The Three R's!

Vol 1  Chap 57

                     The Three R's!

         Hey, Hey, My Name Is Audrey Mae!

         We Had a Jog-a-Thon Thursday!

         Money We Raised All Went, They Say,

         To Help To Fund Our PTA!

         Reading, Running and 'Rithmetic

         In All Three R's I'm Pretty Quick!

         39 Laps I Ran At School!

         39 Laps ... That's Pretty Cool!

         Half Days is What We've Had All Week,

         So Moms and Teachers Both Could Speak!

         You'd Think That My Mom's Conference Should

         Be Filled With Tales Of Just How Good

         My Reading's Coming!   Math's My Best!

         This Year I Ace Most Ev'ry Test!

         You'd Think!  ...  But There's This Hue and Cry!

         'Cause I'm a Social Butterfly!

         I Stand Accused of Gabbery!

         That's Why They've Moved My Friends From Me!

         It's True!   Maybe I Gab, Mister!

         Please Move Me Back!   I Won't Whisper!

         Is It So Hard to Compromise?

         Here's My Proposal, Gabbing-Wise!

         If Classroom Silence I Should Dent,

         39 Laps ... My Punishment!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

Love~Grampa                       (April 2, 2011)

April Fools!

Vol 1  Chap 56

                    April Fools!

                         

            The Day Dawns On Us, Finally!

            My Isabelle Looks Up At Me!

            One Wink, One Smile, And Now I Know!

            She’s In With Me!  Our Plan’s A Go!

            I Show Iz My Big Red Marker!

            Good Thing Our Dog Is No Barker!

            Our Loyal Bonez Won’t Rat Us Out!

            He’s One Third of Us Roust-Abouts!

            Hey, Hey, My Name Is Audrey Mae!

            Teachin’ Iz ‘Bout April Fool’s Day!

            Add In My Own Artistic Flair,

            Quick ‘Grampa Beards’ Now Match Our Hair!

            Isabelle Is So Excited!

            Though She Can’t Read What I Writed

            On Bonez Ribs.  But She Doesn’t Mind!

            Iz Never Saw a Doggie Sign!

            Our Sleepy Mother's Gaze Agog!

            She Stares at Us, Then Reads the Dog!

             “You Didn’t Know I Write This Well!”

             I Signed Bonez' Ribs, “My Isabelle”!

  

                        “April Fools!”

Your Grampa Sure Love’s Y’All!

Love~Grampa                 (Mar. 26, 2011)

"Saint Pat's" Day!

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                    "Saint Pat's" Day!

       Back When Our House Was Upside Down,

       My Mommy Sometimes Wore a Frown!

       Then Pat and Johnny Took Us In!

       My Mommy Got Back Her Warm Grin!

       My Mom Re-Named Our Host, "Saint Pat"!

       "She's From The Green Isle!   She'll Like That!"

       I Never Paid That Name Much Mind,

       'Til Thursday When My School Went Kind

       Of Wild With Talk of "Saint Pat's" Day!

       Who Knew They Knew Our Pat That Way?

       Appears Pat's Some Celebrity!

       You Could'a Fooled My Iz and Me!

       Hey, Hey My Name is Audrey Mae!

       I'm Dressed All Green For "Saint Pat's" Day!

       I Look at Pat With New Respect!

       It Seems Our Pat's Had Some Affect

       On Every Soul That I Did See!

       So Many More Than Iz and Me!

       In School Our Cake Had Green Frosting!

       All Day, Pat's Music, We Did Sing!

       I Raced Home to Tell Isabelle!

       She Must Have Known, 'Cause Let Me Tell

       Ya, Iz Too Was Decked Out in Greens!

       "Saint Pat" Called Us, "'Saint Pat's' Colleens!"

                         Happy Saint Pat's Day!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

Love~Grampa                        (Mar. 19, 2011)

Isabelle's Second Birthday!

Vol 1  Chap 54



              Isabelle's Second Birthday!


           In Just a Blink Of My Blue Eye
       Two Years With Isabelle Flew By!
       I Used To Be The Only Child!
       Then Something Happened!   It Was Wild!

       My Mom Went To The Hospital!
       I Thought That's Where New Infants Dwell!
       Mom Said If I Wished Hard, Maybe,
       She Would Come Home ... With a Baby!

       I Guess I Must Have Wished Just Right!
       'Cause I Met Isabelle That Night!
       'Twas On That First Time I Kissed Her,
       I Fell In Love With My Sister!

       Well, Thank The Lord This Kid Has Me
       To Guide and Teach Her Constantly!
       Along the Way I've Come Aware
       Us Sisters Make One Real Cool Pair!

       Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!
       It's Isabelle's Second Birthday!
       Saying Thanks, Blowing Each Candle
       Are Two Lessons She Can Handle!

       But Do You Know My Isabelle
       Taught Me a Thing or Two As Well?
       Like Loving Her Comes Natural!
       I Think of Iz ... Feel My Heart Swell!

                    Happy Birthday Isabelle!!!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

Love~Grampa                       (Mar. 12, 2011)

Double T's

Vol 1  Chap 53

                                Double T's

               Terrible Two's Not Like the Flu!

               After a Week of Flu, You're Through!

               But Judging From What I Can Hear,

               Terrible Two's Last 'Bout One Year!

               I'm Worried For My Isabelle!

               So Far, Til Now, That Kid's Been Swell!

               But Everything Could Change Next Week

               When Double T's Begin to Wreak

               Their Havoc on My Kid Sister!

               Yup, It's Got Me Concerned, Mister!

               Terrible Two's a Scary Phase,

               Part Witch Craft and Part Monster Craze!

               Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!

               Good Thing For Isabelle, They Say,

               That She's Got Me to Lean Upon!

               For Me That Time was Just a Yawn!

               I Guess I Must Have Been Immune!

               That Year I Hummed a Loving Tune!

               And Never Once Did I Wig Out

               Or Stomp My Feet Or Even Pout!

               Perhaps My Worries Are in Vain!

               Like Me, My Sister Might Retain

               Her Pixie-Like Disposition!

               An Imp!  Never an Imp~osition!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

Love~Grampa                      (Mar. 5, 2011)

A Labor of Love!

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                  A Labor of Love!

        "Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!"

        Some Real Cool Poems Start That Way!

        In Others That Are Just As Fine,

        My Grampa Changes Where's That Line!

    

        Each Loving Tale Tells a Story

        Of Adventures and of Glory!

        Mom, Iz and Bonez, They All Co-Star!

        Every Weekend ... Well ... So Far!

        That First Time Grampa Wrote My Rhyme

        I Said, "Please Do That One More Time!"

        Since Then It Seems, Those Weeks They Flew!

        Those Weeks He Captured, Rhymed Anew!

        Now Here's a Fact You've Gotta Hear!

        This Poem Makes It One Straight Year

        Each Saturday for Fifty-Two

        My Special Poems Have Come Through!

        I Guess We'll Have to Wait and See

        If There's Another Rhyme 'Bout Me!

        To Start Year Two, Will Some Verse Say,

        "Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!"?

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

Love~Grampa                       (Feb. 26, 2011)

No Secrets Please!

Vol 1  Chap 51

           No Secrets Please! 
   
        Please Never Tell Me Your Secrets!
        We Both Know That You'd Have Regrets!
        Cuz I'm a Girl Who Blurts Things Out!
        My Whispers Sounds Quite Like Your Shout!

        Your Secrets are NOT Safe with Me!
        That's Not Because Delib'rately
        I'd Violate Some Sacred Trust!
        Just I'm a Secret~Keeping Bust!

        This Girl is the Talkative Type!
        In Any Group, I Love the Hype!
        Sometimes the Words Flow Passed My Lips
        Before I Can Take Back My Quips!

        I Would Never Want to Trifle!
        But I Never Learned to Stifle!
        I'm More the Expressive Sort!
        What I Hear I Just Must Report!

        Fear Not!   Should Secrets Need Tellin'
        Guess Who's Jellin' Like a Felon?
        That Would be Bonez the Wonder Dog
        Who's Guarded in His Dialogue!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

Love~Grampa                      (Feb. 19, 2011)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Vol 1  Chap 50

              Happy Valentine's Day!💖

            Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!

            Just Two Days Till Valentine's Day!

            With Lots of People In My Heart,

            There's Candy, Cards and Calls to Start.💖

                            

            I Know, If You Could Read My Mind,

            Fer Sure You'd See My Valentine! 

            Plus Iz and Bonez and Mommy Too!

            There's So Much Work I Have To Do.💖 

            My Teacher Gets a Heart-Felt Note

            For All Those Times She Could'a Wrote

            And Mentioned I Talked Once or Twice.

            But Mostly, 'Cause She's Really Nice.💖 

            There's Aunts and Uncles, Kids at School,

            Faith, Pat and Johnnie.  They're So Cool!

            My Grands and Each Neat Cousin Blends,

          💖They're Both Like Family and Like Friends. 

            When All My Cards and Calls Are Done,

            Will I Be Asked By Anyone?

            Will Someone Special Think It's Fine

            To Have Me For Their Valentine?💖 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

Love~Grampa  💖                 (Feb. 12, 2011)