Today:
One more reason why I love this little girl.
Sparky (looking at the sudden downpour of rain): Is it going to thunder?
Me: Maybe. Possibly. I really wish it hadn't started raining. I wanted to do something fun with you guys since I have the day off.
Sparky (little eyes lighting up and all excited): When it stops, we can count rainbows!
Whenever I am feeling down, I will think of Sparky and the fact that a rainy day can be brightened by counting rainbows after the storm. LOL
Friday, 30 June 2017
...and she can't dance either
June 30, 2013
Spunky: Grandma, can you snap your fingers or whistle?
Me: No, I never really learned to do either of those things.
A few minutes pass.
Spunky: Grandma when you were a Mommy...
Teffie: She's still a Mommy, Spunky, She's my mother.
Spunky: Yeah, she's still a Mom but she can't whistle.
LMAO!!!
Spunky: Grandma, can you snap your fingers or whistle?
Me: No, I never really learned to do either of those things.
A few minutes pass.
Spunky: Grandma when you were a Mommy...
Teffie: She's still a Mommy, Spunky, She's my mother.
Spunky: Yeah, she's still a Mom but she can't whistle.
LMAO!!!
Saturday, 24 June 2017
A Sparky gem from this morning:
She was sitting in her room with a pack of Tic Tacs.
Teffie: What are you doing?
Sparky: Taking my pills.
Teffie: Those aren't pills Sparky. They're candy.
Sparky: I an old lady.
Teffie: No, you're a little girl.
Sparky: I 'tending to be an old lady and taking my pills.
LOL I guess she figures old lady take pills.
(Oh, and then she came to me later and gave me a handful of Tic Tacs and said, "Here Grandma. It's for your diabetes.") LMAO!
She was sitting in her room with a pack of Tic Tacs.
Teffie: What are you doing?
Sparky: Taking my pills.
Teffie: Those aren't pills Sparky. They're candy.
Sparky: I an old lady.
Teffie: No, you're a little girl.
Sparky: I 'tending to be an old lady and taking my pills.
LOL I guess she figures old lady take pills.
(Oh, and then she came to me later and gave me a handful of Tic Tacs and said, "Here Grandma. It's for your diabetes.") LMAO!
Thursday, 15 June 2017
No cannibals around here. LOL
Jan
25, 2017
This
morning I was pretending to eat Sparky all up, nibbling at her belly.
Sparky:
No Grandma, I officially a little girl full of blood. You can't eat
me.
LMAO!
Jul 29, 2015
Reason # 9,999,999 why I love that kid!
Waking Spunky up this morning, I was giving her little nibbly kisses all around her face. I teasingly said, "Mmm. I'm going to eat her all up while she's sleeping."
I pretended to nibble her arm and said, "Mmm. That tastes like pumpernickel bread." Then I pretended to nibble her cheek and said, "That tastes like candy apple." Then I said, "Hmmm, I wonder what her ears taste like."
Spunky opened one eye and said very dryly, in her little spunky manner, "Ear wax!"
LMAO
The mouths of babes...
Mar
31, 2017
Sparky
was looking for her favourite cup to have her juice,but I couldn't
find it.
Sparky:
It's a bummer when I don't have my "Sparky Gillicuddy" cup.
(The
cup has a picture of Sparky the Dalmation fire dog. As I mentioned at
the beginning of this blog, I jokingly called Sparky "Sparky
McGillicuddy" one day, so now the cup has become known as her
"Sparky Gillicuddy" cup. LOL)
Jun
08, 2014
Spunky:
I need the "thprinkler" on
Dad:
You need what on?
Spunky:
The "thprinkler". I can't thay "thprinkler" cuth
I lotht a tooth.
LMAO!!!
Dec
20, 2014
Spunky,
after sneezing: Grandma, I accidentally "bless you'd" on my
tablet. Can I uses your glasses wiper to clean it off?
Feb
08, 2017
Sparky
(watching Paw Patrol and the Paw Patroller sank): Oh my gosh. I'm not
happy about this!
LMAO
Jan
25, 2017
From
last night -
Sparky:
Grandma, don't be a roadkill!
