Standing on the shoulders of giants
In academia, we say the phrase, 'Standing on the shoulders of giants' all the time. It means that our work is build off the wonderful foundation of those who have went before us. I can't help but say that phrase in my mind after looking at these pictures.
We went to a family member's home to celebrate our cousin Sammy's tenth birthday. My kids are fish. We have a pool ourselves, so swimming is a must in the summer. But in a moment I see Isaac scrambling up his grandfathers back to his shoulders and his grandmother quickly moving behind him, just in case he should....gasp... fall backwards into the water. Teehee. Isn't funny how as a parent you're like, "they'll be fine if they fall back" but as a grandparent you worry?
At any rate, as you can see from the pictures they became pretty good at jumping or FLYING off the shoulders of giants. Grandparents who have been swimming for most of their lives, sharing and teaching them how to leap off their shoulders (because quiet frankly, they're getting too big to throw!). The kids loved it. These pictures were taken as we were just starting to do it. I should have taken some at the end when they really started to fly.
Happy birthday to Sammy! Hope you had a super duper birthday.
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