I'm so glad Froggy has all four grandparents and two great-grandmas. Here are few pics of our mini-vacation to Santa Barbara. We visited the mission, had yummy clam chowder in a bread bowl (my favorite) and did some antique shopping in Carpinteria. Dad waited outside the shops with the baby. They were both very patient.
My grandparents were such a huge part of my childhood. Climbing silos and teasing the pigs on the farm and taking the bus to downtown with Grammy for a fancy shmancy lunch at Younkers Tea Room are some of my fondest memories. I can't wait for the day when FroggyDaddy and I can drop Little Froggy off at the Grandparents and get away for a nice weekend. She has a whole lifetime of memories to create with her grandparents, building snowmen in Iowa and snorkling in California.
What did you learn about life from your grandparents? How did their influence change you?
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I didn't really have grandparents. I had a grandmother for a while but she was more of a pain in the ass than anything. My kids have all four grandparents living but only really see their grandmothers and even then, not that often. My sense of family has mostly come from my friends. It's sad.
I didn't know that my great grandparents had a great sense of humor. (great senses of humor? great sense of humors? what is the plural?) I guess I assumed they were stereotypical stoic Germans. Or at least that's how they appear in their very serious family portraits. We probably don't talk enough about the very people who made us, literally and emotionally. Mom has a wonderful picture of Great-Grandpa J taking his teeth out for her. She is probably 2 years old and you can tell this is the coolest thing she has ever seen. And maybe the scariest too. Sadly, Froggy's grandparents have all their teeth. :)
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