My grand daughters

Being a typical proud grandmother, I love to "talk" about my two grand daughters. The older girl will be five and the younger will be 3. They are my pride and joy and my incentive to get up in the morning - anxious to hear the pearls of wisdom and to check out their antics.

I am teaching them about life and choices. They both know that we make choices ... good and bad ones. They know that if we make a good choice "everyone will be happy" but if they make a bad choice, they "get hurt, or sad and Nana will be upset". I have been told that the girls are too young for that. In my opinion, it is never too early to set guidelines, even at 2 and 4 years old.

My 4 year old grand daughter goes to a French school and wouldn't you know it, she is now correcting my limited French. I am so amazed at her enunciation of the words. Many a time, she would say something in French and then translate it for me in English. It is so true what people say about children being sponges... they pick up words you want them to know and also those that you don't. When I repeat a word in French, she tells me that it is "a good try, Nana, because you really don't know French!" Cute!
Last week, I had a friend over for morning tea when I saw the little one running to the bathroom. When I got to the bathroom, she said "No, Nana, don't come in, I want some privacy". Well, that gave me the impression that she had mastered potty training. I was so excited that I immediately posted it on Facebook. I guess I jinxed it, because the next day, she had an accident on my kitchen floor saying "It came too soon!" Oh well ...

All this to say that I thoroughly enjoy being with the little girls. They give me my daily workout but most of all, they are my sunshine during the long gloomy winter days. I intend to enjoy having them around because, I know only too well, that they grow up so fast!