My grandson, Jacob, is 2 1/2 years old. He's beautiful with huge blue eyes and eyelashes that would make every woman jealous. He's also very bright and melts my heart. What I really love about him is his sense of humor...he's hilarious. Yesterday evening we decided we would walk to the neighborhood Dollar General to purchase some of those plastic pastel colored eggs to hang on a tree in front of my house. My neighbor has some hanging on hers and every time we walk by jacob feels the need to rearrange them. So, off we go hand in hand. We chatted on the way about the eggs and that we should get some extras for JJ...his soon to be cousin.
When we walked into the store the eggs were the first thing Jacob saw. We picked up two bags and then started looking for some wire to hang them on the tree. We walked up and down the aisles and of course, Jacob had to pick up this and that. He picked up a ball he thought he might like, then put it down because I wanted him to get a smaller more manageable size. This was the first time he had been allowed to wander around a store with only occassional direction from grandma, and was being very well-behaved. I guess he had enough of that, because all of a sudden he saw a big display of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and decided this was going to be his purchase of the day. He picked up a box and when I told him I didn't think we needed macaroni, he took off down the aisle, ran all the way to the end of the store and started running toward me, I missed him, he saw the exit and made a break for it. Fortunately a woman who worked there was coming in and caught him red-handed. We put the box back, paid for our purchases and walked home again.
I love that kid.
