It is wonderful to have a young mind to nurture; to pass along all the long stored knowledge gleaned over the decades since my birth…from all those nurturing people in my past. For years I have worked with high school students, passing along my know-it-all of radio and music, which they gleefully ignore with wild rolling eyes.
To have a grandchild is a power untold. Oh, the possibilities are endless. For years I have had the joy of sharing my copious know-it-all with Burp. First we would play Funny Bugs (a game of concentration) and I would delight in kicking his cute little butt. The best part would be hearing him “Aah” every time the Firefly would be turned over in all her glory. Now he is mastering the wickedness of Chinese checkers with an adroit ability to jump three times sideways and still make it three spaces forward. That’s My Boy!
He delights in pounding nails with Ducky, measuring space and length time and time again to make sure everything is coming out right.
Finger-painted masterpieces adorn my refrigerator. Often his mom’s present at a birthday or Christmas will include something hand painted by Burp himself. He and Psam often hand make their Christmas presents.
He plants bulbs with me each fall. Deadheads every posy in my copious and growing gardens from May to October. And helps tote pavers for whatever path and courtyard I’m designing at the time. The boy is a workhorse.
Our cooking forays began early with oatmeal, chocolate chip, coconut cookies. The kid is a cookie maven. His Halloween pumpkin, cream-cheese frosted sugar cookies are to die for. He has helped me make gravy…from scratch (we’re still working on technique,) candied sweet potatoes (I’m sure as many marshmallows go in him as there are a top the yams,) and he knows to roll up when making pie- crust.
He loves breakfast for dinner. Okay, no, not as much as a 6 piece McDonald’s Happy Meal, but still – it’s breakfast for dinner with all its sausagy-syrupiness. So imagine my surprise Saturday evening, as I was pulled out my waffle iron, that when Burp asked what we were making for dinner and I replied, “Waffles.”
He replied with the sage nonchalance of youth, “Oh, easy. That just takes a toaster.”
Sith,
Cele
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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6 comments:
I hope you're paying that "workhorse" minimum wage. ;-)
Glad to hear that you're having these enjoyable moments which will only turn into memories that both of you will reminisce about and smile.
*sigh*
now I miss my grandma.
Steve - that work horse can eat you out of house and home, but yes he gets all the treats he can eat and some money for his savings... or his next candy bar.
Abgue - I was never close to my grandmother... you might say she was difficult, okay you can definately say she was difficult. But my grandfather gave me the most amazing relationship during my childhood, want to be as good a grandparent to Burp as he was to me.
OMG!! I've Failed my child. I haven't made waffles since I lived at home... except Ego. And to quote my darling child, "Oh easy. That just takes a toaster."
Psam
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