The Life of the Party
By DianneN
@DianneN (247216)
United States
June 12, 2017 12:48pm CST
I now have a 9 year old granddaughter, and wow, is she something else! She is so full of life and energy!
She had a beautiful day for her party cruising the Hudson River around Manhattan with her friends, her brother, and a couple of his friends. She told me that Chalk of the Town provided tee shirts and they had 30 pounds of candy to share.
My husband and I drove to Manhattan the day after her party to visit on her real birthday. She loved her ribbon wrapped and boxed pile of cash we gave her so much, that before putting it into her safe, she counted it all. Her daddy will put her check into her college fund.
We took a lovely walk to a hibachi restaurant where we met her auntie and other set of grandparents. Although my granddaughter packed away two orders of sushi, she enjoyed the show, as we all did. She kept us laughing the entire evening.
It was a wonderful time to be had by all and a wonderful birthday weekend for that little life of the party. The downer is that she leaves for overnight camp in two weeks, and we won't see her most of the summer.
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@Happy2BeMe (99386)
• Canada
12 Jun 17
Glad you had such wonderful time celebrating your grand daughter's 9th birthday. What an adorable picture. She looks so much like you.
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@Happy2BeMe (99386)
• Canada
12 Jun 17
@DianneN Very cool...but I see more of you in different photos that you post.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
12 Jun 17
Oh dear you will miss the little Ice Queen won't you Dianne?
It sounds wonderful she had 30 lbs of candy to share wow!!!
And a big box of cash you can't beat that.
Many happy returns to her from us here Dianne.
She is lovely
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
12 Jun 17
Wow this is the third year already that I remember her going off to camp, time is flying by. My 8 year old granddaughter is off to Mexico with her parents today for a week of excitement at a resort.
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@RasmaSandra (74146)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Jun 17
She is a lovely girl. Sounds like you all had a great time.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
12 Jun 17
Yay for two great party days! Sounds like a lot of fun.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
12 Jun 17
@DianneN i probably would have too lol
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
13 Jun 17
I'm sure she will love her time at camp! She's so lucky to have such a big family!
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
14 Jun 17
@DianneN I went a few times as a kid, and my older kids went once. I couldn't afford to do it more often than that. The boys enjoyed it, my daughter hated it!
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@DianneN (247216)
• United States
14 Jun 17
@katsmeow1213 I only went for one month. It took me that long to get used to it. Both my sons went to overnight camp and had a love hate relationship. It depended on the counselors. My granddaughter absolutely loves it.
@allknowing (130292)
• India
12 Jun 17
Where did you get all that change from - even one dollar bills? The little girl must have had a time counting it all. But did she count it right?
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@allknowing (130292)
• India
13 Jun 17
@DianneN You gave a tough time to the cashier at the bank I am sure
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@Marilynda1225 (80172)
• United States
12 Jun 17
Sounds like she had an awesome birthday. Awww I remember when she went away last summer and how much you missed her.
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@Marilynda1225 (80172)
• United States
13 Jun 17
@DianneN It's so nice you have such a special bond with her. I have 3 daughters and 4 granddaughters and there's nothing like that bond between us.
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@DianneN (247216)
• United States
13 Jun 17
@Marilynda1225 You are so lucky. I have two brothers, two sons, and my husband had two brothers. I was the only female until my princess came along. We have always been a closeknit and loving family, but there is something special about a little girl.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
12 Jun 17
She looks so happy! You two favor a lot!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
13 Jun 17
She is such a delightful young lady. You can see she is the apple of your eye.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
14 Jun 17
@DianneN we do love our grandbabies!
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@DianneN (247216)
• United States
14 Jun 17
@ElusiveButterfly Yes, we certainly do!
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
13 Jun 17
it is always fun and exciting to be around the young ones
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@DeborahDiane (40096)
• Laguna Woods, California
13 Jun 17
@DianneN - I love the photo of the two of you! She looks like a delight and I am glad you had such a good time with her!
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@DeborahDiane (40096)
• Laguna Woods, California
14 Jun 17
@DianneN - Grandchildren are the dessert in our lives, aren't they?
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@DianneN (247216)
• United States
14 Jun 17
@DeborahDiane Love that! Yes, they are.
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@dramagirl26 (3259)
• Ringgold, Virginia
13 Jun 17
Sounds like she had an exciting birthday.
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