I had so much fun earlier this evening, next doors little grandaughter is sleeping at her Grandmas tonight. For some reason she has always liked to visit us too.
Personally I think the attraction is my biscuit tin, but that's another story!
Anyway it gets to her bedtime and I was watering my garden. I heard her little voice call me "Please open the gate and let me in, I need to hug you goodnight"
So thinking to myself how cute that was I open the gate.
Only to be faced with the biggest water pistol ever invented and she soaked me to the skin! lmao. I tried to run, but my arthritic hips don't allow me to move that fast.
I must have looked a sight walking back up the path with my dripping hair and wet clothes.
Some people might not have been to impressed if it had been them, but it was fun and never cost me a penny to hear the chuckles of a six year old.
So my question is. Would you have been cross with her?
I think you know my answer already!! lmao x
2007-07-19 10:43:30 · 35 answers · asked by ? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Oh pups, Bless you, no her grandparents didn't know at the time, she probbaly got the idea from her grandad anyway cos he fires the hose at me when he does his garden. lol
I've certainly never fallen out with them, in fact if I could have chosen them of the shelf in asda I couldn't have got better ones. I just read your profile, and you say you like fun and have 4 kids, so go on test it out!
The joy of fun with kids is one of the better things in this life. x
2007-07-19 10:58:25 · update #1
How good to see so many of you laughing with me. x
dolly k. What do you mean" little ole ladies like me?" have you seen the size of my bum lately? lmao
Have you been getting my mail? got trouble with my box I think! x
2007-07-19 11:35:14 · update #2
Tommy. I want that shirt, it would suit my husband x
billzeke7. She wouldn't cry to mum,she knows about our play together.x
Goldwing. I promise grandad didn't tell her to do it, I've known her since she was a 2 year old.She trusts me enough to tease.When I tell her I've no time to play, she sits and chats while I do my chores, although I could do with out her help on the dishes cos I have to do them again when she leaves.lol That's respect enough for me! x
Dragon. You sound a fun mum x
Traveller. It's not understanding, I just love to see kids happy and they seem to sense it. x
Scouse. Sense of humour blackouts are not an option in my book, Consider them banned, You are never to have one again, cos you make me laugh a lot sometimes!! lol x
2007-07-20 23:38:21 · update #3
Scobil. If you could see that angelic little face with the sparkle in her eyes, you wouldn't be able to refuse her a biscuit lol x
2007-07-20 23:42:05 · update #4
My answer is yes for sure as I cant imagine of having one. I "dont have" neighbour, takes a long time for somebody to open my gate. I envy you, which I always think that way, as I hardly have neighbours since I was kid.
I am always happy when my cousins come w their grand child(ren), or nephews/nieces or my children's friend w their kid(s), house become noisy and dirty , I love it.
But, i cant imagine if any of the kid do the things to you, to me.
Whoop, will catch me by surprise; maybe they're too scared to do it anyway... ..
They love to play in the garden but my dogs hate children so dogs have to be tied up somewhere. The noice of barking dogs and screaming kids in the garden and pool make me grin, and parents shout to stop them screaming make the atmosphere as a real living space.
I love tenderness which I see in yr posts, so is Intridragon's; I think little by little I start to get it now.
I am glad you write this for us, next time the children come, I'll let them to water my plants, the helper might be crossed as they are the one to clean the verandah. LOL
2007-07-21 18:25:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose fun is fun, but children should also learn respect and where the boundaries are.
I like to have a laugh with my grand-daughter, but she knows the limits.
As for water pistols - no! I never taught my kids to shoot at anything, although I admit I was in a rifle club, and my step-son's an ace shot.
Clear case of 'do as I say, not as I do.'
2007-07-21 04:48:29 · answer #2 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is great , this little one obviously feels comfortable enough around you to have a bit of fun . as you say no real harm done and you got to hear this three year old laugh
Maybe next time she comes for a biscuit from that tin you could joke that you were to wet to do any biscuit shopping !!
2007-07-20 03:44:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have to be honest...I have no idea how I would have reacted...on one hand, it shows a total lack of respect, but on the other, you and I know damned good and well her grandad put her up to it...so I suppose I would have grimaced, made her think I was really disturbed, then laughed in private...two lessons for the price of one....never trust an evil grandfather (I happen to be one), and be careful what you water...you have no idea what will grow :-O
2007-07-19 11:57:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My friend and neighbour... her daughter and children... and myself... live in a triangle of about 50 feet apart... my friend's granddaughter took my my dog and me when we moved in and through her... I met her gran (my widowed friend) I was concerned they should know we had become friends... and needed their permission because whenever she takes a tumble... gets a splinter or a tiny bump... this lovely ten year old arrives at my window or my door and requests I put a plaster on because "You do it much more gentler than mum and Grandma..." thankfully... my friend and her daughter are not upset by this:-)
Having raised six kids, four of them girls... all now middle aged... my grandchildren are a hundred miles away... so I enjoy our little chats... it's sorta reinvented the wheel of fairy stories that I wrote for them way back... and used to read in schools... now she brings her friends to say hallo:-)
Adopted Gran
2007-07-21 10:46:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This was great, I loved it.
It reminded me of something that happened between my son and my Mom when my son was five years old.
He was playing in the backyard and came running up to his Grandmother screaming "Gramma, Gramma, I've got something for you. Hold out your hand and see what I've found". She held out her hand, and from his, fell a large cricket, still alive. My Mom nearly had heart failure. But she remembered and loved this little prank to her dying days.
Cross? No way, these are some of the joys of childhood. And, it's still fun for us!
2007-07-21 09:56:04 · answer #6 · answered by Cranky 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No test I'd love it too. Thats great ... so long as you weren't dressed and ready to leave for a night out on the town. Not having any young ones at home myself the sound of little giggles always gets me. As my favorite young people say your just a kid only bigger, and I'd hate to think I'd ever lose that
So giggle on and enjoy
2007-07-19 10:50:45 · answer #7 · answered by Chele 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Loved it! Just goes to show there is a kid in all of us.
My 9 yr. old son (I am 62) was taught at the age of 4 how to handle a water hose & a squirt gun, and guess who taught him?
The little devil in me has been passed on to grow in him.
You can only imagine what else I have taught him and what is yet to come.
2007-07-19 14:22:45 · answer #8 · answered by dragon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Laugh and enjoy life. It may not ever happen again and u will miss the fun. I know I'm a grandma of 11
2007-07-19 10:56:05 · answer #9 · answered by hillbillytweetheart 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Great story. I would have fun too. If you can't have fun with the little ones then you're getting old. I never want to get old.
I have a tee shirt that says," Grandpas are antique little boys."
2007-07-19 11:43:42 · answer #10 · answered by Old Man 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