What delightful things have your kids (or grandkids) done recently?

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Well, I told a few stories about my younger son in that thread so I won’t repeat them. My latest amusement is that my 4 year old granddaughter is showing great resourcefulness during the lockdown and was playing tag with the roomba when I Facetimed last week. Oy! Don’t get me started! A famous one about my older son was when he was maybe 6 or 7 we asked if he would like to go to day camp one summer. He said that he’d prefer sleep away camp because that would be at night and he’d miss us too much if he was away during the day!

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