Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

My husband and I stayed overnight at our older son's house, so we could watch our grandson while he and his wife spent the night at a spa. They had a great time getting away. It was the first time since their son was born, almost six years ago. We took a walk each day, did many puzzles, played a board game I brought up, and watched "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" and "Totoro". His parents had asked us to help him organize his lego stuff, his art table and his kitchen on the back porch. There was a lot of sand in the kitchen and on every toy dish and food. I tackled that task alone, and it was relatively easy. The lego organizing was difficult, but a bunch of ziplok bags helped, though there were many tiny legos that just had to be lumped together. The art table was also my challenge, and again ziploks helped, but his artwork and supplied really had nowhere to be after they were bagged. I expect all three areas will be a mess within twentyfour hours, but NOT MY PROBLEM! It's great being the grandparents, and I was most appreciative when we returned to our home and even though we have a lot of toys for the grandkids, I've got them out of the way and organized. Of course, we have a bigger house and more closets, bureaus and places to put things. And I am free to get rid of stuff whenever I wish, without a child protesting.