but what I can do is make a set of canes that I've named "Corey's Canes" to help keep his memory alive. (((((Seana))))) You're a dear friend and one of the best polymer clay cane-makers I know!!

Grandson Max's Visit

I wanted to share grandson Max with you all today. He stayed with us for a week and we had a great time! He's a cute little guy and loves Nana and Papa a lot. And we love him, too.

Here's Max!

And here is Max again, after his bath, hiding from Papa! Since Papa was in the other room just then, Max said it was okay for me to take his picture. After a while, Papa was looking everywhere for Max and couldn't figure out where he'd gone. Max is a GREAT hider - he can be completely quiet for a long time (when he wants to be).

Sharing the Baby Love

I wanted to share little Lucie with my blogging buddies. She has a problem... her hands are always busy holding up her front half. So she can't carry the stuff she needs! She's a smart one, though, so she has figured out what to do.....



Nana and Papa are having the BEST week! We'll babysit anytime. Hint hint. Luckily there are enough grandchildren to go around - Lucie's brother Max will be here with us next week, and their oldest brother in April for Easter break.

Winter snow caused us to have to decline two chances to babysit for our son's kids - we were bummed! But hopefully he and his wifey will go away again soon, LOL. If not, we'll go visit more often now that we are getting less snow.

The Miracle Baby and Some New Canes

Many of you may know that my child-bearing days are well over. So why do I have a 7-month old baby girl in my care this week? Ah, the miracle of grandchildren. We (husband and I) are having so much fun with this little baby, she's so cute and so busy, crawling all around the place and talking to us in big paragraphs that we don't understand a word of! After the first day, when she was a little worried about what happened to her old life (poor thing), she is now acclimated to us and just beams with happy smiles every time we look at her or talk to her. Of course - MY old life has taken a drastic change, too! Diapers and feedings are the new norm for me.

Since I finished some new kaleidoscope canes the day before Lucie arrived, I thought I should share them with you now. These are my "Magenta" and "Easter Sunset" series of canes. I won't be making any new ones for a while, since after this week with Lucie, her 3-year old brother Max will be here for a week. Crazy! But fun.