See With GiGi Eyes

Today we all went to my grandma's to visit.  We call her "GiGi" now since she has graduated to great-grandmotherhood.  I tend to stumble over that title, since I had my own GiGi for the first half of my life.  It's a little weird to have my grandma bumped up a generation in the line-up.  I guess it's the same kind of "weird" as those moments when I realize all over again that I'm a parent.  Anyway, back to our visit...
My grandma's house isn't particularly child-proofed.  My oldest just turned two precisely 2 weeks ago.  Bad combination.  He's a good kid, but seriously, how much can I ask of a barely 2-year-old?  There are little kitty figurines that elicit a constant squeaky "yeow? yeow?" from him.  There's a real kitty who spends much of our visits running away and hiding (I wonder why?).  There's the super-cool step stool in the kitchen that's (handily) just small enough for him to pull around behind him and (not-so-handily) just big enough for him to crash it into walls and cupboards (and the occasional shin).  GiGi's cane is hanging from the kitchen counter and ends up in his hand, flailing at counter-level.  And GiGi keeps a tablecloth and placemats on her table.  Oh my.
Need I explain to you how much of the visit we seem to be piping up,
"Don't touch that!"
"Please leave that alone!"
"We don't chase the kitty!"
"STOP! You're getting peanut butter all over the tablecloth!"
"CAREFUL!"
Yeah.  It's ridiculous.  And my grandma... sweet thing that she is, she just smiles a little and says, "Oh, it's okay. Really. He can't hurt it.  It's washable."  Etc, etc, etc...
Here's where I sometimes wish I could see with GiGi eyes.  Sometimes things aren't important.  When your little person is simply acting like a little person and exploring his world, sometimes an inanimate casualty or two is just not that big of a deal.
There are so many reasons God designed families.  One tiny little reason is so we can share eyeballs.  My grandma might be really short, but she can see farther than me pretty much all the time. :)