Let me think of why I wanted to blog....hmmmmm??? Well I saw a few online and they were interesting. It was good reading about others lives and what they do daily...does that sound a little like eavesdropping?? Nope...its just fun reading! And its a great way to keep up with friends and family that you have little communications with daily or often.
Life for me at my ripe ole age of 55 is definitely not boring! I love being a Nana or Nanny as the two that live in our town call me. I have 6 grandchildren, a 12 year old named Corben, 2 six years old, Noah, and Kyra (our only girl) and 2 three years old, Alden and Landyn; and one five months old, Jarrod Jr. All are special and all are beyond loved! Four of those adored grandchildren live in North Dakota, so this Georgia Nana is lucky to see them at least once a year. But we do stay in touch by phone and computer..hooray for technology. The other two live in the same town as me and my hubs. I get to interact with them a lot and I help out with school pickup and babysitting when its needed. I have loved watching them grow from tottering toddlers to the young boys they are today.
Just today, I had to give Noah some medicine due to an ear infection and bronchitis. The medicine must taste really awful. Yesterday we softened it up with a sugar spoon and a sip of Mellow Yellow. Well, today we were out of Mellow Yellow, but I did coat the tip end of the spoon with the sugar. I gave him an orange Cyrstal Lite drink to chug after the medication. I told him it was the type drinks that astronauts drank while they were on the moon and in space. He took a sip, gently sipped the medicine, and proceeded to gag and try to swallow. Once he got it down and declared how nasty it was, he told me..."Nanny, that medicine taste bad and that astronaut juice didn't help it!!!" I was trying hard not to chuckle. He kept the medicine down and luckily that was all I had to give him. Those are the reasons I love being a Nanny, getting to be a part of the loving moments and the cute phrases and just plain watching them grow. Being a grandmother is better than being a parent!
Alden was sick and staying with me one day week before last and he always likes to talk to his Poppa. He asked me to get him on the phone and he told him" Poppa I at your house cuz I sick ..(he said this while frowning and using his most pitiful voice)..I heard Poppa say "uhhuh" on the other end of the phone. Alden then proceeded to tell him to go to the bank, get some money and bring him some ice cream...round like Nanny's brace (his word for my bracelet)..Now how adorable is that? Being a grandmother is better than being a parent!
Last weekend my 12 year old calls from North Dakota and he ask, "Nana are you on face book?" I answer yes (remember I am a techno savvy grandma!) and he then ask will I be his friend ...how precious and how honored I was that he wanted his ole Nana for a friend. Being a grandmother is better than being a parent!
And the other week, my granddaughter calls and we talk and laugh for a few minutes and the phone goes around to all the other kiddos in Grand Forks. We say our I love yous and goodbyes and hang up. Later on that night (10:3o pm to be exact) the phone rings..I answer and Kyra is on the other end and says .." Hi Nana, whatcha doing now?" We talk for a few minutes and she ask if her Poptart (her nickname for her Poppa) was up? I told her no that only I was and I would tell him she called. She then told me, " It's OK Nana, I can call him tomorrow . his face is beside his number too!!" She had called on her Dad's cell phone by putting our faces with the numbers. Being a grandmother is better than being a parent!!!
I love hearing the coos and gurgles of Little Jarrod and the chatter of Landyn too. Landyn always wants to talk to Poppa and he tolerates Nana, but he does tell us goodnight and he loves us when he does call. I am telling you ...being a grandmother is better than being a parent!!!
Guess that is what this blog is all about and if you had any doubt..ask me..BEING A NANA is the BEST!!!
Life for me at my ripe ole age of 55 is definitely not boring! I love being a Nana or Nanny as the two that live in our town call me. I have 6 grandchildren, a 12 year old named Corben, 2 six years old, Noah, and Kyra (our only girl) and 2 three years old, Alden and Landyn; and one five months old, Jarrod Jr. All are special and all are beyond loved! Four of those adored grandchildren live in North Dakota, so this Georgia Nana is lucky to see them at least once a year. But we do stay in touch by phone and computer..hooray for technology. The other two live in the same town as me and my hubs. I get to interact with them a lot and I help out with school pickup and babysitting when its needed. I have loved watching them grow from tottering toddlers to the young boys they are today.
Just today, I had to give Noah some medicine due to an ear infection and bronchitis. The medicine must taste really awful. Yesterday we softened it up with a sugar spoon and a sip of Mellow Yellow. Well, today we were out of Mellow Yellow, but I did coat the tip end of the spoon with the sugar. I gave him an orange Cyrstal Lite drink to chug after the medication. I told him it was the type drinks that astronauts drank while they were on the moon and in space. He took a sip, gently sipped the medicine, and proceeded to gag and try to swallow. Once he got it down and declared how nasty it was, he told me..."Nanny, that medicine taste bad and that astronaut juice didn't help it!!!" I was trying hard not to chuckle. He kept the medicine down and luckily that was all I had to give him. Those are the reasons I love being a Nanny, getting to be a part of the loving moments and the cute phrases and just plain watching them grow. Being a grandmother is better than being a parent!
Alden was sick and staying with me one day week before last and he always likes to talk to his Poppa. He asked me to get him on the phone and he told him" Poppa I at your house cuz I sick ..(he said this while frowning and using his most pitiful voice)..I heard Poppa say "uhhuh" on the other end of the phone. Alden then proceeded to tell him to go to the bank, get some money and bring him some ice cream...round like Nanny's brace (his word for my bracelet)..Now how adorable is that? Being a grandmother is better than being a parent!
Last weekend my 12 year old calls from North Dakota and he ask, "Nana are you on face book?" I answer yes (remember I am a techno savvy grandma!) and he then ask will I be his friend ...how precious and how honored I was that he wanted his ole Nana for a friend. Being a grandmother is better than being a parent!
And the other week, my granddaughter calls and we talk and laugh for a few minutes and the phone goes around to all the other kiddos in Grand Forks. We say our I love yous and goodbyes and hang up. Later on that night (10:3o pm to be exact) the phone rings..I answer and Kyra is on the other end and says .." Hi Nana, whatcha doing now?" We talk for a few minutes and she ask if her Poptart (her nickname for her Poppa) was up? I told her no that only I was and I would tell him she called. She then told me, " It's OK Nana, I can call him tomorrow . his face is beside his number too!!" She had called on her Dad's cell phone by putting our faces with the numbers. Being a grandmother is better than being a parent!!!
I love hearing the coos and gurgles of Little Jarrod and the chatter of Landyn too. Landyn always wants to talk to Poppa and he tolerates Nana, but he does tell us goodnight and he loves us when he does call. I am telling you ...being a grandmother is better than being a parent!!!
Guess that is what this blog is all about and if you had any doubt..ask me..BEING A NANA is the BEST!!!
