Princess Grace

Princess Grace
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Last night while my father-in-law and I watched the Leafs game, Shelley and Ginny Grace went with Shell's mom over to see Great-Grandma Amos.

Grandma Amos is almost 92 and still sharp as a tack.

She did however have a little spill a few weeks ago and so Shell wanted to go see her and allow her to spend a little time with her great-granddaughter.

I think it's pretty wonderful that GG has two Great-Grandmothers.

Since growing up I only had one grandparent at all, my grandmother Wenonah, having any 'grands', not to mention 'great-grands' is to me a real blessing.

Apparently Ginny Grace, who is normally shy around everyone, was unusually spunky at Great-Gramma's place, doing all her tricks, babbling, and even showing Great-Gramma Amos that she can blow her own nose in a kleenex.

They came home from their visit all full of laughs and smiles.

They also came home with a gift from Great-Gramma Amos for GG's college fund...a really, really, nice gift...with lots of zeros. Apparently all the great-grandkids are getting a similar contribution and with 4 of them..that's a fairly hefty sum.

Ginny Grace is too young to understand the generosity...but we aren't.

I've said numerous times I married into an amazing family- last night was proof in spades.

Today we had a few adventures as well. We went to the town library and got some books. We were sitting in the kids section reading a story about Mog the Cat when the power went out. Grace was unfazed by the sudden outage and just gathered up her things and walked over to see Beezus and the other guinea pig whose name escapes me at the moment- they live at the library in their little guinea pig cage.

The power came back on before we left, but then went off again later when we got home. We only live around the block from the library so it was a neighborhood temporary blackout I guess.

We also made our first foray into the world of EBay. Yes, it's 2007 and we've never done anything on EBay...we are behind the times a bit I guess. Shell has some stuff she wants to see if she can sell. Some crafty bits that might not be appropriate for The Galloping Goat Gallery like scarves and some odds and ends. She also wants to sell some expensive dress she bought a few years ago. When she told me how much she paid for it I think I suffered a mild coronary. I don't think I've paid THAT much for my entire "wardrobe". (I put the word 'wardrobe' in quotations because it's pretty laughable to call my collection of clothes a wardrobe- or even a collection...but I digress.)

She's got a couple of tiaras too. I don't know...women need them I guess. Gracie decided to model one for us.

I had a flashforward to her getting married.

And I think I had *another* coronary.

How will I ever break it to her that she's not allowed to get married until she's at least 45?