Time With Jack

Yesterday I went down to the kids' home where I normally watch Wes and Elise while our daughter and son-in-law are at work and Jack is at pre-school. Since everyone but Sean was sick, Jack stayed home and I was able to spend a few hours with him, which I haven't done in a while. We were able to do one of our favorite activities, which is make up and tell stories about Jack and
Grampa. His favorites are about being at the cabin and having adventures in which Jack is the hero. A couple from yesterday were:

1. Jack and Grampa rescued a drowning man swimming in our lake. "Captain Jack" heroically piloted the pontoon boat to a successful rescue and towed the man to safety while Grampa wrung his hands and wailed "What are we going to do?.......What are we going to do?"

2. Jack and Grampa went for a buggy ride ( for all the "non-cool" readers out there, the buggy is our 4-wheeler) around the lake to a gravel pit, where atop a giant mountain of gravel were stranded his mom and his brother Wesley, crying for help and rescue. Grampa wrung his hands and said " What are we going to do? .....What are we going to do? I can't drive up there and rescue them." Jack the jumped on the buggy and said " I can save them" and proceeded to attack the gravel mountain and after extreme hardship and danger to himself, made it to the top, picked up the stranded pair, and brought them to safety. We all then climbed onto the buggy and Jack drove us back to the cabin, where we started a fire and had s'mores.

Jack used to sit quietly and listen to Grampa's stories and smile and giggle. Now, being a wise old pre-schooler, he is fond of correcting Grampa when something in the story doesn't quite make sense. He has become a very creative and thoughtful 3 year old; wise beyond his years and a joy to be around.

I'd love to hear from other GP's about similar times with their grandkids.

Grandparenting is Tough

Do any other Grandparents out there find it tough to deal with the inevitable generation gap that exists between you and you grandkids' parents? It's tough to bite your tongue when you see your angels being admonished for something that you find extremely cute and/or innocent. Let me know if you have come up with some creative ways to deal with this issue.

Three's Company

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A question I get asked all the time: So how come you keep talking about these grandkids but only have pix of Jack? The answer is .... I'm so slow at this that I get frustrated and give up.... except for now! Jack is the oldest at 3 1/2. He' s my buddy and the only one who will converse with me. Wesley is 21 months and is Mr Photogenic. He is a real comedian and will go to great lengths to make us laugh ( he takes after his Grampa in this way). Elise is our princess at 7 months. She is a real mama's girl who cries when she sees her Grampa, but loves her Gramma. They are the greatest grandkids in the world.

( I'd be happy to debate this fact with other grandparents)

That Was No Laddy, That Was My Wife

St Patricia, my wife and life partner, with grandson Jack. (Post label not a typo, just some fun with the punchline from an old joke)

Name That Blog!

I've been asked about the title of my blog. It comes from grandson Jack's favorite book MY GRAMPA IS GREAT! I wonder who bought him that tome?

Rookie blogger

I can hardly believe I'm doing this. Here I am an old fa** who still remembers being dazzled by the technology of faxing, and now I'm BLOGGING! ( It was only a few months ago that I found out what a "blog" was, and I'm still having trouble typing on our new laptop keyboard). But I've been following the blogs of our daughter and some of her friends, and have come to see the value of being able to keep up with what's happening in their lives and decided to give it a try. I'll be posting some photos and stories about the three greatest grandkids in the world, some family "characters", and the "joys" of being an aging boomer. I will apologize in advance for how slowly this process will go for me, but hang in there.....I hope it will be worth the wait.