Our daughter Robin, who is the grandmother of Crosby and Alder, has been keeping them a good bit this summer since she is out of school. She lives on Lake George and their house is secluded by trees from the houses on both sides of them. There is a deck on the back of their house that faces the lake.
While Robin had the boys out on the deck playing, Crosby said that he had to tee-tee and went to the edge of the deck to do his business. Alder still does not talk much, but after seeing Crosby do his business, Alder said that he had to tee, as he called it. So, he walked to the edge of the deck and pulled the front of his diaper down. He stood there and strained for what seemed like 10 minutes but he did not tee. But he wanted to do what his big brother did.
Robin wanted her grandchildren to call her Mamie. Why, I’ll never know. That afternoon when Tyler came to pick up the boys, Crosby said, “Well, Mamie, I’ll have to go.” Tyler and Robin talked on a little more. Then Crosby said again, “Well, Mamie, I’ll have to go.” After the third good-bye, I think they left. Crosby is only 3 but talks like an adult.
On his mother’s off day she was at home with the boys. As you know, from previous articles, Alder is a fast runner and a very good climber. His mother went to the bathroom and left Alder by himself. He looked around to see what was available for him to do. His first thing to do was to find a way to get on the kitchen counter. He picked the dishwasher to climb through or over. How he managed to make it to the counter is still a mystery. When his mother came out of the bathroom after being there no more than three minutes, she spied him on the kitchen counter trying to get on top of the refrigerator.
When Dana told Rudene and me that, she said I would worry myself to death trying to protect Alder from harm. And I probably would. I would like to protect all six of our great-grandchildren from any kind of harm. They are given to us to love, care for and watch them grow up and mature.
In the meantime, I think Alder is practicing for future mountain climbing.
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