Dan and I are enjoying grandparenthood so much. We really like the chance to start new traditions of what it will mean to visit Grammy and Papa's house! We have a wooden bench in our entryway that has been emptied of school supplies from when our own kids lived here and now contains TOYS! Rosalie and Phoenix both know that the bench and everything in it is their domain.
We also have a candy dish (that Grandma doesn't allow to get empty). It sits in a window breezeway between the kitchen and the living room. Rosalie and Phoenix know that if they ask me, Grammy will probably pick them up and let them grab a piece of candy for each hand! The last few times Phoenix has been here, he comes to me with his hands up. I pick him up and he gives me a big hug and a cute kiss. Then he places both his hands on my cheeks, peers into my eyes, and sweetly says, "Piece a candy?"
How can I resist?
Well, yesterday Phoenix had already hit me up for candy. (He informed me that it was "choc-lit"!) I knew we were heading to the local Mexican restaurant very soon, so when he asked for seconds on candy, I had to uncharacteristically say "No more right now." He decided to try and stand on a flat of water bottles to reach the candy dish himself so I had to tell him to get down because that wasn't safe. He was very unhappy and proceeded to throw himself onto the floor.
And then IT happened! Nothing short of what I like to think is a "parenting full circle"! Kyle very quietly and calmly said (without a hint of sarcasm in his voice), "Phoenix, it's okay with me if you want to throw a fit. I won't mind at all."
OMG! How many times did Kyle hear that as a child? And then, for me to hear that coming out of Kyle's mouth! Funny, sweet, nostalgic, they-grow-up-so-fast, emotions rushing through me!
Have I mentioned how much I love being a grandmother???
