O' JOY OF JOYS

I was with my two youngest grandchildren today.

Happiness is.......

 

All Creatures Great and Small

When I arrived to stay with Sophia and Cohen today they were both feeling miserable because of having received booster ‘shots’ yesterday.  Sophia was on the couch watching a movie with cartoon ants.  I sat down beside her and she ignored me.  She was busy throwing tiny pieces of bread onto the laptop keyboard.  It seems in the movie the ants needed food and she had gotten a piece of bread and was trying to feed them! 

Cohen and Sophia took nice long naps and actually did very well in spite of being out of sorts.  We had an all around nice day with a lot of laughter and smiles..

The Stars of the Show

I tell you,  Sophia has a more expressive face than any kid I have ever laid eyes on....and now we have Cohen.  You know everything those two are thinking because it is written all over their face.  ( or is that; all over their faces, or, on each of their faces, or....?  Oh well, you know what I mean.) 

 This is the grandchildren.  Cohen, held by Patrick, Sophia, held by Holland, and Trey, standing tall in the rear.   

 Here Auntie Anna carries the little dinosaur for a night of trick or treating.

 Mommy;Toni, with Cohen; Dinosaur Boy, and Sophia, aka, The Lady Bug, and Auntie Anna.

 Grandma' and Cohen smile for the camera.

 Cohen discovers himself in the mirror.

  

Cohen asks himself,   "How did we get in there?!"

 



 Aunt Margaret colors with Sophia.

 Daddy with his babies.

Talk about striking a pose!

Love the boots, Sophia

             

A penny for your thoughts, Cohen.

Today

Sun bathing leaves

This single leaf was caught in the bark at the tree's base

As Sophia put on the towel she told me she was a princess.  I told her she had a nice "cape", she said,  "This isn't a cape, it's a towel, Grandma'."  Sooo...if she knows it is a towel, why does she think by putting it on she becomes a princess?  HA!  She knows she is a princess All of the time.  It is not pretend. 

Murphy guards Cohen as he plays.

Sophia doesn't like for Cohen to be the only one to get to use the playpen.

 One bright maple sapling.

I brought Sophia a pony.  She jumped right on and rode down the hall to her room to get her cow girl hat.  She gave me a

"Hey there partner.", and galloped off.  I asked her for a picture and very happily she obliged.   

 At nap time she put her hoodie on her head telling me she was a princess and asked me to cover her pony up with her.  This is how she went to sleep.

 Cohen's serious look for the camera at lunch time.

 Cohen pulls himself up to watch out the door.  There is so much to see!  Just processing the sight is hard work!

Finally, I catch that beautiful smile to share! Now, if I could just get a shot of those two teeth he has! 

We had to play indoors today.

 We had a hard rain for most of the morning.  The humidity was awful when the rain did stop. 

 Here I tried to get a picture of the rain hitting the sidewalk.  You really can't see how the drops were bouncing back when they hit, that is what I was trying to catch.

Cohen didn't mind the rain one bit....here he enjoys his lunch.

 Both Sophia and Cohen had good naps and woke ready to play.

 Sophia rode her tricycle, ran sprints down the hall and danced with Murphy until he just dropped!

 Here Murphy sings as he and Sophia turn in circles and dance.

 Murph drops, but, Sophia is still going strong!

Sophia takes a picture of Cohen and Grandma'.

Today's happenings.....

It rained pretty hard last night and was overcast when I left for Vincent and Toni's this morning.  The leaves are falling from the tress but we have not had any pretty fall colors this year.  The rain and chill made it feel like Autumn was on the way and it seemed to coax out a little fall foliage.  I'm afraid we will not have one of our better fall displays this year.  Everywhere I look the land is being cleared and the trees bulldozed away.  In this first photo the land at the base of the tree line is totally bare for acres and acres.  It looks like every living thing has been removed.

I thought this column of pines marching across the land looked kind of neat. 

As you can see all of the hard woods are gone.....

There are a lot of old, abandoned tobacco barns, sheds, well houses, houses and bigger barns scattered throughout this county. 

 Here Sophia admires her new hair barrettes.   We put them in her wet hair when she was fresh out of the tub.

 Cohen is heading for Sophia's tricycle......On second thought he'll check out her room while she is busy with other things....

 Sophia ready for our daily stroll....

(Sophia went to sleep while reading)

 And this is how I left them when Mommy came home from work....Until tomorrow, Little Ones.