Almost a Repeat

In my last blog post on May 10th, I shared snow and kitty bibs. Well guess what? I might as well call this one the same thing, because even though it is May 28th and we should be seeing some summer weather by now.... it's still winter. To prove it, I took a photo out my front door tonight, nice, huh? Grrrrr! No more snow! To add insult to injury, I just heard the snowplows going up and down the street. And it's still snowing... sigh.

On a happier note, granddaughter Gracie is here with me this week, and I took the opportunity to snap a photo of her in the famous Kitty Bib. She sure has grown since that last photo taken in September 2009. She's been a complete joy to care for, she's a little angel child and is no problem at all. She's the sweetest little thing, seriously. She cried only once this week, and that was when I tried to get her to watch the DVD "Lilo and Stitch" instead of watching her "Barbie" DVD for the 14th time. Guess who won? Yep, it was like David and Goliath again, and we watched "Barbie". LOL!


I'm having so much fun, what a blessed life I have and a wonderful family who are willing to "lend" me their children to enjoy for a few days in the autumn of my life. They couldn't be better to be me in that regard, and I'm very happy. :)

Two subjects - Snow and Granddaughters

This post was actually for yesterday, May 9th, but little Lucie babykins managed to keep me from getting it posted. The photo above is my previously green back yard... It ended up snowing and hailing all day yesterday and this morning we had to shovel the front stairs to get out of the house. Hopefully it's going to stop now and we can get back to Spring. No doubt my daffodils are going to suffer because of this snow, darn. I was going to see about cutting them yesterday but I was a day late.


Now this is the fun part of the blogging for today. The photo above is my youngest grandchild, Lucie. She is the number ten grandbaby and she's almost 2 years old. The reason I took the photo, though, is for my second grandchild and first granddaughter, Brittany, who is 26 years old. Brittany and Lucie are cousins.

Brittany is the reason that I originally purchased the Kitty Bib that Lucie is wearing to keep at my house for Brittany when she was about this age! No Velcro on this baby bib - it ties in the back. Can you believe it would last through 9 grandchildren? It has, and most all of them have worn it at one time or another. Lucie loves the kitty on that bib so much - just as Brittany did 24 years ago. The poor kitty is a little worse for wear now, but causes much excitement when we talk about it before putting the bib on. Brittany used to smile and hug the bib and now Lucie does the same thing. So did Lucie's two big brothers and her cousin Gracie, this bib has been a hit for a while now.

Here is a photo of #9 grandbaby, Gracie, wearing the bib (and in the same plaid high chair) in September 2009. Gracie and Lucie are cousins, just 14 months difference in age.


I wish I had a photo of Brittany wearing the bib, too, but I don't. However, below are two photos of Brittany, then and last summer.




Gotta love those granddaughters! And I do. :) Being a grandma is one of the best things I've ever had the chance to be. Watching them grow and become who they will be has been good.