I know all the grandparents out there will understand my fascination and obsession with my two grandgirls. They are truly the lights of my life. Our daughter and son-in-law wanted to visit friends in Memphis this weekend, and so we volunteered to babysit the girls. I think they enjoy being with us because we so totally get into playing with them. When we play school, RT and I take our turns being the students or the principal or the teacher - depending on what roles the girls want us to play. We can play for hours. So this weekend I was Principal Grandma Carol, and RT was Teacher PawPaw, and the girls were the students.
It was fun and enjoyable - especially when the students and the teacher planned a special music and dance performance for Principal Grandma Carol. The performance was held on the front porch. We have two rather prissy little grandgirls who love to pirouette and dance, and they insisted that Teacher PawPaw do the same dances with them for the performance. Words can’t express how much I wish I had a videotape of that performance. Just pause for a moment to get the full effect of that visual. 60-year old very macho Paw-Paw dancing across the front porch. The phrase “twinkle-toes” comes to mind. I could have used that wished-for video as blackmail against PawPaw to get anything in the world I could possibly want.
I have to admit, though, that I would have done the same thing if my role had been Teacher Grandma Carol. The things we do for those grandgirls!
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