Great Grandparents

  

Just saying Hi to Aunt Kelly.  

Singing Little Bunny Foo Foo

 

Great-Grandpa Ed.

Great-Grandpa Ed moved to his new house this weekend out at RayBrook.  It is good to have him out of the house and somewhere where his meals and things will be taken care of.  I would talk about Jean but Grandma Audrey used to say if you don't have anything nice to say then you shouldn't say anything at all.  So all I can say is it is nice she is gone.  I hope we will be able to go visit Grandpa Ed often.  I have a lot of memories of visiting Grandma Great Kate.    Jacqueline you are so lucky you have Great Grandpa Ed (my dad's dad)and you have Great Grandpa Lloyd and Great Grandma Norma (your dad's dad's parents). The picture on the right is of you and Great-Grandma Norma from this summer. 

So thinking of Great Grandparents I want to share a Grandma Great Kate story with you. When I was young, I think around five I remember visiting Grandma Great and sitting at her desk/ vanity.  While I sat there I looked through the top drawers while the adults talked.  They were filled with fancy glittering jewelry.  And as a kid I remember thinking that Grandma Great must have been some kind of Dutch Princess in order to own so much expensive jewelry. I don't remember exactly when I learned the truth that most of it was costume jewelry and not the Dutch Crown Jewels but even when I knew better I still liked to sit at her vanity and look through the little boxes of costume Jewelry.  My favorite was a little purple butterfly broach.  I don't know exactly what happened to Grandma Great Kate's butterfly broach but I have told your dad if we ever find one just like it in an antique store we are buying it because it brings back such fond memories of Grandma. Purple Butterflys and Wilhelmina peppermints will always make me think of Grandma Great Kate.  I wonder what will you think of when you look back some day and remember Grandpa Ed, Grandpa Lloyd and Grandma Norma.