• Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of their own. They like other peoples.

• A grandfather is a man and a grandmother is a lady.

• Grandparents don't have to do anything except be there when we come to see them. They are so old they shouldn't play hard or run. It is good if they drive us to the shops and give us money.

• When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.

• They show us and talk to us about the colours of the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on "cracks."

• They don't say, 'Hurry up.'

• Usually grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoes.

• They wear glasses and funny underwear.

• They can take their teeth and gums out.

• They have to answer questions like 'Why isn't God married?' and 'How come dogs chase cats?'

• When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask for the same story over again.

• Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have television because they are the only grownups who like to spend time with us.

• They know we should have snack time before bed time, and they say prayers with us and kiss us even when we've acted bad.

           

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. -- Doug Larson

Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old. -- Mary H. Waldrip

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation. -- Lois Wyse

 

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

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

Grandma's kitchen...kids eat free.-- Author Unknown

 

Gramma Josie was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter as she'd done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Gramma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper good-bye!"

          

The handwriting on the wall means the grandchildren found the crayons.-- Author Unknown

The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren. -- Doug Larson

 

A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like: "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods."

The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"

 

The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy. -- Sam Levenson

There's no place like home except Grandma's.-- Author Unknown

 

            

My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?"

I mentally polished my halo while I asked, "No, how are we alike?"

"You're both old," he replied.

 

           

They say genes skip generations. Maybe that's why grandparents find their grandchildren so likeable.-- Joan McIntosh

Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all. -- Fanny Fern

We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.-- Phyllis Theroux

 

 

When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in.

Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use, Grandpa. The mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights."

 

 

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure. -- Gene Perret

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.-- Rudolph Giuliani

 

When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not sure."

"Look in your underwear, Grandma," he advised. "Mine says I'm four to six."

 

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

A child needs a grandparent, anybody's grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world. -- Charles and Ann Morse

 

A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today."

The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting," she said, "How do you make babies?"

"It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'."

 

      

A grandma's name is little less in love than is the doting title of a mother. -- William Shakespeare

A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television.-- Author Unknown

 

My kindergarten-aged grand-daughter Nell suddenly announced just before school that she needed to take a clean tee shirt to class. She told her Mom that the teacher was going to iron an anti-drug message on it. My daughter frantically swept through Nell's room, finding nothing usable but one tee shirt that already had something printed on one side. She sent it off to school with Nell.
That afternoon, my grand-daughter returned and happily showed off her shirt. On one side it said, "Families are Forever." And on the other, "Be Smart, Don't Start."

 

A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.-- Author Unknown

A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance. -- Author Unknown

A Grandmother is a safe haven. -- Suzette Haden Elgin

 

Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs. "I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE... I PRAY FOR A NEW PLAYSTATION... I PRAY FOR A NEW VCR..."

His older brother leaned over and nudged the younger brother and said, "Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn't deaf." To which the little brother replied, "No, but Granddad is!"

 

A Grandmother is a special person who causes a joyful happening in the heart of a child.-- Author Unknown

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween. -- Erma Bombeck

 

A ten-year-old, under the tutelage of her grandmother, was becoming quite knowledgeable about the Bible. Then one day she floored her grandmother by asking, "Which Virgin was the mother of Jesus: the Virgin Mary or the King James Virgin?"

 

A house needs a grandma in it.-- Louisa May Alcott

An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly. -- Gene Perret

 

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

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me. -- Lord Chesterfield

By the time the youngest children have learned to keep the house tidy, the oldest grandchildren are on hand to tear it to pieces.-- Christopher Morley