The Little Rascals

Don't they look like the little rascals? Each one is a different neighbor's grandchild!



While the little ones were enjoying their ice creams, we grandmas, 5 of us, were enjoying our coffee, cake, ice-cream, whip cream, cookies, … you name it. Hey, … we need that sugar energy for those little ones.

Last week we all met at the playground and sat on picnic blankets stuffing our faces with marble cake. After that session, I had to roll off the blanket, past the slide and over to the swings to pull my fat axx up.

Couldn't resist…here's the latest picture of our little angel.

Awww....from one grandma to another....tooooooo cute! Thanks for the great pix!

Hi, Anaiya!

You talkin' 'bout being beat, Hannelore? Geesh, I could not stop the grandbaby from drinking the bath water, I had to put him in a bucket!




Cut my granddaughter's hair in time for school next Tuesday and says she loves me more than ice cream.




My beautiful 7 year-old grandson who serves at Sunday Mass. Not allowed to take photos in their village Church but did so nonetheless...covertly from my phone. Which explains why it is so small.

I love that photo of the little rascals. How blessed that all of you have your grandchildren around and get to spend time with them. Hannelore, tell us more about your neighbors. What fun to all be able to have so much in common and celebrate together.

Lola, I can't believe you took a photo in church anyway. What a riot. We once ahd a minister who might cut your head off if you took photos in church. That's no longer the case. I don't know what the big deal is. The photo of your grandbaby in the bucket is precious. Ate these the ones you are watching here lately? Was there suppose to be a photo of the haircut?

Just love the pictures..keep them coming Grandmas.
Mountain ash

Yes, Dotsie. I spend four days a week with them and three in London. I would have taken more photos of my grandson in Church but, my daughter kept nudging me because if we were caught, we'd be mentioned during the homily.

That's actually the "after" photo of the haircut. My first attempt at cutting her hair.

Bath time is always a riot with the little one and the bucket helps control a very slippery baby.

Lola it's a little hard to recognize your granddaughter. Can you lighten the picture and post it again? Bathing the baby in a bucket! That's a calendar picture; so cute! An alter boy already at 7 years old. I forgot that they can serve so young. My youngest son loved being an alter boy, although you would never think now that he was one!

Sorry about Anaiya's picture being so big. I thought I had reduced the size. Maybe I clicked on document reducing instead of website. Hope this doesn't slow anything down. If so, I can cancel the picture out of photobucket.

Dotsie, since we have been taking care of Anaiya I have more contact with the neighbors. It's also because I hardly do any more work, and am out in the yard or going for walks with the little one.

She attracts people like a magnet, honestly. She's like her Mom and Dad, all happy smiles and love. I never realized so many grandmothers lived around us,…and all baby boomers too. We are at the beginning friendship stage, but it looks like we have a lot in common.

Our lives have become richer through our grandchild in more ways than we can count.

Hannelore, so all those neighbors have been right under your nose all along and it took the kids to bring you together. That's so neat.

I can sorta relate becasue we recently watched our great niece and nephew for one night. We basically ran the neighborhood with them while they were pedaling away on their little bikes. We hit the neighborhood playground and spent the whole evening outside. It took me back to when our kids were little. How do you do it? I no longer have that kind of energy.

It took some time to adjust the photo but here she is once again, Hannelore. Three year old granddaughter starts regular Pre-K today. I had sewn in all the ID tags on her uniform last night and I have been weepy since. She's growing up fast!




In her uniform:

Aw, how precious. You must be a tremendous help to your children.

Pre-K at three? Isn't that young?

Where is Hannelore?

Here I am! Here I am! Jumping up and down waving a pamper at ya!
Yeees it’s clean.

Lola, although you don't have your picture posted anymore...I can't get over how your granddaughter resembles you. How neat is that!

Even the little kiddies wear uniforms? Oh my, I think I would have a hard time with that. Anaiya has so many cute outfits. I do think, though that it's a great idea to put school kids in uniforms. They are starting to do that in Germany as well.

You waving a diaper, Hannelore? Had I known, I'd have waved back a diaper at you, too. Yep, uniforms are pretty much the norm here for schoolchildren whether they attend Independent or State Schools. So, it is always a rampage at the shops when the new schoolyear starts.

Granddaughter is actually Pre-Prep (3-5 age group), Dotsie. It is the counterpart to Pre-K in the States. Pre-Prep in her school (Independent) is for three years. Then she progresses to Preparatory School (Primary) until she's 11. Thereafter, it's secondary school then Baccalaureate before university.

Stop waving those dirty diapers around in here. It's getting messy.

I see. Our kids do the same. We just call it by different names. And, they don't ahve to go to school until kindergarten, but many send their children to "nursery school" at age two.