• Members 281 posts
    May 30, 2023, 3:08 p.m.

    Felt more like Labor Day!

    We visited our son, daughter-in-law, and grandson yesterday and they put us to work.
    Will and I removed all the sod, built the brick wall (bricks glued together with landscape adhesive) filled it with bags of top soil and dug holes where the gals wanted to put plants. They planted other gardens until this was ready then stuck these plants in.
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    Yes, they need more plants, but this is a great start.
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    They're thirsty - let's get some water on them!
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    Meanwhile, our grandson, Devan made the day memorable by learning to ride his two wheeler. At the start he was using training wheels, and Granny suggested he could ride without them. He protested, but Will removed them and with a little help balancing to start, he rode a short way.
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    We all cheered which encouraged him and with another help starting he rode further. With several iterations of this, his protestations turned to laughter and shouting for joy. However, when he'd try to start on his own, he'd have trouble and would sit and whine that he wanted his training wheels back.
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    But with some encouragement while we worked, he kept trying and soon he was doing it on his own consistently. By dinner time we asked if he wanted his training wheels back on and he replied "No, those are for little kids!"
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    We're so glad we were there to witness this. In a week he finishes kindergarten. It's fun to see him growing up.

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  • Members 711 posts
    May 30, 2023, 3:28 p.m.

    Jim,

    Nice way to spend the day.
    You all look happy.

    Steve Thomas

  • Members 336 posts
    May 30, 2023, 6:26 p.m.

    Looks like a nice day, Jim. Kids always make photography fun. It's great that you were there to see and photograph his accomplishment. Rich

  • Members 567 posts
    May 30, 2023, 7:27 p.m.

    A good day out Jim. My wife and I took the training wheels off our grandson's bike years ago and had him going in short order. He fell a couple of times and there were some tears but it did not stop the progress. For days afterward we had to go with him on rides around the neighbourhood, over and over and ... I have a couple of cell phone videos of the process. Still fun to look at today!

    Andrew

  • Members 281 posts
    May 30, 2023, 8:47 p.m.

    My wife videoed him on her iPad.
    It's been shared more than my photos - and she goes back and looks at her videos each time we get together with either grandkid.