Reading a post from a friend of mine on Facebook ... this post's your fault Maggie, she speaks of preparing a bedroom especially for her young granddaughters. When the two granddaughters who live in my area were little and started coming for sleepovers at Grandma & Grandpa's, I decided they had to have a room just for them. Their colors, their interests, and if they wanted to add to the decor, it was their choice.
Like Maggie, I sometimes wondered if I was indulging in this project for them or for me. I convinced myself that it was strictly for them. But I loved the painting and decorating and making it special; making it theirs. The biggie was convincing Grandpa that he could NOT "borrow" the room when they weren't visiting because he, at that time, was a smoker and was too big for their twin beds, he'd have to settle for his den.
I loved having the girls with us. They played dress up, we did crafts, we watched movies, during the summer they lived in the swimming pool. For Halloween, we went to the pumpkin farm and then they, with Grandpa, carved faces on their pumpkins. They decorated our Christmas tree every year and decorated a small tree in "their" room and even strung lights in there. We took them to San Francisco by Amtrak for their combined birthdays, and I took them to musical productions at the Saroyan. I so very much enjoyed those little girls. The only thing the oldest didn't like was going up the stairs and passing "the monkey in the mirror", it scared her half to death - so we avoided looking at the mirror.
Enjoy this special time Maggie. It passes all too quickly.
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