Grammy and Granddad Visit

...from my upcoming book, "Scoopy and Brian"

Grammy and Granddad Visit

I don’t know how your family is

But I had grandparents, four

My grandma and grandpa lived in our little town

And we visited them weekly or more

My other grandparents, Gram and Granddad

Lived very far away

But sometimes they’d visit us at our own house

And for a long time they would stay

Grammy would cook all the things that we loved

To eat, she’d cook more than enough

While Granddad was so very good with his hands

And go around fixing broke stuff

But we couldn’t wait till our bed time came

When Scoopy and Brian and I

And my sister Danielle would get in our jammies

And then we would all start to try

To fit on the couch with Granddad and Gram

And our sofa that was so very vast

As the TV would play we’d snuggle down close

And get very sleepy at last

Scoopy would snuggle with Granddad of course

Since they were both red headed fellers

While Brian, Danielle and I would all land

With Grammy and all of the pillows

No more could fit in, not mom and not dad

Could cuddle with all of us here

So parents would go to their own little bed

Just wishing they could be near

I hope they’re ok, they looked so very sad

That they couldn’t cuddle with us

But somehow I wonder, they walked hand in hand

And dad gave my mom a quick buss

But we had the best arrangement of all

Just we kids and Granddad and Gram

All sleeping snugly in one lazy bunch

Happy as six little clams