Grandchildren

    On Saturday, Hallie was in a dance recital at 1 pm and then in a parade with the cheerleaders from her school at 6 pm.  She did very well in the ballet. In between the dances by the classes of young dancers, we enjoyed seeing the teenagers dance parts of the Nutcracker, which they would be presenting that evening. They were very good and it was nice to see that the school she is at has such good dancers. We hope she will one day be dancing the Nutcracker.
     The parade was at the Civic Center and was a big event. The best part of the parade was watching Aiden watch the parade. His eyes were as big as saucers as he took everything in and waved to everyone, from the police cars at the beginning, to the many floats, and of course his sister's cheerleading group.
     I am looking forward to seeing John Paul, my newest grandchild, in 3 more weeks. We plan to leave Florida early on Tuesday December 28 and drive to Maryland. We will have Marie, Hallie, and Aiden with us.  Marie will share the driving with John and I will have to keep Hallie & Aiden occupied.  John keeps telling me it will be harder than I think. Even though we went on many long road trips when our children were small, children today aren't used to sitting still very long.
     After a couple days in Maryland, we will drive to Pennsylvania where Lorelei and John Paul will be baptized on Jan. 2.   We are glad Ruth and John D. were able to plan these baptisms together so we only need to make one trip north.