As I sit playing my games on Face book, two of my grandsons are playing on their computers here in the living room. I am sorta listening to them as they play. The youngest of the two who is 8 (until Jan) is giggling away while his brother (who is 12 till Dec) is giving demands of what to do next in the game. (they are playing the same game together on their computers) What is funny to me is this is one of the few times they are NOT FIGHTING.
The older whispers something to me and I don't answer he whispers a little louder and I still don't answer, his brother tells him I am ignoring him. I laugh to my self because he has it right I am ignoring his brother as I want to see what they are talking about with out seeming that I am nosey. They will learn soon enough that grandma is nosey about everything.
The thing I love the most about just listening to them is Little man's giggle. he sounds just like his older brother Tj. Tj is now 20. You might remember we (gpa and I) raised Tj from a baby. I have tons of memories that I am trying hard to hang on to. Him giggling him telling me up every 3 secs when he could walk himself and he was no small baby/child. Him being out at the farm being a dare devil, climbing up the ladder at 3 to the top and scaring the hell out of me. Him taking a 3" spike 5" long and hammering all day long till he got it into the pole barn cause he wanted to help gpa build it. Him running from room to room when we were looking for a house in town to buy and move to saying this would be his room all the while I was thinking he was going to be heart broken to learn he wasn't moving with us. Little did we know he would be and wouldn't be leaving us. And the day his brother Aj moved in with us so that now he not only had a playmate, he had his brother with him in South Dakota with him and gpa and gma.
Little man is so much like his older brother. he has the soft heart like his brother does. He too is not a small child. and he giggles just like his big brother. I hope he never looses that giggle. Every day when I drop him off at school when I hug and kiss him I tell him to have a giggle happy day and to smile. Then I "poke" him because that is his thing poking. I had hoped he would have grown out of it by now but no he is still poking everyone. They both like to eat everything. Including most things other kids don't like to eat.
So why am I doing this today? well the boys are home from school this week. Today and tomorrow they have some kid of conference at school then of course Weds they are off for Thanksgiving break. That and the fact that I am really hoping to move to Fl next spring. I wanted to be gone NOW but things happened to keep us here. And of course the other thing is I'm getting older , They say alzheimers is inherited. So I want to keep these in my mind as long as possible. I want to remember these great kids who have spent most of their life with us. These are the memories I want to keep right there right up front so if I don't know anyone I hope I can remember the giggle.
