Two Grandsons

On Tuesday we headed an hour south to Harriton High School for J's choir concert.  He sang in the concert choir and as a freshman, even sang in the select chamber choir.  The program was varied ranging from a Mozart Gloria to Bridge Over Troubled Water.  We were happy we could join his mom and sister to enjoy the concert.  The trip home however was challenging with road construction and a sudden sign closing the ramp to Route One.  We found our way but did realize that travel in the dark on busy roads has its problems.

This weekend is Princeton's Alumni Weekend and Laura's postponed 20th reunion (because of Covid).   J wanted to be part of the P-rade today so we invited him to come to our house for the night so Laura did not have to travel back to get him this morning.   It was a joy to have our grandson as a solo visitor.  We got pizza takeout and later he attempted to get his favorite beverage from a Starbucks but sadly it was closed early.  So he got his second best treat with a  Dunkin Donuts beverage.  J showed me how to do the "happycolor" app on his phone and watched some NBA with us.  He and I played a game of Scrabble.  My earlier 40 point lead disappeared when he judiciously used a Z on a triple letter space and won. As it was almost 11 pm, I conceded! 

 This morning Laura returned from her night using granddaughter Katie's apartment on campus and had breakfast with us.   Laura and J are now on campus buying J a Princeton shirt and then they will both march in the P-rade this afternoon in 90 plus degree heat.  

In the background this morning we had Jim's laptop set on the RPI graduation where we watched our oldest grandson James graduate with a degree in computer science.  His parents and other grandparents are there.  It is great that we could participate via livestream--and we will celebrate in person tomorrow with a cookout.

We moved to Princeton to be able to join in our children and grandchildren's lives and we are thankful to be able to do just that!