February 5, 2006
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It’s now more or less taken for granted that our Grandkids Sam and Tom will be staying over each Saturday through Sunday morning, along with cousins Luc and Jackson. I am pleased to see that they are taking the opportunity, whenever the weather is fine, to play out in our back garden, which is quite spacious at about a quarter of an acre, and use their imagination and ingenuity to provide their own entertainment.
During the last few weekends they have been out until nightfall playing outdoor games and constructing things. Their latest project has been a den built at the top of the garden behind the hedge. The pic below shows the start of the framework, made from tree trimmings driven into the ground and fastened together with twine:
Pics below, taken last summer, show Sam and Luc up the garden with some complex game arrangement involving tree, ropes, tables, cardboard boxes, a goal net and lord knows what else, and Tom, Sam, Jackson and Luc in the local park deciding what to get up to next. This all takes me back to what we used to get up to as kids before and during the War, damming streams, making dens and playing out until dark.
Next weekend, Madge and I are away to the South coast to visit son Paul and family for a few days, after which we will bring grandkids Jake, Lauren and Dan to join their cousins up here in Yorkshire for the rest of the week. It will be interesting to see if the den survives the week !
You don’t get to see a lot of this as a parent, you’re too busy getting on with day to day family life, and kids involve us Grandparents in their activities much more, as we progress blissfully through our second childhood. It’s so much more fun being Grandparents than just parents !
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Yes, parents miss a lot while raising their children, too busy making a living but when grandchildren come along there is far more time to enjoy and as you say become a child again. I like their den