Friday, October 21, 2011

She Calls Me MamMam

The sock doll I made for the Bean's first birthday, her sock monkey and the Uglydoll ready for their next adventure.
I spent the day yesterday with my little Bean, who at just past a year old is walking with a little assistance from the furniture and the helping hands of caretakers. She is also becoming very vocal. Many of the sounds she makes sound like words and her mimicry of inflection and tone of voice is impeccable. Her mother and father call themselves Mama and Papa though Bean has not yet begun to call them that. I am Memere to the older grands but as of yesterday, I was MamMam, an utterance that stopped me in my tracks.

The Bean loves her toys. The current favorite is a shoebox with three soft dolls in it - a sock doll, a sock monkey and an Uglydoll. They ride together across the living room rug, bumping into furniture and careening around corners to the accompaniment of the Bean's loud, sputtery version of Vroom! When she tires of that, we go into the bedroom where she indicates that I ought to open the bottom drawer of her dresser so she can sort through her clothes. She doesn't like to wear them; she does like to toss them about.

On the very top of my bucket list when I retire is to spend more time with my grandchildren. Yesterday only clinched the wisdom of that decision.

Choosing clothes - not to wear but to play with.

13 comments:

JeannetteLS said...

There is cute. And then there is your little Bean. MamMam. Yup. What on Earth could top her for any grandmother... or grandfather, or uncle, or aunt, or....

Enjoy. She's perfect. Period. End of discussion.

Brian Miller said...

aww...i know you had fun...shoeboxes are the best toys...glad you got to spend that time with her...

Judith said...

Love her idea that clothes are for tossing around, not wearing.
I think she's on to something.

Out on the prairie said...

The sorting clothes is adorable.I tend to like them better when they don't need changed.LOL

Gary said...

Hey MamMam, I love sock monkeys too! Bean has good taste indeed.

Friko said...

Keep hold of every minute you can. I am sure you already know that they grow up faster than the blink of an eye.

Do it now, don't wait for retirement

Pauline said...

jeannette - she IS perfect! I love spending time with her.

Brian M - keeping up with the Bean is the best way i know of to keep up with being young!

OOTP - but this is such an adorable age!

Gary - she has more fun with those 3 daredevils in the shoe box.

Friko - I go as often as I can now to see all my grands but I'll be able to spend more time at a go once there's no longer a job I must be home for. Right now, if I don't work I don't get paid and I'm the only one I can depend on to take care of me at the moment. I can't not work...

Hilary said...

Aww what a sweetie. I'm SO ready to be a grandma but my guys aren't even close to considering helping me out with that. Enjoy her. I know you do. :)

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Barbara said...

I so want a bean of any brand!

red dirt girl said...

Wonderful! I especially like the tossing of clothes bit. What a wonderful MamMam you make!

xxx

Meggie said...

Very precious! She will have such lovely memories.

Marion said...

She's so cute and precious and look at all her hair! Grandchildren are absolutely the best reward for having children!!! xx