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How Children Perceive Their Grandparents Gathered from the Internet by Bobbie Eckel 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. 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!" My young grandson called the other day to wish me happy When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 80. My kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing start at one?" them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use Grandpa. Now the mosquitoes are coming after us with After putting her grandchildren flashlights." to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and A second grader came home from proceeded to wash her hair. As she school and said to her grandmother, heard the children getting more and "Grandma, guess what? We learned how more rambunctious, her patience grew to make babies today." The grandmother, thin. Finally, she threw a towel around more than a little surprised, tried to keep her head and stormed into their room, her cool. "That's interesting." she said. putting them back to bed with stern "How do you make babies?" warnings. As she left the room, she "It's simple," replied the girl. "You just heard the three-year-old say with a change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'." trembling voice, "Who was THAT?" Children's Logic: "Give me a sentence A grandmother was telling her about a public servant," said a teacher. little granddaughter what her own The small boy wrote: "The fireman came childhood was like. "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had down the ladder pregnant." The teacher took the lad aside to a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. correct him. "Don't you know what pregnant means?" she asked. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." "Sure," said the young boy confidently. 'It means carrying a The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, child." "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!" A grandfather was delivering his grandchildren to their home My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?'' "You're both old," he discussing the dog's duties. replied. "They use him to keep crowds back," said one child. "No," said another. "He's just for good luck.." A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's A third child brought the argument to a close."They use the word processor. She told him she was writing a story. dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrants." "What's it about?" he asked. "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read." 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! 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 four to six." Community News | FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | SEPTEMBER 2013 7