No matter how heated the rant, when a 7 year old, with a tear in his eye, says "Pa, please fix my toy gun" you drop everything and fix it. Even though the sounds it makes really get on your nerves and you've wished more than once for the batteries to die. Then you notice that your heated rant is now a luke warm thought. Why? Because you just got reminded whose reality comes first.
And no bully, no matter how farouche, ever turned down a little four-year-old girl's cup of "tea".
My grandson is 11 and I can't help him with his computer games. However, I do have one other who can't be ignored:
When the grandson pushes "Where's the Baby's Bellybutton" book at you, you sit down and read it with him for the 25th time that day. And you do it without any feeling of boredom. Amazing how that works.?ÿ
It's under the baby's shirt, the baby's feet are behind the cat, the baby's........
I already like the book, and I??ve not seen it!!
Keeping his attention is the trick:
SWMBO says repetition is the key. I defer to her expertise in these matters.?ÿ
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Be sure to feed him lots of candy just before his parents retrieve him. ?????ÿ
@flga-2-2?ÿ
Good idea!!!
Back in the day, sending them home with a large hidden bag full of the special rolls of "ammo" for the pop guns was a good idea, too.?ÿ A toy xylophone could keep them busy all hours of the night.
Whatever happened to caps and cap guns? I don't see them any more. Of course I'm not seven years old anymore and I don't go to the dime store to spend my $.50 allowance. But when I did caps and rock candy were high on the list.
@lurker?ÿ
They're on the same shelf as the kazoo's, tops and knobber-knockers.?ÿ Near the hula hoops.
If you ever want to drive someone crazy, or ruin Christmas for the neighbors, buy the kid a drum set or electric geetar. ?????ÿ
@lurker?ÿ
Damn things, spend a whole 10 cents for 5 rolls of caps and every other one was a misfire. That's how I learned the "you get what you pay for" deal. The good stuff was 5 cents a roll. ?????ÿ
What must be by now a classic book for children is titled:?ÿ Everybody Poops
That one sells like hotcakes compared to: My Two Dads?ÿ
