JP is our youngest grandson who turned five in September. He and his mom and dad lived with us while they were building their house a year ago. Though they’ve moved into their new house now, we still get to pick him up from preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays and spend the afternoon with him. Next year he’ll be in kindergarten all day. He’s so full of fun and remarkably wise for his years!

For Blogging A to Z, I’ll be sharing some of our many conversations over the last few years.  I hope you enjoy.

JP loves going to Bass Pro, a hunting, fishing, sporting goods type store chain in the U.S., to ride up and down in the glass elevator and to visit the huge bear statue that is fascinatingly anatomically correct.  He also likes all the fish.  There’s a big freshwater tank of dull brown and gray lake and river fish, a huge tank of tropical fish by the restaurant and fish forms stamped on the walkways to the parking lot.  This was our conversation on the way to the car:

Me:  There’s our car.  We need to walk where the fish are on the street.  That’s called the cross walk.  Do you see the fish?

JP:  Nana, say, “Justin, do you see the fish on the street?”

Me:  Okay.   (Playing along.)   Justin, do you see the fish on the street?

JP:  Settle down, Nana.  I see the fish.

Me:  What?

Playing straight man for a pre-schooler..