Après Nous, Les Grandparents

So we've had a regular whirlwind grandparent-packed few weeks here at Rizkerson Heavy Industries. Reid clocked solo time with Grammie and Pawpaw, Nonni, Baba, and got bonus hours in a small private airplane, and, as we see here, puttering in the garden.

In this sequence, taken from Reid's visit to grandparents Grammie and Pawpaw in Atlanta, Ga, Reid learns the horrible truth about vegetables. Carrots, to be exact.

As you can see, Reid is happy to help Grammie pull something out of the dirt. This seems like straightforward, dirty, toddler-ific fun.

Once the pulling is over (it looked like real hard work, not some staged photo op), Reid looks upon the fruit of his labor. Well, vegetables of his labor.

In the final image, Reid is clearly horrified to learn that carrots, which he loves, especially when they have been scrubbed, peeled, and cut into perfect bite-sized pieces, start their lives as filthy roots buried in the ground!

This is made somewhat worse because, it would appear, Grammie is brandishing the tuber at Reid like a weapon.

No, seriously, Reid actually had a great time playing in the garden, though Grammie didn't think it played that well initially. Future visits to the back of carrots we keep in our icebox as treats for both our son and dog were met with a puzzling stream of consciousness lecture which we eventually figured out was about picking carrots in the garden with Grammie.

If you read this far, it was worth it, because here's a whole page of photos from Reid's various grandparent visits around the Eastern United States. Remember, each picture is clickable for larger viewing.