Grandpa And Nana Are The Best!
@petertheo (148)
South Africa
    October 28, 2015 9:46am CST
                         
            We are now at the stage in our lives when we have become very popular people. Who with, you might ask? With our grandsons of course! They always love coming to us on visits and holidays because there are always exiting things to do at Grandpa and Nana! 
They are continually coming to me with requests to make something for them or to help them with building a hut or making a bow and arrow or a boat to pull round the pool with a string. I have learnt that buying expensive toys for the boys is a waste of money. They are far happier for instance when I cut bamboo sticks for them to make fishing rods or making string whips or swords for a sword fight or paper jets to fly around the garden or rope swings from the big wild fig tree. 
Nana, being an artist, has taught them to do many art projects such as creating, drawing and painting and they have developed their arty side. We have become the source of solutions to help turn their wonderful imaginations into reality. Well, it works sometimes!
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        @petertheo (148)
 • South Africa
                            31 Oct 15
                                    
                            Well, the 2 older boys are now in their teens and spend a lot of time on their smart phones on FB! When they visit I try to get them to do things on the farm like saw and chop firewood.
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                            @petertheo (148)
 • South Africa
                            29 Oct 15
                                    
                            Hi John - yes, but they are the ones who come and ask me to make them - I just follow their orders!
                            @petertheo (148)
 • South Africa
                            28 Oct 15
                                    
                            Yes, I didn't mention any of the times when they are not so sweet!
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                             @intal_carl (299)
 • Quezon City, Philippines
                    29 Oct 15
                    I really love my grandparents.
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                     @Marilynda1225 (86703)
 • United States
                    28 Oct 15
                    My heart just smiles when my grandchildren come to visit. They always make me feel like the most important person on earth
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