WHAT'S BETTER?

206 – Saturday, July 25, 2009

Now we have an eighteen-month-old aquatic mammal to add to our collection of grandchild descriptors – really a fish!! When you say ‘fish’ to Isaac, he puckers his little lips in a circle and opens and closes his mouth the way he has seen a ridiculous number of his ‘adult’ tutors do to stimulate his intellectual development. This was a really prolific weekend in the lad’s maturation, new words flowing from him in rapid-fire for the days we have spent with him – Amen – Doctor – Apple - Bubble – Tractor – Cut – Paper (of course he would get the last two mentioned, the ladies were enjoying a scrap booking bee at the Mercer’s, Grandpa Bill and Poppie were the designated boy sitters!! I want every reader to note that as soon as the grandfathers had a measure of the responsibility of his care, Isaac spouts forth five or six new words – not taking all the credit, just saying…. (better stop right there)! Oh, did I mention that we took Isaac to one of Bill’s favorite haunts, Miss Vicki’s! Now, before your minds take you to a place where you should not be, let me state unequivocally that everyone there was fully clothed!! Miss Vicki’s is an open-air dining experience like none you have ever shared – unless you have feasted at Earl’s Supper Club in metropolitan West Union, Illinois, population around a thousand, but that takes in the entire zip code. Quaint, with a unique ambiance and some of the best food one can gnaw on. What a day!! Nosh, camaraderie, and a swim with the champion of all grandsons – now I ask you, what could be better than this?

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