Hi Ellie-bean!
So I had to think a bit as to how I wanted to start out this
year’s blog as your Mom termed it ‘final
thoughts’. It is amazing to me
El that you are already turning 4 years of age! How did those 1st four years pass by so
quickly? It seems like only yesterday
when you were 3 days old and I was trying to help your Mommy comfort you at
3:00 am. You were crying and
gassy, crying and cranky, and still crying as well as just being plain
ornery! But oh how we fell in love
with that original and ‘who in heavens name does she take after’ personality! And then it hit me… my blog for this
year should begin with a Then and Now comparison story of you, your Mommy and
myself. By beginning with
this thought, I can also add to it each week if I so choose or possibly in the
middle of the year, and if we really do end our blog in 2015 it would be a
perfect way to finish our last entry.
But that is a big ‘IF’… because like your Mommy stated, “we have a love,
hate relationship with this writing assignment,” and a part of me would be sad
to see it actually end (thankfully we don’t have to deal with that for another
12 months!).
So here goes Ellie:
Final Thoughts: Then and Now
1961 – Mimi: (Shopping
with a Grandparent.) It just
didn’t happen. I was never invited
along. Now that could be
because my grandmother did not drive, so my mother or father would take her
shopping. When I asked Gram
Bubbles what she did with Aunt Sheri and me during those bi-weekly excursions,
her answer was, “I guess your father watched you girls because I never took
you! In fact, you never saw the
inside of a store not unless you were getting fitted for shoes!”
1984 – Mommy: (Shopping
with a Grandparent.) When I
asked your Mommy what she remembered about grocery shopping with Gram Russell
(Gram Bubbles lived 4 states away, so those type of outings did not take place
with her), your Mom said she didn’t recall ever going with Gram. And that was because Gram Russell was a
cashier for the Shop-N-Bag grocery store and would shop right after her shift
was done. Your Mommy does remember
though that Gram Russell always brought home plenty of the colorful barrel
bottle drinks (Hugs) to hand out whenever asked as well as some kind of yummy
snack!
2014 – Ellie: (Shopping
with a Grandparent.) That is
something we do quite often Ellie and yes, it is always an experience as well
as a really fun time. Here is an
example. Last week I needed to
pick up a few items at the grocery store after church. Of course you conned your way into
letting me take you along and convincing your Mommy to pick you up at my house
later in the afternoon. Ellie,
normally I let you get something from the 25-cent prize machines (which are
located near the entrance/exit doors) when we are finished our shopping excursion,
but this specific time I caved to your pleading and allowed you to choose 1
machine prize on our way in. Well…
instead of choosing your favorite gumball, you chose a machine that spit out a
plastic container holding a 1-inch gummy-like substance in the shape of a
miniature hand on a 2-inch long rubbery arm. As an adult Ellie, I had no idea just how entertaining that
thing was going to be for the next hour!
As I walked up and down the aisles filling our cart, you were flinging
that thing from side to side lassoing everything and anything that it would
stick too. And by everything and
anything I mean vegetable cans, fruit, milk cartons, pasta boxes, other
people’s carts and my hair!
I think we laughed and giggled our way through the store El. By the time we hit the bakery aisle you
hurled that gummy hand pretty forcefully where it landed in-between two loaves
of bread. Sadly, when you tried to
retrieve it the rubbery arm snapped back without the hand, which led to more
giggles and a search for a trashcan! Of course this comical event had me completely
distracted to the point that I forgot to get half of what was on my grocery
list! But no matter, you were a very happy shopper as you also got your 25-cent
blue gumball on the way out of the store!
I on the other hand had to return the next day to finish my list…
solo!
Ellie, shopping trips of any kind are never boring when you
are present! I hope as you grow
up, you always remember these outings and the special bond we have because
someday they will become a “Then” memory for you!
Love you Ellie-spaghetti!
Mimi
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