Time for Grandkids

One great thing about teaching at college is the long winter break. Gives you more time for grandkids! I kept three of ours on Monday and Tuesday with a Monday night sleepover. We had a blast, but I kept feeling like it was Friday night once they went home - wonder why?

I am completely taken by all my grandkids: they are bright, beautiful and completely lovable even when they are annoying, self-centered or loud. If you have grandchildren, I am sure that you know what I mean.

I even like them when I know that they are manipulating me. One of them always will tell me, "You're the best Pops" when I do something she likes. When I start getting a lot of those comments, I always take it as a bad sign. I am probably creating problems for her parents.

I love talking with them, hearing their inner thoughts. One of them told me that she likes salt, that she put lots of salt - too much salt - on her chips, and her parents will tell her not to do that. She said that she replies, "Well, what makes you think that you can tell me how much salt to use?" - but she only says that "in her head, because that would be mean, and they might give me a spanking."