LOL
(We think she meant "buzzkill" but have no idea where
she picked that up.)
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
More deep thoughts from Spunky
Jun 25, 2014
We were having a conversation about dog training at dinner.
Me: Dogs have little tiny brains and they learn by associating certain things with certain actions. It takes time.
Spunky: Oh, like training a boy.
LMAO!!! I damn near choked on my spaghetti.
We were having a conversation about dog training at dinner.
Me: Dogs have little tiny brains and they learn by associating certain things with certain actions. It takes time.
Spunky: Oh, like training a boy.
LMAO!!! I damn near choked on my spaghetti.
Apr 19, 2014
Trying to have a deep conversation with Spunky about gender roles. LOL
She kept referring to the darker crayon colours as "boy colours" and the lighter colours as "girl colours".
I was trying to explain that she shouldn't separate her colours as boy or girl. If a person likes a colour, then they should just like the colour. It doesn't matter if they're a boy or girl.
I said, "Saying that the blue and black and brown are boy colours and the pink and purple and yellow are girl colours is the same as saying you can't do something just because you're a girl."
Spunky's gem of the day: "Well, I'm a girl who doesn't like boy colours!"
LMAO
Mar 29, 2014
Another "Spunky" gem:
"See? This is my diary. I don't have diarrhea. It's just something I write in."
Apr 18, 2014
Teffie went to the store and promised Spunky a treat if she was a good girl for Grandma.
I thanked Spunky for being such a cooperative little girl and she said, "It's 'cause Mommy's bringing me a treat."
Me: "Do you think Mommy will bring me a treat?"
Spunky: "No, but I'll share mine with you."
LOL
Fun with fictional food!
Apr 21, 2017
LMAO! What a kid. Trying to get ready for work, and Saprky came knocking on my bedroom door. I didn't open it right away, and then I heard, "It's me. The pizza lady." LOL I guess she thought I would open it quicker if she had food.
December 31, 2012
Spunky is playing restaurant. She asked me for my order, and when I told her I wanted a turkey sandwich, she said she doesn't have any. Her restaurant only has French fries and gravy. Then she asked what I wanted for dessert, and she only has pink ice cream. Talk about a limited menu!
LOL...she was standing there saying. "OK Grandma, eat it. Go ahead. Eat it all up." Too funny.
OMG..now she expects me to pay! She just gave me a bill. She says that's what they do in restaurants!
I got ripped! My "pissa" was $5 and Teffie's cake was 55 cents!
Awww...I told her I couldn't pay, and she said Gramma can eat for free because she has no money.
And she gave Mommy a break too. She brought the price of her cake down to 15 cents!
LMAO! What a kid. Trying to get ready for work, and Saprky came knocking on my bedroom door. I didn't open it right away, and then I heard, "It's me. The pizza lady." LOL I guess she thought I would open it quicker if she had food.
December 31, 2012
Spunky is playing restaurant. She asked me for my order, and when I told her I wanted a turkey sandwich, she said she doesn't have any. Her restaurant only has French fries and gravy. Then she asked what I wanted for dessert, and she only has pink ice cream. Talk about a limited menu!
LOL...she was standing there saying. "OK Grandma, eat it. Go ahead. Eat it all up." Too funny.
OMG..now she expects me to pay! She just gave me a bill. She says that's what they do in restaurants!
I got ripped! My "pissa" was $5 and Teffie's cake was 55 cents!
Awww...I told her I couldn't pay, and she said Gramma can eat for free because she has no money.
And she gave Mommy a break too. She brought the price of her cake down to 15 cents!
Sunday, 11 June 2017
Sharing is caring
June 2, 2015
Spunky just said, "I brought you a snack Grandma," and handed me a rice cake. She added, "You never get breakfast in bed. You always have to get it yourself, so I made it just for you." LMAO I love her.
Nov 25, 2016
I am feeling so loved. Sparky came in with a soggy piece of apple that she had bitten off to share with me. She said, "Here Grandma. I bit some off for you. It's food." LMAO!!!
Love that kid so much.
Love both of my girls.
