An Evening with the Grandkids

Lance and Cherise got free passes to the Collins Road Theatre here in Cedar Rapids. So Friday night was a chance for them to see a movie and for us to have the kids for a while. Rachel stayed with us while they were at the movie, but then she went home with them. Ben stayed with us all night. I took him back to Iowa City Saturday afternoon. It’s quite a feat to watch both of them at once. We need to have our eye on Ben every minute because he is into everything constantly. Rachel wants our attention too. She likes to play a game with Karen where she is a cheetah and Karen poses various scenarios for the cheetah to react in. For instance, the mother cheetah is in her cage with her baby. A cute little brown haired girl with glasses comes by with her camera. If she stands still long enough, the mother cheetah may begin to trust her and bring her baby out so the little girl can get a picture. Or, the mean boys walk up to the cage. They are pushing each other and generally goofing around. They might use the cattle prod they have with them to harass the mother cheetah. Then it’s Rachel’s job to flesh out the scenario.

Wary mother cheetah

Ben has some cute shoes but they cause him no end of trouble with our carpet. The poor little fellow is always catching the souls or the toes of the shoes in the carpet and tumbling onto his face. He likes to have his shoes off as you can guess and we are delighted to accommodate him. It’s fun to give the little darling a buzzer on the sole of his foot.

Get these shoes off

Grandma Karen and Ben

When my dad was a baby my grandma had an aluminum colander. My dad used to wear it as a hat. Grandma gave it to my mom and I wore it as an army helmet too. And for a little bit it was Lance’s turn. Rachel wore it a time or two and here below is that generation’ s latest participant.

A Family Tradition