"those things you dip in ketchup"

Two wonderful weeks with my Indiana granddaughters!  (And their parents, of course!)  We had a lot of fun, both crazy and sane.

One day Miriam (on the left) wanted to "do" someone's hair, so I  volunteered. Then Liliana joined her, and they ended up getting a little wired! All of us were laughing  as they improvised some weird additions to my "hairdo".

The girls started school a few days after I arrived, but in the afternoons we had time to spend together.  In the mornings, I had time to go shopping with Debbie, talk with her about so many things, help out as I could, etc.

Sunday night is "movie night" for them, and we'd eat in the living room.  On my last movie night there, I made something I think the girls had never eaten before.

 Debbie wanted to know some ways to fix quinoa, so I made some quinoa patties. With some ketchup on the side of their plates, the girls settled down at their TV trays.  I doubted they'd rave about the patties, being something new and "different".  So I was surprised when Miriam asked, "Can I have another of those things you dip in ketchup?" When she was done with the second, she asked for yet another.  But her ketchup ran out before she finished it, and it turned out she didn't like it plain!  Oh well, at least it's a way to get something very nutritious into little kids...let them dip it in ketchup!

We ate out a few times, too. Here, Liliana (7) is on my right, Miriam (6) on my left. I think it was a Mexican restaurant.

As my departure grew closer, when I would leave to spend time with Dan's family,  I told Debbie how much I loved being accepted and trusted by the girls as part of their lives.                    Being grandmother to these two is awesome!
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Debbie and Steve are instilling in their daughters a growing understanding of the Family of God..  We pray that they will become strong, faithful members of this Family.

In an amplified version, Deuteronomy 6:7 says, "You shall teach them diligently to your children {impressing God's precept on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths}..."
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The Word also says that grandparents should be a part of passing on these truths.  "Teach them to your children and to their children after them."  (Deuteronomy 4:9)

                           "You are....members of His household.."  (Ephesians 2:19)
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                    Thank You, Lord, for the miracle and blessing of grandchildren!