Jul 25, 2015
I do love that little girl. Teffie and her friends treated the kids and themselves to McDonald's and Timmie's coffees. Spunky came in to me with the last of the little bag of fries from her Happy Meal and said, "Grandma, you never got anything, so take this in case you get hungry." What a loving, thoughtful little girl.
Oct 11, 2015
Sunday morning with my girls - doesn't get any better than this. Spunky just brought me breakfast in bed. (A bowl of cereal and a mug of water ''with 4 ice cubes,'' she proudly proclaimed.)
Sparky began calling for her sister, so we went to her room and brought her out with us. Now she is dancing around with one of Spunky's ''Frozen'' dolls singing, ''Let it go, let it go'' repeatedly.
I love it.
This is Thanksgiving weekend, and I know why I am thankful.
Spunky just said, "I brought you a snack Grandma," and handed me a rice cake. She added, "You never get breakfast in bed. You always have to get it yourself, so I made it just for you." LMAO I love her.
Nov 25, 2016
I am feeling so loved. Sparky came in with a soggy piece of apple that she had bitten off to share with me. She said, "Here Grandma. I bit some off for you. It's food." LMAO!!!
Love that kid so much.
Love both of my girls.
Jul 25, 2015
I do love that little girl. Teffie and her friends treated the kids and themselves to McDonald's and Timmie's coffees. Spunky came in to me with the last of the little bag of fries from her Happy Meal and said, "Grandma, you never got anything, so take this in case you get hungry." What a loving, thoughtful little girl.
Oct 11, 2015
Sunday morning with my girls - doesn't get any better than this. Spunky just brought me breakfast in bed. (A bowl of cereal and a mug of water ''with 4 ice cubes,'' she proudly proclaimed.)
Sparky began calling for her sister, so we went to her room and brought her out with us. Now she is dancing around with one of Spunky's ''Frozen'' dolls singing, ''Let it go, let it go'' repeatedly.
I love it.
This is Thanksgiving weekend, and I know why I am thankful.
Saturday, 10 June 2017
More reasons why I love my Sparky McGillicuddy
Feb 28, 2017
Sparky (to her Mom just before supper): Can I please have some grape juice?
Teffie: No. We are having supper in a minute.
Sparky: I want grape juice.
Teffie: It will ruin your supper.
Me (trying to head off a tantrum and take her mind off the juice): So Sparky, did you have fun with Grandma M today?
Sparky: Mmhmm. She let me have grape juice. LMAO!
Nov 27, 2016
Sparky came walking down the hall with a little bowl of skittles, and just as she got to her room, she started tossing some in the door. I asked what she was doing and she said, "I feeding da monsters to keep dem away case dere's some in my room."
LMAO!
I reassured her that there are no monsters in her room. What a kid.
Nov 26, 2016
LMAO! Sparky just informed me that "There's a storm blowing in and the bears aren't going to like it."
Where does this kid come up with this stuff? I wish I could spend 10 minutes inside that little brain of hers. LOL
Oct 28, 2016
Another smile for the day: I couldn't find my cellphone this morning, so Sparky handed me her little toy Elmo phone and said, "Here Grandma. You can use mine for work. Just remember to bring it home."
I love that kid. LOL
Sparky (to her Mom just before supper): Can I please have some grape juice?
Teffie: No. We are having supper in a minute.
Sparky: I want grape juice.
Teffie: It will ruin your supper.
Me (trying to head off a tantrum and take her mind off the juice): So Sparky, did you have fun with Grandma M today?
Sparky: Mmhmm. She let me have grape juice. LMAO!
Nov 27, 2016
Sparky came walking down the hall with a little bowl of skittles, and just as she got to her room, she started tossing some in the door. I asked what she was doing and she said, "I feeding da monsters to keep dem away case dere's some in my room."
LMAO!
I reassured her that there are no monsters in her room. What a kid.
Nov 26, 2016
LMAO! Sparky just informed me that "There's a storm blowing in and the bears aren't going to like it."
Where does this kid come up with this stuff? I wish I could spend 10 minutes inside that little brain of hers. LOL
Oct 28, 2016
Another smile for the day: I couldn't find my cellphone this morning, so Sparky handed me her little toy Elmo phone and said, "Here Grandma. You can use mine for work. Just remember to bring it home."
