41) Smart Kids

We really love it when our granddaughters come and spend the weekend with us. They are without any doubt the smartest of all kids and we are very proud of them.

They love to go to the beach, or for walks. They also love board games and cards. They like to use the computer or to read. They never seem to get bored, as they will always amuse themselves. They have wonderful imaginations and think up all sorts of games.

They like to see the Pelicans being fed or to visit the reptile park. Here is a picture of them at the Reptile Park entrance with their Grandpa.

We sometime take them to the market at the Entrance where there is a stall that sells plaster of paris figurines. The figurines have no paint on them but the stallholder supplies the paint and the brushes and the girls have a great time painting whichever figurine they have chosen in the colours that they want to paint it. They have chosen among other things cats, flowers and dragons. When they have finished the stallholder will spray them with a clear varnish and the girls have an ornament to take home.

Once we took them to this contraption set up in our local supermarket that looked as if it was going to catapult our grand children into outer space on a set of rubber bands, my heart was in my mouth. Claudia and Lauren just loved it though. Here is Claudia either on her way up or her way down.

One of their favourite games is "Cafes". They write menus, lay tables, set up the kitchen and we have to be the customers. We are usually very nice customers who enjoy everything we "eat" and we praise the chef and the waitresses and leave big tips but one Sunday I thought I would be a nasty customer for a change. I complained that the table was dirty, that the food was too salty, the meat was tough, the fish was over cooked, the service was slow and everything else I could think of. They were both rather taken aback when I first complained but they soon got the joke and rushed around trying to put right the things I had complained about. I eventually asked for the bill and when I was told that it was $20.30 I said "That is outrageous I could get it for half that price down the road" Claudia just said "Well madam, why don't you just go down the road?" Hows that for smart?