Saturday, June 30, 2007

Grandparents

I thought these thoughts about grandparenthood were funny and sometimes maybe even true!!

Dad


Grandparents

A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television. ~Author Unknown
Never have children, only grandchildren. ~Gore Vidal

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. ~Pam Brown




Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Grandfathers have only so many horsey rides in them. ~Gene Perret

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window. ~Ogden Nash

Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete. ~ Marcy DeMaree

Grandmother - a wonderful mother with lots of practice ~Author Unknown

A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside. ~Author Unknown

One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather. ~Joy Hargrove

It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you become one. ~Author Unknown




Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old. ~Mary H. Wald!

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to
your grandmother. ~Proverb

An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Any thing
longer than that, and you start to age quick ly. ~Gene Perret


Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. ~Author unknown







Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts
forever. ~Author Unknown



If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have
had them first. ~Lois Wyse




If your baby is "beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on
schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time," you're
the grandma. ~Teresa Bloomingdale







Grandparents are s imilar to a piece of string - handy to have around and
easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren. ~Author Unknown

My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or
three hours with them, I believe it, too. ~Gene Perret
If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise
every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old
people like it! ~Hannah Whithall Smith
It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother - that's why the world
calls her grandmother. ~Author Unknown

The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby's grandparents. You feel
completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods,
which is why most grandparents flee to Florida. ~Dave Barry
I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for
self-defense. ~Gene Perret
Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short
on criticism and long on love. ~Author Unknown
What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that
grandparents are God's gifts to children. And if they can but see, hear
and feel what these people have to give, they can mature at a
fast rate. ~Bill Cosby
Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's
married to a grandmother. ~G. Norman Collie

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. ~Author Unknown
What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and
they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure. ~Gene Perret
Grandmothers are just "antique" little girls. ~Author Unknown
Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb


Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little c hildren. ~Alex Haley

We love you guys.
Dad

4 comments:

Goose said...

Dad, thanks for the post. I would add that grandparents are free babysitters! You ywo are wonderful grandparents. Makes me want to become one now, but how does that work.

Drew

Elizabeth said...

Mickey, I enjoyed those quotes a lot...particularly the one from Dave Barry. :) Don't flee to Florida...without us.

Danalin said...

Love it! These kids that are already here - as well as those on the way! - are so lucky to have such fabulous grandparents. Just wish we lived closer so that Max could enjoy you more. Love you both.

Wendi said...

Great pics and quotes -- looking forwward to T-day, when we have not one, not two, but THREE new little humans to add to the festivities!