Granddaughters

This morning I had breakfast with the granddaughter on the right above. She missed a rabbit I saw twice in their yard. While in the restaurant, she claimed to see a rabbit. The waitress didn’t know what she was talking about, nor did any of the other staff in the restaurant.

I thought maybe she was just getting me back, thinking I didn’t really see a rabbit at their house as neither her nor her dad saw it. As we were getting ready to leave, she pointed up to a shelf above the bakery counter and there was the rabbit. A ceramic bunny.

Just for that she got a large gumball on our way out of the restaurant. She could chew on that until we got her to daycare. I was overnight at her house as I was going to an event that honored my mother's first cousin for all that he did for Indian Education in Minnesota primarily.

It was great! My mother always talked about how important getting an education was. Apparently, he heard the same messages as he continued to go to school until he had his PhD in Education.

It was great, all of the stories that were told. He was a great teacher and coach before an administrator. His students that he coached he called kids and they called him coach during the presentation. He is 86 and some of his students have to be in their mid to late 70s.

The event was a well-deserved focus on Will Antell! His accomplishments for Indian Education and both his teaching and coaching.

I spent some time with my granddaughter and her parents prior to going to the event. We went to the DQ, where she had a dilly bar first and then a half of a cheeseburger, and applesauce. The next morning she read a book about a bear that was excited about finding eggs, until they hatched.

That book reminded me of many bear stories I heard growing up. Someday I hope to tell those stories to her. My son said that book was her new favorite book. It pleased me as I am from the bear clan.

I got home to another granddaughter that is 9 years old now. She was spending time instead of her brother who is also 9 until in August. She usually spends days with her older sister and her nephew, who is two. They switched places this week.

She spent her first-grade school year with us almost every day during the pandemic. I supervised her doing her online schoolwork. She did so well that when she returned to school, she was reading at a 5th-grade level. Smart girl.

I have missed all that contact and so had her grandpa. They camped. Loaded the basketball hoop for her house, rode a motorcycle, and a 4-wheeler, picked berries, and went shopping. Grandpa bought her a sweater and shorts for me as I owed her an outfit for her birthday.

I was out of town for the first day of her stay. It was nice having her around. She is so helpful to her grandma. She brought some raspberries back for me to eat which Grandpa and her brother do not do. They eat them as they pick. It was a very nice treat.

Then she sticks up for her grandma. Grandpa likes to tease. I am used to him, but he said that I am way older than he is. Actually, I am 4 years younger, and because she knows that, she said, “Grandma is way younger than you!”

Granddaughters are the best! Many of ours are already grown. Thankfully we have younger great-granddaughters to hang out with now.

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