Posted on 06/11/2017 10:01:52 AM PDT by sodpoodle
How children perceive their Grandparents LEARNING FROM THE GRANDCHILDREN
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, "80". 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 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?"
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 all this in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"
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 avoid 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", replied 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. "You're both wrong . . . 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 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.
SEND THIS TO OTHER GRANDPARENTS, ALMOST GRANDPARENTS, OR . .. . OH
HECK, SEND IT TO EVERYONE.
IT WILL MAKE THEIR DAY!
Three women, from England, Wales, and Ireland, were walking past and felt sorry for the poor man.
The English woman said, ‘Have you ever had a hug?’ The man said, ‘No.’
So she gave him a hug and walked on.
The Welsh woman said, ‘Have you ever had a kiss?’ The man said, ‘No.’
So she gave him a kiss and walked on.
The Irish woman came to him and said, ‘Ave ya ever been fooked laddie?’
The man broke into a big smile, and said, ‘No.’
She said, ‘Aye...ya will be when the tide comes in!!’
Already shared on fakebook. Thank you for posting.
She had always been very careful to make sure they only ate healthy food.
We just happened to have some of hose little halloween-sized candies and small bags of different chips and drink pouches and things like that. We put them in a couple of plastic shopping bags and hung them on the door handle to their room.
When the older one saw that, he practically gasped and said, "Momma! Grandma and Papa must really love us! They gave us a bag of junk food!"
That’s hilarious;)
This reminds me of my mother and my brother when he was about 3...
My mother used to love to tell this story...
My brother wanted to hurry up Mum so he said as she put on her lipstick “you put on the lipstick, and I’ll wipe it off”
:)
For several years we had our granddaughter in the summer. We have a farm in Kansas with a pond and she and I would float out there for hours. Here are the best thoughts from her during those times - she was between 7 and 9.
1. Grandma, when you die, can I have the farm?
2. Me to her after we had floated for about an hour - I can get a clear plastic shoe box from Grandpa’s shop and if we put it on the surface of the pond we can see what’s under the water. Oh NO Grandma. I might see the alligators!!
3. Grandma, where do fish go to the bathroom? We told her that grandpa had built little outhouses on the shore.... but then we told her to float over away from us and pee.
Her response.... "Everyone knows that you can't build a temple in 3 days."
Children....precious gifts!!
LOL -
SP, months ago you posted this but failed to include today; so I’ll add due to its subject matter and the fact it was so well received. :-)
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Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his Grandmother’s house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When Little Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away. “Johnny! Please wait until we say our prayer,” said his mother.
“I don’t need to,” the boy replied.
“Of course, you do” his mother insisted. “We always say a prayer before eating at our house.”
“That’s at our house.” Johnny explained. “But this is Grandma’s house and she knows how to cook.”
My 3 year old great granddaughter recently spent the night with us. After listening to her prayers. I tucked her into bed. She asked,”Nana, do angels really have wings?” I said “yes, they do.” She flipped over then and said, “I guess I’ll have to sleep on my tummy.”
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