When we first dreamed about names that our grandchildren would call us, we came up with very traditional "Gram" and "Grandad." But several months ago, our two-year-old granddaughter called Mark Grand-dude. When everyone laughed at her new name, she kept repeating it. So it looks like Mark has officially been renamed.
We recently flew to Kansas City to do some baby-sitting while our son and daughter-in-law went snow skiing. Because of the winter weather delaying our arrival by four days, we also changed our departure so we could stay for eight days. We're soaking in good grandbaby time for a week of grandparenting!
Eli is now four months old, and he doesn't even look like the same baby we saw the last time we were here two months ago! Denisa thinks he's as pretty as the Gerber baby. Grand-dude pointed out that he is handsome--not pretty.
Carter is two-and-a-half years old, and she really doesn't like us taking pictures of her. When we point the camera her way, we usually get, "No photos please!" from her. At least she's polite about her dislike for taking pictures. But we occasionally get a sneaky picture when she's busy with a cooking project with Gram.
Even though it's a warm day here, they still have remnants of last week's snow storm.
and the reptiles (and their corresponding statues).
Kansas City has a very nice indoor penguin exhibit, and it was lunch time at the penguin display.
Carter got to see the larger emperor penguins up close as they swam up to the glass. Her reaction to this close-up view was, "He almost poked me!"
When entering the Australia exhibit, we had to walk through an additional gate. That's because the kangaroos are not fenced in. It was fun seeing them hop down the same trail where we were walking.
We've been taking lots of pictures of birds on our hikes in south Texas, so it was fun to get a few bird photos at the zoo.
It's even more fun to get pictures of our granddaughter talking to the colorful lorikeets.
The week of grandparenting flew by, and we're always sad when it's time to leave our children and grandchildren. It was a week of good quality time with this precious family.
While we love hiking in scenic areas, we also are blessed to get to spend time with some special family members during our life on the road. Our granddaughter got a new motor home toy while we were visiting. She's practicing with it for the time when she'll get to travel with Gram and Grand-dude in our motor home!
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