what boys and girls are made of...

this summer i wanted to do teas in my lovely backyard and spent several hours with these special people...

                          my grandchildren...


and though we have sixteen grandchildren, seven live in other states and three were too young to come.

so...


one lovely morning my two local lovelies came for a tea party.


what fun we had!



Serena, who is five and Sarah, who is four, love each other's company (that is, if neither one is too tired!) along with Sonali, Serena's best doll, had an ice cream party...

we had fun taking pictures, though the the girls soon got tired of that!

                                           

they just wanted to play!

                       

     and of course, i can't but help add their cute little tootsies...!

and mostly girls are made of 'spice and everything nice...'

well...at least they like to play dress up and play with dolls and have tea parties...

and dress in pinks and frills and comb their hair and play with a lot of imagination...

oh yes...they talk NONE STOP!

it was a lovely tea...just wish the other three girls could have been here!

then it was the boy's turn as Patrick didn't think it was fair for the girls to be at grandma's house and not the boys!

so...

one lovely evening we had...

not a lady-like tea...

but a rough and tumble...

'let's run for two hours' hide and seek game!

...such energy!!

and so much fun!

l-r Josiah-6, Anthony-10, Andre-almost 14,Patrick-8, Shawn-12

first thing on the program was hide and seek...

a game made up of their own rules and so many places to hide!

Patrick counting...

and everyone's favorite hiding place.

but Josiah was more interest in climbing trees...

and watering grandma's flowers.

and then there was food and fire and companionship...

a lovely evening, watching 'my boys' playing together, even though their ages are from six to all but fourteen...

watching them making memories together....

 - that's a wonderful thing to see! 

so what are boys made of?

well, lets see...

energy...lots of it!

rough and tumble is their way - healthy stuff!

don't mind getting dirty...

love to eat...and love to play -

and their potential of manhood...what an awesome thing to see!

just wish the others could have been here!

ox