We waved goodbye to our granddaughter yesterday around 11 am and then packed up the toys, books, puzzles etc and washed the sheets and generally made the house back into a abode for adults after having it arranged as a preschool. It was a delightful week, and she was quite a trooper. She is infinitely entertainable, and so imaginative. She was Amelia Bedelia, and I was Mrs. Lane. She had a pet shop and we were the customers, she was on a boat (our walkway in the back yard) and we were her sailors (even the dogs). Seeing the world through her eyes is the biggest treat possible. Our dogs are despondent, without her presence.
Now I am answering email, doing laundry and preparing for a trip that is for just us old folks. My husband and I are going to Hawaii for a week, so I'm hunting up sandals and shorts and swimsuits. Of course, this week the rain has stopped. It's sunny and I wish we could have had some of this with our granddaughter, but still, Hawaii is a whole other dimension, rain or shine. It will be very relaxing, and yet, and yet, I wish we could take our granddaughter, because her delight would surpass anything we will conjure up on our own.
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