My Two Older Grandchildren

I know that I frequently post about my youngest grandchild, Isaac. His mother, my daughter Kitty, keeps me supplied with lots of information and pictures, and I often pass them on to my readers. But I do have two other grandchildren, Lisa and Joey, who live in New York.

When they were small we visited back and forth frequently. Those were the days when I thought nothing of jumping into the car and driving a couple of hundred miles, up the Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike, across Staten Island, over the bridge to The Belt, and on out to Suffolk County on Long Island.

Those days are long gone.

I have rarely seen my older grandchildren for several years now. They are all grown up of course, and go their own way. I love them, and I miss them.

This time of year they both celebrate birthdays - Joey in September and Lisa in October. So in honor of those occasions I decided to do a post - mostly retro.




The first picture is of my mother, shortly before her death, my oldest daughter, Ruth (or Ruby, as Joey called her trying to imitate his father. She's been Ruby ever since.), and Lisa.




Next comes Ruth with Lisa.






Then it's me with both kids. Dear heaven! Did I really look like that?






This one is Joey at the age of two. Could he be cuter?







Ruth again, and me, and of course, the children. Lisa doesn't look too happy to be part of the scene.







Here are the two of them, a bit older.





I think this one was taken on my last visit of many to the Montauk Point Lighthouse. It's one of my favorite spots in the world. The first time I saw it was with my husband, before he became my husband.






And then, they grew up. Here is Joey.




This was taken at their Aunt Kitty's wedding.





This is me with all of my progeny (at that time - Isaac came along later.)






And this is Lisa on her visit to Greece.





So, you see, I do have three beautiful grandchildren, even though I seldom show you pictures of any but the little guy.