"Are You Old?" at The Redwoods

I brought my almost 4 year old granddaughter, Elsa, to spend some time with me at The Redwoods today. Before entering the common area of the buildings, I sat her down and explained that, not only did we need to use our "inside voices", but it was important to walk and not run. I went on to say that a lot of my friends at The Redwoods are old and it would not be good to bump into them. Some of them are "fragile" (which is a word that she understands) and they might fall down if Elsa ran into them.

Elsa listened with great attention to this interesting lecture. We then went into the library and the front reception area. Each time I introduced her to a resident Elsa would ask in her sweet young voice, "Are you old?" Thankfully, each person got a kick out of the question... it led to them asking her if she was old. She was very proud to announce she was almost 4. Her birthday was in 4 days. A good friend, Connie reported that she just had a birthday and she is now 88. Elsa has not learned to count up to that number so she was not sure just how old that was!

It was really nice to see the interchange between the generations. Elsa made a big hit with my friends.

Here she is playing with her wooden dress up dolls, a favorite activity.

 Elsabet with her dolls.