A - Z Challenge 2023 - S is for Stories

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This year I'm writing about things connected with Being a Grandparent.  For an introduction to my grandchildren check out my theme reveal here.

Stories - all the Grandkids love having books read to them.

There are so many books available these day although I still have some here that I read to my children.  The younger ones still like the lift up flap ones but the older ones now prefer a longer story.

Going on a Bear Hunt is a favourite and they love The Gruffalo and the follow up.  One of my favourites is Peace at Last and Can't you Sleep Little Bear, both of which are great bedtime books.

Of course the kids often prefer the noisier books - Rory had a phase of always wanting a book about apes that involved making ape sounds and Vinny loves one that involves dinosaurs and roaring!  

Snuggling up with a grandchild (or two) with a book is one of my favourite activities.

Grandpa quite enjoys it too!

Friday's Fave Five - 21/4/23

It's Friday again so time to catch up with Susanne and others to list our Five good things from the last week.  Join in here.

For anyone expecting to find an A-Z post it's here.

1)  A lazyish week after the last couple that were more hectic.  Having guests is lovely but having some quiet time is good too.  I've managed to do quite a bit of reading this week in between catching up with chores.

2)  A meal out with Hubby on Tuesday for his birthday.  We tried out another local pub.  The pub was closed and a bit run down when we first moved here but it's been completely renovated and now it's a lovely pub with a big garden.  It was very quiet in there on Tuesday but the food was good though.

3)  A visit from Nathan and Ella also on Tuesday.  We hadn't seen much of them while our visitors were here so it was good to see them.  I also got to take Nathan to his tennis lesson yesterday.

4)  A good update from my eldest brother - he's currently undergoing chemo.  He's midway through the cycles of treatment so he'd been for scans and blood tests and his consultant was very pleased with the results.  

5)  Some lovely sunny days this week - it's a bit miserable today but earlier in the week it was warmer and we had some lovely sunshine.  Makes getting out for walks much more appealing.

We were going to have Nathan here for a sleepover tonight but unfortunately he was sick overnight so that's not happening now.  Hopefully he'll be better by tomorrow as we were planning on going bowling with him.  I haven't been bowling in years!  Wish me luck lol

Have a great weekend all.

A - Z Challenge 2023 - R is for Rory

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This year I'm writing about things connected with Being a Grandparent.  For an introduction to my grandchildren check out my theme reveal here.

Rory is Grandchild #3 and arrived on 1st June 2018 so he is nearly 5!

Many first babies are often late but I don't think any of my Grandchildren have been.  There was supposed to have been about a month between Noah and Rory but it ended up being only 2 weeks between them.

He had to spend a few extra days in hospital because of an infection but this was in pre-pandemic times so we were able to go and visit.

Rory was another grandchild that I got to look after on a regular basis once his Mummy went back to work.  It's been so lovely being able to spend so much time with the Grandkids during their early years.  We did lots of walking in the nearby park.

Of course now he's at school so I don't see quite so much of him although I have had to collect him from school on a few occasions and he's always so pleased to see me.

He's another one that loves playing with cars and has just started to get into Lego.  He does not like it when his little brother tries to spoil his fun!

He's always loved having books read to him and now he's doing well with his own reading.

For a long time we didn't know what his hair colour was going to be - he had no hair for quite a long time

now he definitely takes after his Daddy.  Although he sleeps better than his Daddy did.  Babysitting Rory (and Vinny) during the evening is very easy as usually they are in bed by 7.30 and we often don't hear a peep out of them.  (Not sure that stays the same once their parents are home lol)

A - Z Challenge 2023 - Q is for Questions

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This year I'm writing about things connected with Being a Grandparent.  For an introduction to my grandchildren check out my theme reveal here.

Questions, questions and more questions......

We long for our children and Grandchildren to be able to talk but of course once they can, we start to regret what we wished for because then the questions start.

Mostly they're easy to answer.  But as they get a bit older they can start to get tricky and, add another layer between you and the Grandchildren and it can get even harder.  I mean it's fine if you're sure about what their parents would say but if you're not I've found it's best to dodge the tricky questions such as:

Is Santa real?

Why didn't the Tooth Fairy come? (Oops somebody's Mummy/Daddy must have been busy lol)

What happens when we die?

Nanny, are you really really old?

And that's before we get on to the response to any of your answers with Why?

My middle child always wanted to know Why?  He drove me nuts!  However I think he might get some payback from his son Noah.  I think he'll be a Why? child too lol.