Young (at Heart!)

Well, Happy Saturday, blogiverse! What's going on with you? Pop Pop and I have been having fun with busy, busy boys this week!

And lots of knitted toys!

Whether it's at our house, or at their house,

...these tiny people continue to steal our hearts each time we see them!

And they keep requesting specialty items, like BI-I-I-I-IG Rainbow Elves (which are underway, by the way!).

Then they take out all the toys they can get to, 

...and leave my knitted pig naked! Lol...

Brings us back to when the girls were little, 

...and when our own kids were small and taking all the toys out at every opportunity! Kids bring such joy to a home, and to life in general. Make no mistake, they also bring hardship, heartache and long nights of worry, and they stretch you to places you never thought you would go...but in the end, they bring joy unspeakable as you watch them grow and eventually venture into the world on their own. 

In our case, those little people we created have ventured out to find the loves of their lives and give us the loves of our lives in these 5 youngsters we call grandchildren. For all the gray hairs our kids provided us in their first 18 years, our grandchildren are giving us silver linings to the clouds we might otherwise lament over. I wish the same for all of them: Allen, Jess, Christy and Aaron. May you live long and happy lives and be blessed by many years of spoiling your own grandchildren!

For anyone else reading the blog today, I wish you the same. Stay the course, and play with the kids whenever you can. If you don't have kids/grandkids, play with nieces and nephews, volunteer with church kids (even the gangly pre-teens, they are hilarious)...I promise they will keep you young, or at least make you feel a bit younger! 

Please note: If you are over 40, have some NSAIDs at the ready. Playing with them keeps you feeling young at heart, but the joints will ache later...lol!

If you're a knitter, make them something fun, and they will love you forever.

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!