Grandmas

 One of the good things that came out from us living in this part of the world is that our kids spend a lot of time with their babushka (grandma) who lives just over the border in Russia and who visits us a few times a year. Of course this also means that she spoils our kids and our dog mercilessly. Oh well. I guess it is part of childhood to be spoiled by your grandma (I wouldn't know as I didn't have a grandma growing up). Our kids are also lucky because every summer we get to come to America to see Spencer's family and so they spend a lot of time with their Oma (Spencer's mom) who loves reading to them and playing games with them. And so this post is about their kind, compassionate, caring, funny, story telling, game playing and fun loving grandmas.

                                                                        Babushka...

She'll teach you how to make Russian pirozhki...

She will trust an eight year old with her best sewing machine...

And when it is your turn to do the dishes, she will sneak in and do them for you...

She will cheer for you at the concert at which you are performing together with the "big kids"...

She'll play Dominoes with you...

She'll comfort you when you feel sad...

And at 76 she will start learning English just because you speak it while letting her favorite pup do whatever she wants! Babushka! She is the best babushka in the world!

Oma...

She will teach you any game that she knows...

She will let her granddaughters camp in her living room...

She will throw a birthday party for you, and will even invite some neighborhood kid that she hasn't seen before...

She loves to take you to a museum...

And she will be a good sport when you want to try a new dish from a different country....

She will entertain your moms so you can finally get into that mud pile you were eyeing for eternity....

And she will read a story after story at night, and you will never get tired of it...

Oma! She is the best Oma in the world!