How do you want to be remembered by your Grandchildren?
There are the memories of being bored out of your mind as you
sit quietly while your parents talk to their parents, your Grandparents, or the
memory of the “sad old people smell” as Emily our granddaughter likes to call
it and finally my favourite the memory of Grandpa snoring in his chair while
you are forced to watch some boring TV program.
We all have them, memories of old people, Grandparents,
Aunties, or the stereotype TV likes to put out in the world, and do we really want
to be remembered that way – not these Grandparents!
So it is important to deliberately watch and learn from your
grandchildren and participate in the things that they enjoy.
Today we all stepped out of our comfort zone and painted with
coffee.
About two months ago we came across ‘Skillshare’ a website
where for a fee you can take classes on any numbers of topics. We joined to build our skills for this blog
and when our grandson took a look at the offered classes he thought it would be
a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
James is a talented artist in his Grandparent’s opinion and he
thought it would be fun to take a class with his Grandmother and it was.
Today we learned to paint with coffee and spent three hours
together with Grandpa providing light entertainment with his coffee jokes.
More than learning to paint we spent time building memories,
learning from each other and learning about each other.
I have always admired how James can draw animals rendering
life like images and today I learned that he wants to relax into his drawing,
creating a more “simple” drawings.
And we laughed together both at Grandpa's bad jokes and as James splattered coffee onto his paper and everywhere else as well.
Today we built memories that will last a life time, each time Grandpa and I look at a cup of coffee we will remember today and the fun we had.
Are we artists?
Yes we are!
We are building relationships in just the same way a painter creates a master piece, one brush stroke at a time.
Grandma Snyder
©2013-2017 twosnydergirls
Note: This blog post was not sponsored by Skillshare.
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