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Pure energy…
The Rookie could sort of hang with the first grandchild wave, but this second wave has a bigger gas tank… or maybe it’s just relatively bigger. :-)
Food drooling?
The Rookie was editing a paper (or “bleeding all over it”) for Mom at the supper table since he had to leave for a work call. What is the word to describe grandson #4 taking chewed-up bites out of his mouth and dribbling it onto the same paper? :-)
Pass the time away…
Tip from The Rookie: After the first whistle-along of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”, repetition must continue all the livelong day. :-)
Caught…
The two oldest were teaching the “Rock-Paper-Scissors-minus-1” game they learned from Aunt Gigi, when The Rookie “accidentally” delayed a response long enough to get off of being “It”.
GS #2: You are cheating! -1 point penalty!
The Rookie: What!?
GS#1: I didn’t know we had points in this game. :-)
Time machine on eBay?
The Rookie needs a time machine to go back to third grade and read a few more books :-)
Dijon mustard?
The Rookie dozed off while keeping #4 and awoke to total silence and a bottle of Dijon mustard in his lap… It was like a reverse nightmare. :-)
Spoken history, 6 generations
The Rookie’s father talked today about his great-grandfather being at the MacLean house in Appomattox as part of the personal guard of General Lee with the next-gen in the room… 6 generations of history handed down live :-)
What is on my arm?
The Rookie had not formed an opinion on the “buck nekkid” approach to potty training until the warm wet sensation started. :-)
Just a hug…
Grandchild #4 is now “hugging” #3, but it looks a whole lot like a takedown and pin move to the The Rookie… if #3 ever starts “hugging” back, the furniture will be in danger. :-)
On pace!
The Rookie’s family elementary school book reading record has stood for 48 years. Grandson #2 is on pace to break it!! Stay tuned :-)
