Thursday, August 08, 2019

Shopping for adventure

Someone asked my oldest grandchild what she's been doing since she's been at my house, and she said, "Lately we've mostly been shopping."

Shopping? I'd call that selective memory. In ten days I can recall three times we've been inside a store, once for groceries and twice for craft supplies. The rest of the time we've been exploring caves, going to playgrounds, having picnics, splashing in the kiddie pool, going out for ice cream, making craft projects, and basically having every kind of fun it's possible to have. Today we made the long drive back to the grandchildren's house, where whole family will be reunited tomorrow, but we broke up the drive today with a visit to the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, where we could have spent all day just in the children's gardens and butterfly house. 

Not a lot of shopping in there, but that's okay. We've been shopping for adventure, wonder, and really great ice cream, and one of these days those memories will matter.







 

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