KATYA

As you all know I have but one grandchild--a one-year old girl by the name of Katya. She is the apple of my eye--and we should not forget Opa--he thinks the sun rises and sets on her. Anyway her parents decided to head for Carstairs on Saturday, for a jam session with friends, and got Katya to ask if she could sleep over. These little one-year olds have a very special way of asking if they can sleep over. So Saturday morning she arrived.

Between reading books with her and playing all her games, going for walks, climbing countless stairs we survived the day. On Sunday Rudy (Opa) put up a child's swing for Katya on our deck. The cutest thing you will ever see. When her Mom and Dad came to pick her up we put Katya in the swing. She laughed and laughed and loved it. Now you know why Omas and Opas are very special people. They have time to play, to read, to feed, to walk, to climb stairs, to sing, to cuddle, to give baths, maybe go shopping, etc.

A new store opened on Saturday in Medicine Hat. It is called Giant Tiger (although Green Giant always comes into my head). We took her there for the grand opening. We were joined by close to a thousand other people who also came out for the store opening. Needless to say we did a lot of looking and no buying.

She now has three teeth which is good as she is almost 14 months old.