Ian Visits Older Grandma

We're behind on the blog as usual, and I'll catch up out of order (due to multiple cameras and computers). Today Ian and I went to visit my grandmother a.k.a. "Older Grandma" (we're a rather literal family, I guess). It's interesting to see the interaction of a small boy and an elderly woman.

Here they are talking on the back porch (near the end of our 5 hour visit Grandma observed: "I just realized he hasn't stopped talking since he got here!"):

And having a "picnic" lunch:

I had my mom's camera which is identical to ours but with a better lens, so I got some good closeups:



Ian happily went to work watering all of Grandma's plants in the yard:

And the tomatoes along the driveway (he doesn't really accept yet that watering at the bottom is best):


Moving inside, Grandma read this classic Dr. Seuss which she read to me many times (Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?):


A boy has to be creative in the house of an old woman. Here he is using Grandma's cane as a microphone (while standing on her sofa, of course):

And now to the front porch, where Ian is arranging numerous floor tile samples (also something I played with as a kid - things never change at Grandma's house -- she also has things my mother played with as a child):

A good closeup look at one of Ian's frequent expressions (Grandma observed that he sometimes seems like a serious man and sometimes like a silly kid which is why, I explained, Doug calls him Mr. Smooshums):


Here they are sitting on opposite porch benches talking:

All in all, the trip was very nice. Nothing was broken. Only once did Ian launch a tennis ball directly at Grandma. She definitely got an idea of what he's like at this age. It might take her a week to recover from our visit but I think well worth it : )