They say it's your birthday

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Bubby has been concerned for months that Jak might arrive on his birthday. He told Mom again and again how "boring" that would be to have to spend his birthday "at the hospital." (Megan and I still question where he got such a notion that he'd be at the hospital during his brother's birth no matter what the day!)

six year old boy

Thank heavens Bubby...

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Grandsons: Perfect three in perfect three

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My middle daughter, Megan, has always been a bit of a perfectionist, especially when it comes to the things that matter most to her.

newborn grandson

As a student — from the first day of kindergarten through college graduation — Megan gave 110 percent, perfecting each and every assignment. (Even if that meant...

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Wherein Grandma names the new grandchild

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baby feet

My third grandson is due to be born soon. Which means... the child needs a name.

My daughter and son-in-law have picked out a strong, solid, terrific real name. But this grandma needs a bloggy name by which to call the kid. (You didn't think Bubby and Mac were my other two grandsons' real names, did you?)

So I spent much...

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Swimming lessons

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“It's the colors that will make you stray. They sing to you, the not-blue and the searing light, and no matter how tightly you tie yourself to the inbetween, eventually you will break free.
No one swims only in the shallow water.”
― Betsy Cornwell, Tides

Mac began swimming lessons this past Saturday, his first ever.

toddler swim lesson 

Big brother Bubby...

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