Walk this way: Jak's getting there

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Baby Jak will be one year old June 16. (Crazy, right!?) As PawDad was instrumental in getting Bubby walking steady—this, mere days before his first birthday—Jim was determined to have Jak walking steady before he left the desert, before Jak's upcoming birthday.

learning to walk

Jak's biggest obstacle to walking is paying too close attention to what he's doing, which...

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Wee ones and wise words

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I'm home from the desert with loads of photos and lots to share about my visit with Bubby, Mac, and Jak.

For starters: Pics of my three cutie pies with quotes I thought befit their poses.

When nothing is certain, everything is possible. -Margaret Drabble
When nothing is certain, everything is possible. -Margaret Drabble

 

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Grandma's magnifying glass lesson

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My two oldest grandsons, Bubby and Mac, love Scooby Doo and the idea of solving mysteries. So when I visited them in January, I brought along an old magnifying glass we had lying around.

The boys got a kick out of taking a closer look at bugs and rocks—as they previously had with a toy magnifying glass I once brought—and pretending they were on the path to discovering clues that might solve a case of an imaginary Scooby Doo and the gang sort.

magnifying glass and boys 

When I packed my grandma bag for this current visit, I figured I'd...

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