Greetings Little One

Food and a book

You’ve always loved dinner and a little entertainment, little one.

Nani is always happy to oblige.

   

Dancing in the daylight

You love to dance, little one. Even in a coffee shop on a weekday morning.

 

Who loves Gramps?

Is there any doubt that you love your Gramps?

Daddy and the ladies

Gramps took this photograph in a Bertucci’s restaurant in West Hartford, CT, little one.

It looks staged, but it was completely spontaneous.

I have to give it to him: The man can take a picture. 

Gratitude journal: Reunion

Tonight is easy, little one.

Though the list of things that I am thankful for tonight is long, one stands out above the rest.

After four days apart, our longest separation, I am grateful that we are together again.  Mommy and I had a wonderful weekend in Vermont, and you had an amazing weekend with your grandparents, but nothing made me happier than to see you this afternoon and give you a big squeeze. 

 

Day #1 with Nani and Gramps

Mommy and I are at the Books on the Nightstand Booktopia retreat this weekend, little one, so you are spending the weekend with Nani and Gramps.

Nani sent us this email recapping your evening:

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Could she be asleep?

EEK

We must have really knocked the poor little thing out.

We had the bath - which was fun - she was great in the tub with the crayons and loved all of the ducks.

When it was time to come out - we let the water out and she came right out - no trauma.

Read a little bit from the books that she brought and then rolling Katie around in the baby carriage.

When I told her it was bedtime she threw herself on the floor (in Clara fashion) - I picked her up - put her in the bed and she said that she didn't want Katie or Baby in bed with her. She brought Katie into our room and Baby into the living room (go figure) and then happily went into her bed.

AMAZING

We have a another big day planned for tomorrow.

Thumbelina and Fish Feeding at the Pittsfield Museum
Lunch at Sarah's
Dinner at The Old Mill

We're in LOVE.

Navigation concerns

You went to dinner with Nani and Gramps last week, and after rejecting The Rainforest Café (you love their fish tanks but despise the frightening interior of the restaurant, they allowed you to choose the location.

“California Pizza Kitchen” you said and then led the way through the mall to the restaurant.

The fact that you can already navigate your way through the mall is a little unsettling to me, little one.

    

Reading a book (and eventually sharing your chair)

You and Gramps spent some time reading while we were visiting Aunty Emily and Uncle Michael in New York last weekend.

It was quite a cute moment, little one, despite your initial unwillingness to share the chair with your grandfather.

Gramps and the grandchildren

Two of your favorite guys in the world, little one:

Grateful for Gramps

Tonight I am grateful that you are able to spend as much time with your grandfather as you do. You so clearly love the old guy, and he loves you right back.

Not every child is fortunate enough to grow up with a grandfather, and not every grandfather is willing to get down on his hands and knees and play with his grandchildren.

Your grandfather is quite a special guy, little one.

Not perfect, mind you, but perfect when it comes to being a grandfather.