Happy Birthday, Harry!!

Today Harry is 17 years old!!! I can hardly believe it because it seems like only yesterday when he was stomping around in my boots in my living room. He wanted to wear them home on the plane, but mean grandma wouldn't let that happen. He was only about two years old! I've never been able to see much of him as they live in New York - Brooklyn - and we don't connect that much. But when we do, we have fun. Last summer I taught him how to play solitaire - double solitaire. He said his mom plays that all the time! I thought that was great that she would play cards sometimes, but then he said she does it on her iPad! Silly me! Harry's very competitive and may have even cheated a couple of times. But I kept an eye on him.

I used the above picture just like the one I put on a couple of blogs ago only in this one Harry doesn't have the cookie spoon stuck in his mouth like in the other picture. He let Reggie have a turn with the spoon. The yellow mixing bowl is probably an antique. I think I got it in a set of bowls in different sizes at my wedding shower and they weren't knew then . . . but I was. I hope my kids and Harry will carry on the tradition of cookie making with that yellow bowl. I may even remind them of the secret ingredient I used that makes them so delicious. I hope next summer if they come out Reggie, Hayden and Harry can get together and make cookies again. That's a big event  that should be carried on through the years.

Harry, you're growing up so fast it scares me! I wish you had more time to just be a  kid, but the years keep going by and so do you. By the way, have you heard about the Stink bug invasion in our country? I've already found two on my venetian blinds. They can eat up everything and will be a scourge upon us. So be on the lookout for them. Check your room every night before you go to bed, and if you find one, flush it down the toilet!

That's all until your next birthday.

Don't forget your grandma loves you lots and lots.