Royce Shook

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Grandparent a different perspective

Grandparent a different perspective

Thanks to Scott for this one.

Grandparents!!

1.  She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she'd done many times before.  After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Grandma, you forgot to kiss the  toilet paper good-bye!"  I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper good-bye....

2. My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday.  He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 62.   My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked,  "Did you start at 1?"

3. After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse took out her teeth and proceeded to wash her hair.  As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin.  Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room,  putting them back to bed with stern warnings.  As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice,

"Who was THAT?"THAT?"

4. A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like.  "We used to skate outside on a pond.   I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard.  We rode our pony.  We picked wild raspberries in the woods."

The little girl was wide-eyed,  taking this all in.  At last, she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"

5.  My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?''  "You're both old," he replied.

6. A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's word processor. She told him she was writing a story. 

"What's it about?" he asked.  

"I don't know," she replied. "I can't read."

7.  I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her.  I would point out something and ask what color it was.  She would tell me and was always correct.  It was fun for me, so I continued.  At last, she headed for the door, saying, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these colors  yourself!"

8. When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin,  we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects.   Still, a few fireflies followed us in.  Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use, Grandpa.  Now the mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights."

9. When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not sure."  "Look in your underwear, Grandpa," he advised,  "Mine says I'm 4 to 6."

10. A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what?  We learned how to make babies today."  The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting," she said.  "How do you make babies?"  

"It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'."

11. Children's Logic: "Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher. The small boy wrote:  "The fireman came down the ladder pregnant."   The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don't you know what pregnant means?" she asked.

"Sure," said the young boy confidently. 'It means carrying a child."

12. A grandfather was delivering his grandchildren to their home one day when a fire truck zoomed past.  Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog.  The children started discussing the dog's duties.

"They use him to keep crowds back," said one child.

"No," said another. "He's just for good luck."

A third child brought the argument to a close."They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrants."

13. A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived.  "Oh," he said, "she lives at the airport, and when we want her, we just go get her.  Then, when we're done having her visit, we take her back to the airport."

14. Grandpa is the smartest man on earth!  He teaches me good good things, but I don't get to see him enough to get as smart as him!

15. My Grandparents are funny when they bend over,  you hear gas leaks and they blame their dog.


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Comments

Royce Shook

8 years ago#4

#2
Lisa, what a wonderful story and what a great relationship you have with your grandson for him to be so open with you about his feelings

Ken Boddie

8 years ago#3

"From out of the mouths of babes", Royce. All classic indicators of how little credit we give the growing minds of our grand littlies, and vice versa, but let's all have fun trying. 🤣

Lisa Gallagher

8 years ago#2

These were great Royce Shook! Thanks for the smiles. When we were out in Colorado visiting our grandsons, we took them out for the afternoon and told them they could each buy one toy. My youngest grandson picked out a wooden yo yo from Cabelas. He wanted to open it in the car but we told him to wait until he got home. He then handed it to his older brother who said, "I'm going to open this for him." We told him to wait because we didn't want them playing with a wooden yo yo in the car. My oldest grandson loves to push the limits. He said, well my mom and dad let us open our toys and continued to keep trying. I had to tell him if he didn't listen, we'd have to go home immediately and we didn't want to do that! He said, "FINE!" Ok then, once we got out of car and I was holding his hand in a parking lot he said, "Nana, you really, really hurt my feelings!" I asked him why and he told me because I said we might have to go home and his parents wouldn't do that to him." Well, yes they would and I had to remind him I wasn't mad, just didn't want anyone to get hurt in the car. I reminded him that because people have rules doesn't mean they are angry or don't love you. He hugged me and said, "Nana, I love you."

Ian Weinberg

8 years ago#1

😂 Thanks for sharing.

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