Yesterday was the granddaughters’ birthday. They are eight years old. I can’t believe it. Soon they will be going to college! How fast time flies.
This is how they started. They were very much wanted! 
Here is their growth.
Less than a year with Gramps
Halloween dress up at age 2
Age 3 and growing fast!
At age 5 they don’t look like toddlers anymore!
Age 6!
Age 7!
This summer
How does this happen? Each time we see them, they are more and more like people, losing their childlike tendencies but somehow retaining an innocence that is endearing.
We are very lucky grandparents!
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 
Absolutely beautiful post about the importance of love, health and family…
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Great photos, Kate. Grandchildren are one of the best gifts in life.
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Mine are very special. I didn’t have children (the hard part) to get to the grandchildren (the good part) stage!
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Love the line: “they are more and more like people.” I think that is what makes kids so endlessly fascinating. It’s fun to see who they turn out to be!
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They are just gorgeous… lovely lovely post Kate, wonderful sequence of photos…
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Thank you for sharing your family. What a beautiful daughter and grandkids. Seeing your picture was especially nice. I know you treasure that group picture!
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Beautiful family Kate (I love how you snuck the cat in) The girls are beautiful! I love the 3 year old photo…you can just see the curiosity of their faces. Happiest birthday to them both!
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Oh Kate, they are so cute…can I have one? You have two. i love the shot of them at 3 with short, short hair. They look like little Jean Sebergs from the movie Breathless. I love how you displayed their succession. Well done Nana.
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Thank you for sharing those darlings. It’s wonderful to see how they have grown. With you sense of humour, keep them young, Kate.
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They keep me young!
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They’re absolutely precious and so are you – loved all of the photos, but especially the last one! 🙂 MJ
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Couldn’t figure out how to photoshop me out of that one!
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Darling girls. Each age brings new delights and a twinge of nostalgia for what once was. Our “grands” are now 10 and 12. I wouldn’t trade them now for anything, but I sure miss those early years as well.
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You are so right. Each age is special in it’s own way.
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They are both real beauties! And I love the line, “Each time we see them, they are more and more like people…” And I love the photo of all of you and the one-eyed kitty I feel I know personally. What a great post.
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Thanks!
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I remember seeing the last few birthdays . . . but loved seeing them all together like this. Thanks for sharing.
And happy birthday to the birthday girls!
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I’m watching mine too. The problem is that we cannot stay the same age while we’re doing it.
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You are so right about that!
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They are beautiful and joyous. Such fortunate girls to have you as their grandma 🙂
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Awwww!
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The picture sequence is so wonderful. What dolls. Such sensitive eyes and so expressive.
I am always amazed at how children grow so fast from being so tiny. May the sun alway find them and cheer them.
I know they cherish your visits.
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While I was picking the pictures out I noticed how their looks changed from year to year. Absolutely fascinating!
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But that light in their eyes is always there.
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The girls are absolutely beautiful! Everything does seem to go by so fast, and faster and faster the older I get.
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Yes and that just is not fair. Remember when you were a kid and it took forever just to get to Saturday? I wish…..
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They’re adorable! I love the photos and seeing their development–truly from the beginning. They’re lucky to have you, too! 🙂
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and we are lucky to have them. They live across the country from us so we don’t get to see them in person often.
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They’re adorable! I love their wild hair! My sister has twin girls, redheads. They’re 23 now and it seems like just yesterday they were born.
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They are fraternal twins and very different. One has curly hair and the other not so much but both of them always have wild and free looking hair!
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My nieces are identical and in more ways than their looks. Sometimes I can’t tell them apart. They recently went to Japan to study and they said everywhere they went, people stared at them.
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