Friday, February 18, 2011

Afternoon with Shep

Spent the afternoon with my sweet four year old grandson. He cracks me up. He sits next to me while I am writing on the laptop and just chatters away. He talked about how he loved his Mom. I told him when his Dad was his age, he always said he wanted to marry me when he grew up. Shep looked at me with amazement and said “Now that’s just weird.”

Guess he doesn’t feel quite the same. And time clearly has not been kind to me.

The rest of the afternoon:

He drank juice.

He played with a flashlight. (“Nana, I want to go someplace dark.” For a horrible minute I thought he was having a breakdown.)

He had a Rice Krispie treat.

He played kiddie computer games.

He had a lollipop.

He played with Playdough.

He had ice cream.

He watched TV and played with Legos.

By the time his dad came to pick him up, he was tired. “Come on, bud, pick up the Legos.” my son said. I was putting Shep’s sneakers on and he whispered to me, “I don’t want to pick up the Legos.” So I whispered back to tell his Dad I was playing with the Legos, so I would pick them up. Sometimes you need your Nana to cover for you.

With a totally straight face he said to his father, “I wasn’t playing with the Legos, it was Nana Cooper. But she needs help picking them up because it is hard for her to walk. So you have to do it.”

Is this kid brilliant, or what?

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8 comments:

Muffie said...

How adorable! Now I can't wait to have Nanny conversations with my soon-to-be-one-year-old grandson. They're such a joy!! Your grandson has great potential with that kind of malarkey! Politics, maybe??
Peace,
Muff

brokenteepee said...

Aaah, you sugar him up and then teach him to prevaricate.
Revenge is sweet, eh?

Rosemary said...

I'm STILL laughing! I'd agree...very smart youngin!

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Anji said...

I can't wait for my grandchildren!!

He's sounds wonderful. And even you didn't have to clear up.

Jane Turley said...

Shep sounds like he's got a great future ahead! A moment to remember:)

Marie said...

Thank you all for your sweet comments! You are the best, most loyal readers. I am so lucky!!

Muffie: You are really going to enjoy those conversations. Such fun! Politics is definitely a possibility.

Pricilla: It's a tough job but someone's got to do it. heh heh heh Revenge is sweet.

DB: He takes after me. lol

Anji: You can see, we look after each other. :)

Jane: He is a treasure for sure.

Kathleen said...

Love that you covered for your grandson and LOVE that he wanted to help! So cute and sweet.

Marie said...

Thanks for stopping by and for your comment Kathleen! Yeah, Shep and I are a team. :)