Oh...to be two and a half years old with no worries other than what to play on first at a playground. *Sigh*... I think adults should get one day each month to have their own version of that carefree living. Whether it be to just sit on the couch all day, watching movies/tv.... Maybe sitting at a table working on crafty things... Perhaps sitting at the computer doing nothing but surfing the net for "nothing"... Or maybe we'd just run around a playground like we're two and a half years old again. Whatever your pleasure... I say we just go for it. :)
With that said... This past weekend, my nephew went on a cemetery run with mom and I to put some flowers out for Memorial Day. We took him on the Rosiclare run. He was very helpful in wanting to put the flowers in the ground, and liked helping to kick the dry grass off of some of the stones. Of course he also liked climbing on some stones, but that's a different story. Before we made the trip to Rosiclare, I tested him on the way home from church and stopped in at the Herrin Cemetery to see how he'd be. He had a blast, and came back to the house to tell Papa all about going to "the stones". Ha!
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| Looking at Frieda's stone |
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| Brushing off the grass from Pop's stone |
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| Cheesing for Aunt Manda's camera |
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| Just hanging out with his Great-Grandma... ha ha |
So then we got to Hardin County, and stopped at Lavender Cemetery first....
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| Pointing to the "W.H." initials of his 4th Great-Grandfather |
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| Putting flowers on his 5th Great-Grandfather |
Then the other two places in Rosiclare...
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| Posing by his 3rd Great-Grandparents' stones |
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| Looking at his 3rd Great-Grandfather's stone |
Even though he was having fun at "the stones"...a boy just needs to be a boy sometimes. We went to the river (the Ohio) and played at the playground for about an hour before coming home. And thankfully a barge came by right before we left!
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| On the banks of the Ohio River |
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| "Whee!" |
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| "Watch me!" |
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| "Whoa! Big boat!" |
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| "Cheese!" |
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