It's early Monday morning... just after midnight. I fell asleep earlier this evening on the sofa watching "Brothers and Sisters" and now I am wide awake!
Today started out sunny and then started clouding up and got colder all day long. It's supposed to go down in the 30s tonight. I am not ready or happy about winter coming. The season can come ahead, but I am staying in the fall of my life, thank you.
The leaves are changing but still not to their peak here. I took my niece to see "Strawberry Shortcake" Sunday afternoon. She turned 5 this past week. I had taken her brothers out at earlier ages to celebrate their birthdays, but this was a FIRST for us. Olivia had a short time of separation anxiety from her mom, but recovered by the end of her driveway. We spent the time going to the movie theater playing "I see (red, yellow, green, brown) leaves." She is a smart little girl and took right to the game.
I played this same game with my daughter when she was 5. She just had her 30th birthday! I always loved this time of year for her birthday, with the leaves changing and falling. And so I remember playing the I SPY different colors of leaves with her 25 years ago, just as I played with Olivia today.
As I said earlier, O and I went to see the animated Kidstoon movie "Strawberry Shortcake". Michele (daughter) LOVED Strawberry Shortcake when she was little. There were no movies of her back then though. The movie today lasted an hour and a half, and the animation was well done. Olivia was the perfect little moviegoer, sitting quietly the whole time watching and stealing smiling glances at me occasionally.
My brother and his family live just a few miles from me. Because we were born "almost a score" apart, his children are quite a bit younger than mine. I kept thinking today what a shame that my niece and I are just now getting around to this, and how I only have vague ideas about what she and her brothers like. It's not that I don't care. It's just that time has thrown us into different life cycles and schedules.
Time goes by too fast. Today brought back many memories of spending time with my daughter 25 years ago. Yes I said it again. 25 YEARS ago. THAT is an eerie feeling when you remember things that long ago, and ironic that some things never change. Kids still play the same games, characters and styles go and come back... only the people participating in the memories change...
Don't forget, Olivia...you said I could go to Florida with you next time!
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I remember playing I spy too. I was pretty smart as well :)
Pick a berry. That is the game I remember Cindy and Charlie giving me. Strawberry shortcake ROCKS! Glad you had fun with Miss Olivia.
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