Tea Time For Two

Chloe' loves to have her tea parties. Sometimes she will line up all of the dolls and have a tea party on the floor, the coffee table the stairs and at the breakfast table with her doll of the hour in her old highchair. (Three year olds are to big for highchairs) She says that she is a big girl and want to sit at the table in a big chair.



She has her doll (Zoe) in the highchair, with a doll for Zoe to play with and a mama (pacifier) for them to share. Her "Tea Party" is tea, bacon and rice crispy treats. A tea party consisting of some of her favorite treats.



She will encourage Zoe to eat and sit up in the chair just like a little mother. It is so cute to watch these tea parties and how well that she takes care of her babies.



If she doesn't have real cookies or chips or any other snack, she will use her cakes that go with her tea set. She has chocolate cake (square), Cheese cake (triangle) and the pink cherry cake (round). She has started lately using the shape of the treat to describe her treats.



When you eat or drink tea you must act like a lady and make sure that you be very precise (notice the raised pinkie) as you eat your treat or drink your tea.



Just remember when you have a tea party, the best thing to do is just to have fun and enjoy it.

The Up and Coming Artist

Chloe' loves to color and draw, so for Christmas we got her an easel to be able to color on. She played with it and drew all sorts of pictures for us. She would say, "Poppy I need for you to clean off the board for me, so I have become the easel cleaner."



As she was drawing on the easel, she said, "Do you want to me to draw you a circle?"
After our shock over her question, she proceeded to draw for us a large circle on her easel. We (Gramaw and Poppy) looked at each other and thought, she really does know what a circle is.



The mind of a three year old is something else. I can't remember what I even knew at three, but I am assured that I didn't know what a circle was ore even how to draw one.

She alson loves to draw on her etch a sketch and she had been drawing for a while and erasing and redrawing. She said, "I'm going to draw a monster."



Above you can see the drawing that she made of "The Monster".

Chloe' and Majorie's Tea Party

Last weekend we had the workers for several days. Chloe' was here and she enjoyed the visit as much as we did. Our workers are Majorie L. and Karen D. and Chloe' kept calling them the girls. Majorie asked Chloe did she remember their names. Chloe' said yes, "Majorie and Karen."

Chloe' was glad to have someone new to have her Tea Party with, because usually its with me (Poppy) and Chloe'.

Thanksgiving 2010

The Table Is Ready For Lunch

Giblet Gravy, Peas, Turkey and Ham

Green Bean and Sweet Potato Casseroles

Homemade Cornbread Dressing

Pies

Chloe' may only be three, but she knows what she wants to wear everyday when she is at our house. On Saturday night she told her Granaw that she wanted to wear her brown plaid dress for meeting on Sunday. She wanted to wear tights and not socks because she wanted to look like her Granaw.

Happy Anniversary

Happily married for 58 years.

This Earthly House

You tell me I am getting old – but that’s not really so,
The house I live in may be worn – and that, of course, I know;
It’s been in use a good long while and weathered many a gale,
I’m therefore not surprised to find it now is somewhat frail.

You tell me I am getting old, you mix my house and me –
You’re looking at the outside – that’s all that most folks see;
The dweller in the little house is bright and young and gay –
Just starting on a life that lasts through long Eternal day.

The color’s changing on the “roof,” the “window’s” looking dim;
The “wall’s” a bit transparent, and getting rather thin;
The “foundation’s” not so steady as once it used to be,
And that is all that you observe, but it’s not really me.

I patch the old house up a bit to make it last the night,
But soon I shall be flitting to my home of endless light.
I’m going to live forever there, my life goes on, it’s grand;
How can you say, I’m getting old? You do not understand.

These few short years can’t make me old, I feel I’m in my youth!
Eternity lies just ahead, full of life and joy and truth.
We will not fret to see this house grow shabby day by day,
But look ahead to our new “Home” which never will decay.

I want to be made fit to dwell in that blest house above,
Cleansed in the precious blood of Christ, and growing still in love.
The beauty of that glorious home, no words can ever say –
‘Tis hidden from these mortal eyes, but kept for us someday!

My house is getting ready in the land beyond the sky,
It’s Architect and Builder is my Saviour on High,
But I rather think He’s leaving the furnishing to me –
So it’s “treasure up in Heaven” I must store each day you see.

By Jack Jackson Heb 10:11 (circa 1952 or 1955 Durban)