Monday with Gross Charlie

This was the first Monday in a long time we had 4 grandkids, Kylie, Dylan, Sissy and Charlie. We were so happy to have all 4, but missing our Leah. It is funny how fast we can all get back into the swing of things. We ate breakfast and then brushed our teeth and then we decided to get outside before it gets too hot, so we all have to visit the bathroom and change Charlie's diaper. I was changing Charlie's diaper thinking it was just a pee diaper when I opened it up to a big load of poop. I said to Charlie, whoa, you have a lot of poopoo, he looked down at the load and laid back down and said "Gross!", even he knew how to describe it. I rolled.

Swim Party

Yesterday we were invited to a swim party at our friends, Steve and Maureen, beautiful home and in ground pool. We were swimming and enjoying the water and great food. Dylan had to go to the bathroom and Steve said let him pee on the grass if you don't want him to go inside. I was getting out of the water while Dylan was standing at the side of the pool by the steps and I said come on lets go pee on the grass, when Dylan said "I already did". Me, being the typical blond, thought, I will just get some water and wash it away, I did, right into the pool. That was the first blond moment incident. The second blond incident was when Dylan would pee on the rocks, plants, etc., I would take the hose and rinse him off. Steve has this monstrosity on the end of his hose, you have to turn this arrow to either feed or water, Steve warned me about this and showed me how to do it, I thought. The next time I was rinsing off Dylan, I had my clothes on because we were getting ready to leave, I was intently studying his contraption when I turned it to water but was surprised when the hose was pointed at me instead of Dylan, blasting me in the chest. Needless to say, I was not happy. Everyone else was amused and Steve even commented on he was not planning on a wet tshirt contest. Note that all my blond moments had one common element, Dylan. Enough said.

Dylan was impressed with Steve and Maureen's house he walked in and said "This is a really nice house" and continued to say that every time he walked into the house. Also, we told him he was there last year but he said he did not remember, but when we went out into the backyard he saw their gazebo and Steve had music playing in there and he started dancing. He remembered from last year that he and Sissy danced there last year.

We really enjoyed our swim party but the time went by toooooo fast.

Typical Monday

This morning Kylie and Dylan came in very tired. We are having a lazy day. The County came to trim our trees, so we decided to watch from the porch. Dylan was watching intently when the men started to talk among themselves, Dylan was very surprised by this and looked at me and said "I didn't know they could talk", I just rolled.

Later on in the morning we ran some errands and Kylie and Dylan went with me, with the promise that I would buy them something at the Dollar store. Our last stop was at the fruit stand. When we got home I was unpacking the van, Dylan ran out with me to help. I bought a big cantalope and watermelon, so I tried to give Dylan the cantalope to take in but he said No. I took the cantalope in and left him in the garage by the van for a second. I came out to the van and saw a shadow in the back of the van and then it dropped, then I heard Dylan jump out of the van and start crying. Somehow he fell in the van, flat on his face, blood was gushing out his nose and a big scrape was running down from the bottom of his nose to his top lip, I couldn't see how bad the cut was because of all the blood from his nose. In the end he was ok, I was covered in blood and so was Dylan, his nose stopped bleeding after a few minutes, we still don't know how he did it, but here is a picture of him 30 minutes later.

Past Funnies

One of my earliest funnies was when Kylie was being potty trained and she was on the potty seat and I was sitting across from her going to the bathroom and she looked at me real funny and said, "Grandma you don't fit on that seat". The innocence of a child can be very cutting.

When Kylie and Leah were starting to talk they called hamburgers, hangaburgers and they still do.

Last week (7-12-10) Kylie was eating dinner with us and was biting on a piece of garlic bread (she loves my garlic bread) I was watching her because she has to use her side teeth because she had a loose tooth in the front on the bottom, when all of a sudden I saw her wince and saw a dark spot in the front on the bottom where a tooth was, she immediately put her hand to her mouth and spit out a tooth, that was her third tooth she loss. A few days later, they stayed again for dinner and again I had garlic bread and Kylie looked at the bread and looked up at me with sad eyes and said "Grandma, I can't eat the garlic bread because I don't won't to lose another tooth." We fixed the problem by just scooping out the soft bread from the crust so she could have her garlic bread and not lose another tooth.

The Beginning

I am Grandma/MawMaw, I have had this title for 6 years, 11 months and 2 days. It is in a tie for my best title of Mom/Mommy. I have been keeping a journal to write all my highs/worries and woes, but at this time of my life, I use my computer more than a writing journal. So I thought why not blog all the funny things that my Grandchildren say to me everyday. We have been blessed to have 5 beautiful grandchildren. We have watched our grandchildren almost everyday of their lives. We have been very blessed to be able to do this. I know starting this blog now, I have missed some of the best stories but as time goes on and I remember some of them I will start a space on the blog, called PAST FUNNIES, and I will post past stories. So lets start this journey, hope you enjoy. Here are the characters in this play, First, Kylie, 6 years old and will turn 7 in August and starts 1st grade. Next, Leah, 6 years old and will turn 7 in December and Leah starts 1st grade this year too. Dylan is 3 and will start preschool in August. Sissy (MaryAnn) is 3 and will start preschool also, with Dylan. Charlie is our baby and turned 2 yesterday.