Grandmother's Rights
>> Wednesday, April 15, 2009
I went to Walmart the other day with Jessica and Charlotte.
Charlotte wanted a Little Mermaid baseball cap. Jessica wanted her to want a plain pink one.
I indulged Charlotte; Jessica whined all the way to the cash register, even though she'd thrown the plain one into the shopping cart during her grown-up tantrum. Happy toddler, griping "adult".
Jessica kept asking "Why????"
I just tried to explain that as the grandmother I get to occasionally buy the tacky, trendy, garish things that a toddler wants. I don't have to be practical and matchy and tasteful.
Just one of my perks.
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don't let it darken my doorway or you will never see it again.
Here, here Grandma!!
LOL Jessica. You crack me up. I fear if it were to disappear, Grandma might find something worse. ;)
I am learning what it's like to have one's kids want something different from what oneself would choose ... sigh, just one of life's lessons I guess. And I think buying that hat for her must be one of the perks of grandma-hood! :)
(BTW, loved your comments on fundraising - I loved that you thought you could HS cheaper - and I have had the same thought!!)
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