"Hello, my name is Austin. I had a 'strange' day today!" ***Click on pictures to enlarge for better viewing

"Today I went to my Granddad's and Granny's house like I usually do

 when Mommy and Daddy are at work.

 Actually I enjoy 'hanging out' with the older family members since they

can tell me things about life which gives me a head start on 'learning'. 

This way I can keep my parents informed if they are right or wrong.

Both of my Granddaddy's teach me a lot.

My Mommy's Dad has taught me the right forms of golfing and how to pick up a ball properly. 

 Holding the body in the right symmetrical position seems

to help the game and I can do it just like Granddaddy.

My Dad's Dad.....well, he is a wealth of information.

He and I have conversations that you won't believe.

We use all kind of technical words for hunting, digging with excavators and

'fixin~things' that only we understand.

  Granddad understands me real good. 

 He knows when it is time to rest and helps me

'be quiet and shut my eyes' gently...sometimes he even shows me how."

"AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM A GATORS FAN.

                          IN FACT, I AM SAYING 'GO GATORS' WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS MADE."

"This is my Granddad and Granny...."

"Here is where the 'strange' part came in.....
An 'older' lady came to the house today and she kinda looked like Granny....
but she was 'stranger' and 'scarier' .
They told me to call her 'Aunt Mary' but I decided not to call her anything until I wanted to....
At first, I was shy around her because she and Granny were talking so fast
that I thought they were speaking another language so I stayed close
to Granddad because I knew that I would  safe.
All she wanted to do was talk and take pictures.
She asked me to sit by the piano (Granny says it is  a special one
because it used to belong to her Aunt Hattie and they restored it) .
When I said, 'Go Gators' it made this lady happy.....
and I like smiling with happy people so I knew we would have fun.

Granddad held me safe and I was beginning to relax here...

Aunt Mary likes my Grandad....but I still don't know if I

want to share him with her or anyone else.....yet!"

"See I told you that Granny and this Aunt Mary looked alike....

They were celebrating something, I'm not sure what....

it was 10:00 in the morning and their talking sounded Chinese to me... 

words like Jimpness, Fuze, mail from China etc....

Granddad explained that this is a Magic Juice called Fuze and 

they are doing a  'petending' toast with it...

he says they think it will make them slim so they smile a lot

when they think that.... 

We tried to ignore them but couldn't because Granddad had to

'be nice' and take their picture...."

"Finally they decided to leave me and Granddad alone, Whew!

Aunt Mary still  wanted to take some more pictures outside though...."

Granny said, O.K." 

"That magic Fuze juice was still working because

they seemed to smile a lot...."

"Sitting in these two rockers in front of Grandad's and Granny's house
reminds me of  the 'Once Upon A Time' tales that I hear around here
....Southernese tales that are in old movies now~a~day...." 

"Finally they are leaving...

Granddad and I are relieved...."

"I told you Aunt Mary was 'strange'....

she even takes pictues of  toes.

She and Granny did something that they called

'recycling' themselves on 'Girls Day Out'....

I like Granny's bold colors on her toes but she won't

paint that on me....maybe I'll do it with my own crayons...

or do a special picture for her on her new painted walls...

I'm sure she would like that!" 

"Finally, my Daddy, (they call him Jason but I don't),

came to pick me up around 3:30....

I used my camera phone to call my Mommy and tell her

"I love you." but Dad wouldn't trade my phone for his even

though mine wouldn't fit in my pocket and fit

just right in his....

"I hope you enjoyed my 'show~n~tell' day!

I really like going to the zoo but there are some strange

animals in our family zoo...."