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Calling all GRANDS!  Do you get a giggle from the funny things your GRANDkids say? Have you heard a good GRAND Giggle lately? If so, please click here to share your GRAND GIGGLE. Each week our GRAND Giggle Editor will select her favorite Giggle and award the winner a special prize.



Monday, December 14, 2009
My grandaughter, Hannah who is 7 was riding with her Mom and Gempa the other day. She saw a street sign named Washington and asked if that was like DC. Gempa said no it was like the street they were driving on. Then Gempa asked her if…
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Monday, December 14, 2009
My granddaughter just turned 5 yrs. this month. She told her Mom that when she turns 5 she won't be able to use her car seat because her butt is just to big now. He sister turned 8 in June and no longer has to have a car seat so she…
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Saturday, September 05, 2009
When asked by the teacher how milk could be kept from turning sour, my then 7-year-old granddaughter Elizabeth thought a moment and then said, "I know It should be kept in the cow!"
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Saturday, September 05, 2009
A neighbor was talking to my then 8-year-old grandson, Billy, and asked him what his mother did for a headache. Without pause, Billy made her chuckle when he replied, "Oh, she sends me out to play!"
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Avery's dad always packed him a snack for 1st Grade snacktime. My son had forgot to tell Avery that he had packed 3 cans of food for the food drive. At snacktime Avery asked his teacher if she had a can opener and he pulled out 3 cans…
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
I play a computer game called Bookworm. My 2 year old grandson loves it too. When I come home he says Bookworm Mimi. I put the came on for him and then he tells me to go watch TV or go in my room.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
I was eating lunch with my 4 year old grandson who was happily eating a Happy Meal at Mac Donalds. He says to me 'Mommy says MacDonalds is garbage but my belly says it's delicious.'
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Friday, April 24, 2009
My 2 year old grandson has been biting people. When he bit his mom, she explained to him that he can't bite people because his teeth hurt them. He answered, " When my teeth come out, then I can bite people."Later, he was…
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
My 3-year-old granddaughter and I were studying the world globe, and finding different points of interest. I pointed to the ocean and asked her what that was. She was hesitant to answer, so I said, "that's the ocean." Where…
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Friday, February 27, 2009
My daughter was giving her 2 year old son some gum at his brother's baseball game and she said to him: What do you say.He said: Thank you call meThat's what she tells him all the time when he comes to spend the night a Maw Maw's…
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GRAND Reporting

The Year in Review

Ah, another year is about to bite the dust and boy, it's been a doozy.

The big news was that our family tree sprouted a tiny twig, but there were plenty of sideshows along the way. A milestone college reunion. A road trip from hell. A major case of the middle-age blues, and a texting obsession that ruined my thumbs.

It all got started in January with a reality smack to us age-sensitive baby boomers. "He's so young," my husband whined as we watched our new president take the oath. "Correction," I whined back. "He's sooo young." Read More...

Nicknames

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What do your grandchildren call you? Some have family or ethnic traditions about what they're called. And grandparents are sometimes given the darndest names by their grandchildren for reasons that can be quite mysterious and inexplicable to those over two years old.

Since our inaugural issue, we've continued to compile a list of the myriad names that Grands are called. Perhaps it will inspire you or your own children! If your own 'grand' name doesn't appear on this list, send it to us by submitting the form below.

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Contributors

 

MARC HEQUET

Under One Roof
My wife is teaching out of town this year. Our son seized the opportunity."Dad, you're going to be…
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JUDY PUGH

Saying Goodbye
My daughter, Staff Sergeant Daylena Gonzalez, is coming home. She's been serving with the U.S. Air Force…
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MARY-COLLEEN JENKINS

Writing Small Moments
Anne-Marie Farley bought a couple of autobiography journals to give to her parents. "I thought it would…
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