Circle of Life

At my age and in my circumstances, I probably shouldn't consider it uncommon for the parent/child roles to be reversed. As strange as it feels sometimes, I am grateful for the careful and compassionate supervision I receive where certain things are concerned ... like anything having to do with the computer. Whether it is trying to order something online or establishing this blog for instance, I don't get very far without having to ask a question or for help in some measure from my kids. To date, not one of them have lost patience with me (at least not to my face). It amazes me, but it does not go unappreciated. Thanks, Kids!

As I am privileged to enjoy the company of two of my grandchildren on a daily basis while their mother works, I am often experiencing comical (albeit not always comical) events that I now have a place to share. Case in point, we were in the kitchen the other day and I remarked to the babies (now 4 & 5) that something on the stove was starting to burn. Immediately, Brennan (4) dashed across to the living room and threw himself on the couch with his face buried into the cushion, screaming "Fire in the hole!!" Where did he get that??

Earlier that day we were in the car, having one of those mindless "conversations" where they are talking a blue streak and I am only half listening when I realized we were slap in the middle of the topic of bees. Brennan informed his older sister(Ella) that the bees get the honey from flowers, so I steered the information toward the bees getting nectar from the flowers and then working hard to make the honey. He was quiet for a moment so I assumed he surely thought he had the smartest Nana to have ever lived when he asked another question. "So how do the bees make the Cheerios?" Trying my level best to not laugh, I informed him that a company named General Mills actually MAKES the Cheerios and then they coat them with the honey. There's GOT to be a commercial in there somewhere!