go team family

Part of our family live about an hour from our home and before covid (the new b.c. time reference) we saw our 9 and 6 year old grandsons about once a week.  In the time of covid (toc) we haven’t seen them for 12 weeks.  Well, that’s not entirely accurate.  We have had “face time” with a fine little app called duo.  It’s not the same but we made it work.
 
We spent this past Sunday afternoon with the boys.  We planned simple activities like kite flying, bubbles, soccer, frisbee and toss the ball.  I want to share some of the insights of our grandchildren.
 
Our 9 year old wanted to understand that it had been 12 weeks since we were together when before we saw each other weekly.  He needed to put our fun afternoon into perspective.
 
We started by putting the kites together and I botched putting together the kite for the 9 year old while the six year old took off on his own, running the length of the soccer field, screaming all the way with bright red cheeks on the hot, humid afternoon in the sun.  The six year old returned where I continued to struggle with his brother’s kite and offered to let his brother fly his kite for a while.  Thank heavens.  The six year old wanted to play with the bubbles.  We played the game to see who could pop the most bubbles.  Of course he won, he is much more agile than me.
 
The 6 year old decided he wanted his kite back so the 9 year old asked me to play one on one soccer.  He wanted to play to the score of 10.  I told him I couldn’t play that long and we played to the score of 2.  I learned he had some tricky moves and scored first.  I caught him not paying attention and scored second.  The 6 year old didn’t want to miss the fun and joined my team.  The 9 year old drove to the next and scored.  He won the game and it was time for a water break.

The 9 year year old wanted to play catch with the ball while the 9 year old took another turn at kite flying.  Before long both the 9 year old and gram joined us playing catch.  The 6 year old wanted to direct who would throw the ball and who would receive and it became complex.  The 9 year old finally shouted – “oh let’s just throw the ball.”  We then threw the ball in a circle and became faster and faster, we all laughed.  The 6 year old shouted “Go Team Family.”
My soul and heart were refreshed.
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We are planning an overnight stay over late in June.  I can’t wait.