Our tiny home is overflowing with love. And noise. And craziness. The reason: Five grandchildren under the age of five. Our son Brian and his wife and three boys are visiting from Maryland, and our other son Ben, and his wife Kristi and son and daughter are visiting from locally to be with us and them. With our daughter Stephanie and her boyfriend, my Beloved and me, that makes lucky thirteen people and two medium-large dogs.
The latest wackiness: One of our three oldest grandsons came out of the bathroom with his head wet after using the toilet.
His Daddy: “Why’s your head wet?”
Grandson: “I washed my hair.”
His Daddy: “Where did you wash your hair?”
Grandson: “In the toilet?”
His Daddy: “WHAT!?!?”
Grandson: “I put my head in the toilet.”
His Daddy: “Before or after you peed?”
Grandson: “After.”
Have I said lately how much I love being a grandfather?
With Love,
Russ
Russ Towne's A Grateful Man 
What fun, enjoy your big family. Your grandson is hilarious…. I bet you never stop laughing while they are with you! Thanks for sharing the laughs with us! 🙂
Thank you, Ute. It’s quite a ride.
Russ
What fun…and memories! Take lots of pictures for posterity. I love looking at my early childhood pictures…they are quite special!
Good idea, Mrs. P. I am.
Russ
Our children keep us young.
True, except for when they make us feel very, very old. The women were gone for ninety minutes and our new granddaughter wailed in my arms this afternoon for almost an hour straight despite me going through the checklist I know by heart to deal with crying kids. I feel very old at the moment.
Russ
BEST POST OF THE DAY RUSS!!!! 🙂
Your comment brightened my day in a big way. (See my reply to Quiall.) Thank you, Colleen.
Russ
Awwwwwww…..it’s not that we are getting older Russ. I mean, we are. It’s that we are out of practice of dealing with the babies/young ones 24/7 like we did before. Now…..you COULD keep them for a few weeks and get back into practice…… 😉
LOL! All true. I wouldn’t hold my breath about the latter. To me grandchildren are most enjoyed in measured doses (which is why being a grandparent is so enjoyable to me and parenting was a bit more of a challenge and sometimes more than a bit.)
Russ
I can relate to that 🙂
i love this, russ. and these are my favorite kind of days at my cottage.
I agree, Beth. For me, such moments put the life in life.
Russ
Sounds like your title is very appropriate. Never a dull moment.