I love that kid. LOL
Those little wheels are always turning...
Dec 31, 2012
Spunky is playing restaurant. She asked me for my order, and when I told her I wanted a turkey sandwich, she said she doesn't have any. Her restaurant only has French fries and gravy. Then she asked what I wanted for dessert, and she only has pink ice cream. Talk about a limited menu!
LOL
Jun 08, 2014
Apparently, Spunky has disappeared and has been replaced by a stranger from Timbuktu.
Me: Was it a long trip to get here?
Stranger: Yes, it was.
Me: How did you get here?
Stranger: Drove in my car.
Me: How did you get across the ocean?
Stranger: Flew in an airplane. Packed my car just in case.
LOL What a kid.
Jan 04, 2015
Spunky: Why is Captain Hook so mean?
Me: I guess he didn't get enough love as a child.
Spunky: Yeah, that's probably it.
LOL
Jan 29, 2015
LMAO!!! I really want to know what Spunky was dreaming about. She talks in her sleep, and I just heard her say,"I can't fart though. What should I do?" Too funny.
Spunky was wondering why we never get any carollers at our door.
I guess she has seen it in movies and stories.
I explained that people just don't seem to do that anymore.
A little while later, she turned the radio in the kitchen up to almost full volume and then knocked on the front door and said, "Grandma, think we have carollers."
LOL
I was thinking after, though, how sad it was that people don't go carolling now. I recall going carolling as a young girl with the other kids from our area in the youth group at the church. It was so much fun. We hopped on a hay wagon and went around to the neighbours and sang for them.
The good old days.
Friday, 9 June 2017
Stink, stank, stunk
June 1, 2013
Spunky has been wearing her new shoes without socks, and that has caused them to start smelling really bad. LOL
She was talking to me about her shoes tonight and said, "...and then a stink come on them..." LMAO!
Jan 31, 2015
Our cat, Silver, has decided to use the pot from our Hibiscus plant as her own personal litter box. It is so annoying. I try to deter her with a blast of water from a spray bottle when I catch her but she goes right back to it. I bought a bottle of "Get Off My Garden" spray, but it only works temporarily. As soon as it dries, and the odour fades, she goes right back to it. When it's fresh, though, it really stinks.
Spunky called out to me a few minutes ago and said, "Grandma, Silver was in the "Biscus" plant again but I sprayed her with the cat stink." LMAO!!!
Apr 20, 2014
Spunky came running inside to us and said, "Oh my goodness. I just saw a real live stunk and it was about to stink me so I came inside!"
LMAO
Spunky has been wearing her new shoes without socks, and that has caused them to start smelling really bad. LOL
She was talking to me about her shoes tonight and said, "...and then a stink come on them..." LMAO!
Jan 31, 2015
Our cat, Silver, has decided to use the pot from our Hibiscus plant as her own personal litter box. It is so annoying. I try to deter her with a blast of water from a spray bottle when I catch her but she goes right back to it. I bought a bottle of "Get Off My Garden" spray, but it only works temporarily. As soon as it dries, and the odour fades, she goes right back to it. When it's fresh, though, it really stinks.
Spunky called out to me a few minutes ago and said, "Grandma, Silver was in the "Biscus" plant again but I sprayed her with the cat stink." LMAO!!!
Apr 20, 2014
Spunky came running inside to us and said, "Oh my goodness. I just saw a real live stunk and it was about to stink me so I came inside!"
LMAO
Thursday, 8 June 2017
The best part of waking up...
May 01, 2017
Sparky (telling us all about a dream she had): ...and you were riding a black pony Grandma, with a skateboard
Me: Well, that was quite a dream.
Sparky: Oh, it wasn't a dream Grandma
Me: Ummm, if Grandma was riding a pony on a skateboard, sweetie, you can be sure it was a dream.
LOL
Apr 22, 2017
Sparky never fails to give me a morning smile.
"I needed to get out of my bed fast Grandma, because my bed was giving me a hairdo."
LMAO!
Sparky (telling us all about a dream she had): ...and you were riding a black pony Grandma, with a skateboard
Me: Well, that was quite a dream.
