In another multiverse…
Grandboy (looking at his empty bowl): Grandpa, in another multiverse I got another bowl of ice cream…
Me: Hm. Well that version was visiting a grandpa in a different multiverse, too
Tricky, tricky girls
Grandboy: A while ago a girl at school introduced me to her friend as “her boyfriend”
Me (raised eyebrow): Hmmm?
Grandboy (quickly): But I really wasn’t her boyfriend and said “hey I’m not your boyfriend” and she was like “yah, he’s a friend who is a boy”. Isn’t that weird how boy friend” and “boyfriend” sound so much alike?
Me: Maybe she really wanted you to be her boyfriend…
Grandboy (lightbulb moment): …ooo yahhh and she was testing me to see if I would say yes I AM her boyfriend!
Me: Girls can be tricky
Grandboy: …but can’t trick ME
Me: Well someday you MAY be someone’s boyfriend so you’d better be a good one.
Grandboy: But THAT day wasn’t the day! Whew I barely escaped with my LIFE
Why so violent, y’all?
Grandboy: Grandpa why are the “best rated” games on Xbox store so violent?
Me: Because…
Here be dragonswans
Showing the eldest grandboy how to make swans/dragons of different sizes
Sing a song of sixpence
I’ve learned the eldest grandboy fills quiet spaces with his homemade songs. As a result, I’ve subtly made an increase in quiet spaces effective immediately.
He seems to have absorbed Gene Kelly’s style, so that’s not a bad thing at all.
How did he pick up on Gene Kelly? Well it’s not all punk and EDM over here when I’m working from home!
No playing in the bath
Grandboy (preparing to take a bath): Grandpa tonight I’m just taking a quick bath. No playing or anything.
Me: Ok
Grandboy: You know how sometimes I play in the bath.
Me: Yep
Grandboy: Just a quick one.
Me: Yep
Grandboy: Not playing so I can get out quickly.
Me: Ok.
Grandboy (running the water and to the Minecraft guys): Ok guys no playing today
Minecraft guys (in unison): YES SIR
Grandboy (singing): No plaaaayinggg
Minecraft guys (singing): We arennnn’t plaaaayinggg
(Sounds of playing ensue)
Annoying Parrot
Grandboy: BWAAAP BWAAAP BWAAAP BWAAAP
Me: What are you doing?
Grandboy: BWAAAP BWAAAP BWAAAP BWAAAP
Me (stares in Texan): …
Grandboy: I’m being an annoying parrot
Me: You’re doing a surprisingly good job.
Grandboy: You’re doing a surprisingly good job.
Me: Huh?
Grandboy: Huh?
Me (catching on): I said nothing.
Grandboy: I said nothing.
(we do this for about 5 iterations)
Me: Would you like a hug?
Grandboy: Would you like a hug?
Me (reaching out)
Grandboy (reaching out)
* Hug *
—- sometimes we need to get to the root of the behavior —–
Cookie run
The eldest grandboy wanted cookies. I introduced him to exercise and to some random algorithm in the process.
So far he’s on the 2nd iteration
