Grand Friday

 We desire to know and be active in our adult Gherkins lives and the lives of their kids. We want our grands to remember time with us and to build relationships with us. We discovered life moves fast and we needed to be intentional to spend time with CoRielle's children.  All the kids really, but we don't naturally see their kids weekly at church etc. We all hit on the idea of us watching their kids every Friday afternoon for a couple of hours. This allows Cory and Arielle some down time to connect, hike etc without the extra activity four young kids bring. 

Benny and Danny have been working on memorization pieces in their homeschool. Today, CoRielle wanted them to recite them to us.  I love to see individual personalities emerge. Danny LOVES the stage. He wanted to go first, jumped up and recited a poem about the wind complete with big smiles. 

Benny doesn't like public speaking at all - even when the public is just his parents, grands and Melia. I understand. Cory was so gentle and encouraging to him and he did a great job overcoming his reluctance and sharing with us about trees. 

CoRielle left at this point. Michael and Benny discussed the poem. Michael has a thing about trees having grown up in the Red Woods. He also knows what a great skill it is to get comfortable sharing a message. They were cute together. Mike asked what several lines meant and Benny explained. Mike shared some of his love of trees with Benny. 

I purchased some dye for Easter Eggs, and we never got around to it. I was determined to use this craft kid. The kids paint cute little markers which I will eventually use in the garden - after the snow melts.