I published this originally in 2009. My granddaughter Elena (the one with the earphones up her nose) was around 11 back then. She called this last week and wanted to see the story again. Here it is. Happy Thanksgiving 2016
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| Elena with her Uncle Larry |
I love my grandchildren...bless their peeked little heads! They make me laugh, they make me cry, they occasionally make me want to run and hide. But, in spite of the hiding part, they mostly make me laugh.
I have a lot of teen aged grandchildren and one that is an "almost teenager". She is a great joy to me and hates it when I talk about her. So I will not mention her name...not today anyway. She has just gone to middle school where she hangs out with other middle school humans all day. She is not a baby any more she tells us and she thinks that being in middle school should prove that to us .
I took her to ballet after school this last week and offered to meet her at the front door of the school because it was the third day of school and we weren't entirely clear on what the drill was. I don't know what I was thinking. Oh my gosh...you would have thought I had offered to entertain at an assembly naked!! NONONONO!!! THAT IS A VERY BAD IDEA!!! she warned. I hid out in the parking lot ducking down as low as I could...she found me anyway. So I took her to her lessons as anonymously as a grandmother possibly can.
Her brother discovered the "pee hole" in his underwear when he was about 4...and had to tell me about it when we were streaking down the freeway at 70 miles per hour. "Grandma, know what I found out today...I have a pee hole in my underwear. Do you think grandpa knows about that?" The freeway almost had a huge pile up that day and there were reports of a hysterical older woman with a child in the back seat driving erratically on Oregon 26.
So yesterday when my nameless granddaughter came into the dinner room and announced that "if you put the earbuds to your ipod in your nose the sound will come out your mouth" I should have remained cool. As she leaned over to let me listen I almost fell off my chair. My daughter and I were still laughing as she headed out the front door to visit with the neighbor boy. Her parting words were "don't talk about me while I'm gone!" My daughter and I looked at each other in amazement. Would that be possible?
I'm just saying....!!!
b+
What a hoot to read -- glad I wasn't on the interstate that year; please, tell me the ipod thing was a joke, 'cause it grossed me out... glad I wasn't there, too -- but your grandchildren sure made me laugh, Barbara.
ReplyDeleteOh that's was funny! Kids, the things they say. That is an original if I ever heard one! I know I'm too old, but heck, I'm gonna try it myself! And you can tell your nameless granddaugther thanks! That was a great idea!! New age ventriloquism!
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to lie... I want to try that!
ReplyDeleteI found this on Google, and spent the evening follow your granddaughter's advice. She will accomplish great things in life.
ReplyDeleteBut, er, this may come in handy for other adventurous spirits: http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Earphones-out-of-Your-Nasal-Cavity
What a fun post, Barbara! And what fun grandchildren!!
ReplyDeletePS - For those of you considering trying this for yourselves, you may wish to check out this quick youtube video first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2grYCST643o
Donna
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I am going to do that. Is it dangerous?
DeleteDoggone, we should have put this on youtube in 2009! that was when Elena discovered it. Kids have probably know this "like forever"!
DeleteI hope you told grandpa about the discovery right away! Who knows how long he would have gone before learning about that magical pee hole.
ReplyDeleteI know children have a lot of good information and this one was just too funny to not pass on. Grandpa was in the know! He makes me very proud. :)
DeleteI'll have to give that a try someday. Sounds like your grandkids are real characters.
ReplyDeleteOh my. Her parting words remind me of somebody who tells you "Whatever you do, do NOT think of a ZEBRA in the next minute!" - to be filed under "instructions you just can't follow". :D
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