A Month of Thankfulness - November 6

 Lynnlee has been with us today, the first time since last Friday.

She is our youngest granddaughter, and she is a lovable, cute, and sometimes ornery 3-year-old.  She is a sassy little redhead too!

I am so thankful for her and for her parents trusting us to watch her when they need someone in a pinch for her to stay with during the school day.

This year Lynnlee has a new babysitter who has had several issues.  Illness.  Migraines.  A son who is quarantined (now for the second time) from first, being on the football team and possibly exposed by a player on an opposing team and second, from a friend who had no symptoms but needed a test for work and tested positive.

For Megan and Matt this situation does save them some money that they would pay the babysitter (because we don't expect pay and won't ask for it) but they do bring her here in the morning and pick her up after school which takes time and gas.  

I am thankful to spend the time with her.   For the first time in the history of five grandchildren, Lynnlee loves me and prefers me to Papaw.  Everyone else looks to Papaw first, to the point of Landon looking around me to see where Papaw is.  Even though I don't like to hear or see her cry, it warms my heart when she clings to me and wants to be with me instead of anyone else.  She wants to stay here rather than go home.  She wants me to stay when we visit them, and she always checks to see when we will return to her house.

In a few years she will be in school and all of these days will vanish.  While it was good to have some time to ourselves, to do what we wanted to do, to not worry about being awake and having the door unlocked before 7 a.m, I truly love it when she is here.

Lynnlee Elizabeth - named for her two grandfathers by combining their middle names and using Megan's middle name (also my first name and my paternal grandmother's first name) for HER middle name.  What a legacy!

And today's adventure?  We went to a winery outside of Remington!  She stayed in the Escape with Papaw while I went into the winery and bought a few bottles of the RazzleRed for her mommy, her auntie, and for us.  On the return trip to Lafayette she fell asleep, but she awakened in time to eat a couple of chicken tenders and fries from Freddy's in West Lafayette. Plus she had some 'bubble juice' in her sippy cup (aka Sprite!)  She was perfect!  No crying.  A little nap.  No fussing.  Just a little bit of talking from the back as we drove on I-65.

I am thankful for all five of our grandchildren, but today I am thankful for Lynnlee Elizabeth.