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Dave with Julia (r) and Emma 2012

This weekend, for the first time in a while, we had Julia and Emma staying with us.  It's amazing how little time it takes for kids to change and how long it takes for grandparents to notice that.

Years ago, I would have posted pictures of the two turning our living room into a bright blue fort with many of our treasures lined up on a rug to be "sold" back to us for ten cents.  We would have taken pictures of all of us together in bed with a bunch of stuffies, or shown our friends how cute it is when kids eat chocolate ice cream off a stick.

Now that Julia and Emma are 13 and 11, we're trying hard not to step on them as they're silently, and with earphones, lying on the floor where they used to make tents, watching phones and tablets, drawing anime characters (very well, but it's a solitary undertaking) and deciding which snack is appropriate for the present activity.

They're still charming and sweet, but until they start watching TVO or drinking wine, I fear we'll just be smiling in each other's company.