How Children perceive their 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 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…
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Things My Kids Say: Whoops! I don’t think he meant to say that.

These boys keep us laughing!  I have a notebook from vacation that I really need to post all their funny sayings, but this was too funny to pass up. I asked Andy to take the boys outside and swim with them to wear them out so they'll go to bed early. Andy was in the pool swimming with the boys.  He was holding on to a floatie, just kinda suspended in the water. Braxton asked him if he was floating. He grabbed his goggles, went under water to look, and popped back up. He looked at Andy through the goggles…
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Overheard between kids: Subject – Beard

As most of your kiddos probably do, my kids really do come up with the craziest conversations!  I have said, for years now, that I should just write a book, but instead of adding another iron to my ever-growing fire, I'll just start posting them here! This was a conversation overheard between Hawk (3) and Kylie (11). Hawk, staggering like a drunk person into the kitchen opens the fridge and starts in, "Where's my beard?" Kylie replies, "we don't drink beer, Hawk." "But dad does," Hawk says. "No, he doesn't," Kylie comes back. "Does Papa?" asks Hawk. "No, we don't…
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