A 3 year old's perspective -simple

So T and I were driving (well I was) out to the reservation where I am implementing a summer evening program with the kids, she pipes up, where is my grandpa? Just out of the blue. How do you answer your little one, when there is no grandpa and you've already had to also explain about the MIA dad? For those 20 seconds it took me to answer, my tears welled up and I felt so bad that I had to tell her she didn't have a grandpa -cursed the fates that took her Papa (my dad) and the absent grandpa from her dad's side. As is my way and to keep it real I told her that she didn't have a grandpa, as is her way she immediately stated that yes she did! Hmmm what to do now? So I said , welllll you do have a Papa -his picture is hanging up in our house but he's no longer with us. To my amazement she said yes, she had a Papa and his picture is by our room. (Happy as can be she was). She then asked me where my grandpa was, I had to tell her he was only in a picture too, that he had died a long time ago. She was so excited that we both had grandpas....in pictures. I just had to laugh, yes that was true, it was all so simple to her and she didn't feel left out. I know this will change as she grows older and asks more questions, but for now all is well in the Jack household. (I told my mom this story and she said that her and T had a conversation about Papa last week.)

Humboldt Exercising

We went to the Humboldt coast again for work, had wonderful smoke free weather. Barely made it through 299 before they closed it again, it was only open for about 3 hours that day and we made it through, though the side of the road was burning! Anyway, we hiked down to Agate Beach at Patricks Point State Park (steep grade). T practiced some of her yoga moves on the beach and on the hike back up she took a short break on the steps -I didn't have to carry her at all this time, yeah!

Hope you all have a nice 4th of July.