Gary MoskowitzThe playground at Crescenta-Canada Cooperative Nursery...

Gary Moskowitz

The playground at Crescenta-Canada Cooperative Nursery School was

more crowded than usual this weekend.

But not just with children.

About 20 of the nursery school’s students brought their

grandparents along Saturday during a Grandparents Day celebration at

the school, which is housed at Lutheran Church of the Foothills.

About 35 grandparents, many of whom came from out of town, had

breakfast, did finger painting, played in the school’s playground and

participated in a story hour with their grandchildren during the

event.

Kathy Bishop, who goes by G.G. -- Goofy Grandma -- drove down from

Lodi to spend the morning with her granddaughter, Kayla.

“This is such a great thing,” Bishop said. “It’s fun. [Kayla] just

loves to do everything, and goes from one thing to the next, kind of

like her goofy grandma.”

Kayla was eager to show Bishop her toys and where she sits when

she reads, and to introduce her grandmother to her friends.

“It feels good that she’s here,” Kayla said. “I showed her my

playground and my rabbit and my pictures. It’s fun.”

Students and their grandparents used paint to make handprints on

paper, and wrote a slogan on the paper that read, “No matter how old

I am, I’ll always reach for you. I love you.”

Arnold Wagner, whose grandson, Michael, calls “Opa,” has attended

Grandparents Day two years in a row.

“I don’t see him as often as I’d like, so I enjoy this very much,”

Wagner said. “I like to see what he is really learning and watch him

with the other kids.”

Crescenta-Canada Cooperative Nursery School provides early

childhood education for 3- and 4-year-olds from Altadena, Glendale,

La Crescenta, La Canada Flintridge and Sunland, said Nita Imm, the

school’s director.

“Just watching all the grandparents is so much fun,” Imm said.

“They are all so proud, and it’s rewarding to watch the kids interact

with their grandparents.”

For more information about the school, 952-2524.