Out of the mouths of......grandchildren

Erik, Gideon, Berkeley, Sam, Maia & Sydney

We did eight days of babysitting at the Andrus home. Mike and Brenda were on a relaxing Alaskan cruise with Mike's parents and siblings. The first five days we also had Neil and Pam's two youngest while the rest of their family went on a Pioneer trek.

Here are some memorable conversations:

Grandpa asked Erik if he knew that his dad was a chemical engineer before he became a doctor. He asked Erik what engineers do. "Drive trains?" was Erik's answer.

Maia brought me her bathing suit which had crossing straps in the back and asked, "Will you organize this for me so I can go swimming?"

I leaned Gideon back in the bathtub to get his hair wet before shampooing it. He came up saying, "Wet!"

Eldon asked Berkeley if he knew how his grandparents had become so wise. "By making good choices?" Then he asked "How did they learn to make good choices?" Berkeley said, "By making mistakes."

Erik threw a rock at Sydney which hit her foot and hurt but didn't injure. Grandpa yelled at him and sent him to the boys' room where he wailed for a while. When I heard about it I went downstairs to make sure he apologized, which he gladly did. Sam said, "Grandpa didn't need to yell. Syd's tough!"

I overheard Sydney cheerfully explaining to Maia: "They've been gone 5 days so they'll come back in 3 days!"

The kids knew Jessica is sick because we were praying for her.  One morning I asked Sam if he'd had breakfast and he said he was fasting today for Jessica. I asked Grandpa if that was alright and he said, "Yes, I think he has great faith."

I commented to Maia about how they have everything a kid could want--a trampoline, a kitten, a pool, a play structure, a Wii and lots of books. I asked, "Is there anything you don't have?" She thought a minute and said, "Well, we don't have any whipped cream."