Thanksgiving highlights: Grandmama

Great Grandmama got to meet her great-grandson for the first time while we were in town for Thanksgiving. She rightly observed that he's strong, adorable, and has huge cheeks. (I observed that he likes to smile for the camera a heck of a lot more than his sister ever did, or does. It's nearly impossible to take a candid shot of Spike, since every time he hears the click of the camera about to snap a picture, he turns our way and flashes a big grin.) I'm pretty sure Justin's grandmother loved watching Abby and Caleb interact with each other, and she was full of great stories of Justin's mom and uncle when they were our kids' ages.

Abby also spent lots of time hanging out with Grandmama playing and singing along with the piano (or "plane-o" as she says). She pretty much loved having an audience of one who could pick out every song she named while she sang along. Grandmama even managed, a little while into their piano lesson, to teach Abby how to tickle the ivories with just her two index fingers, instead of using all her strength to plunk away with both hands.

Caleb's crawling and pulling up continues to improve, and under the tutelage of four way-too-attentive grandparents, he's learning to climb the stairs as well. I have a feeling this kid's going to be a lot harder to keep up with when we get home.