Sparky: Oh, it wasn't a dream Grandma
Me: Ummm, if Grandma was riding a pony on a skateboard, sweetie, you can be sure it was a dream.
LOL
Apr 22, 2017
Sparky never fails to give me a morning smile.
"I needed to get out of my bed fast Grandma, because my bed was giving me a hairdo."
LMAO!
Jun 09, 2016
LOL Spunky tends to be a bit scattered at times, which results in her mother and me telling her to "focus" a lot. I never realized how much until I heard Sparky trying to wake her big sister up.
Sparky was calling, "Wakey, wakey, rise and shine," and then a few minutes later, when Spunky wasn't making an effort to move, "Focus Spunky. Focus."
LOL
Apr 04, 2015
Having a very rare "just Sparky and Grandma" day. I love that little girl. She keeps me laughing and smiling. She is so smart.
She had something that belonged to Spunky, so I said, "Can Grandma see?" and I took it from her.
She came over and grabbed my hand saying, "See? See?" and was trying to open my fingers up to take it back, just as I had done to her.
LOL
You should sing solo (So low that nobody can hear)
Mar 12, 2017 7:28pm
Sparky (singing "New Kids on the Block"): Oh, oh oh oh, Oh, oh oh oh, Oh, oh oh oh...
So, I join in with my smooth 80's dance moves and start singing along: Oh, oh oh oh...
Sparky: No Grandma, that's just for girls
Me: Well I'm a girl
Sparky: No, you're a Grandma.
LMAO
Guess I got told!
Mar 17, 2017
So, apparently my recorded voice sounds quite different than my real one.
A while back, I recorded myself on my phone, singing some of Sparky's favourite lullabies. I played them for her tonight.
In one of them, the chorus says, "Forever my baby you'll be," but I always change it to "Forever my Sparky you'll be."
When I was recording it, I was playing the actual songs from files on my computer and I forgot to change the lyrics to our special version. I automatically sang it exactly the way the singer did without thinking.
Sparky: That lady is talking about babies. She didn't talk about me.
Me: That's me singing, sweetie. I just forgot to change the words.
Sparky: No Grandma, that lady stole your music. Put the lullabies on the computer and sing to me because I don't like that lady on your phone.
LMAO!
Jan 21, 2015
Spunky: Well Grandma, I like the way you sing, but you have a Grandma voice, not a famous person voice.
Well, there go my plans for a recording contract. 😜
And yet...
Aug 02, 2015
Singing Spunky to sleep, and she said, "You should be famous."
I asked her why.
" Because you have a nice voice."
I love that kid. LOL
Oh well, at least I can dance. Whoops. Maybe not...
Dec 20, 2014
Dancing to Christmas carols with my girls!
Showing off my awesome moves and feeling like I should be on some dance competition show and I hear Spunky say, "Grandma, you're kind of weird."
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Deep thoughts...
Sep 08, 2014
Spunky: (As she was sitting on the toilet this morning with her little legs swinging) Grandma, I have a very hard question for you.
Me: OK.
Spunky: If God made us, then who made God?
Me: I think that is a very good question. I am very proud of you for thinking about it and asking it. I think that is an excellent question to ask Father McNally!
LOL
Oct 22, 2014
It's been a while since I posted one of Spunky's little gems. Last night's was a beauty.
Spunky: Mommy, how did God know to make the Grandma I wanted?
Still have a lump in my throat. LOL
Love that little girl.
Dec 31, 2015
I love that little girl! Spunky is sitting here watching some mermaid show on Netflix. I wasn't paying much attention, but it sounded like the mermaid chick was telling the human dude that he needed to leave and follow his dreams, or some other typical drivel like that from movies and stuff. All of a sudden, Spunky said, ''I wish I didn't pick this one to watch.''
I looked up and there she was with tears streaming down saying, ''Look Gramma. It's so sad.''
LOL What a kid. Such a big heart.
Nov 13, 2015
Spunky and I were having a disagreement about something and I said, "I think I would know Spunky. I have been around a lot longer than you."
Spunky: Well yeah, I think you have. I'm only 8 and you're like, 29!"
Then she added. "I wish you were 18."
Me: Why?
Spunky: So I can know what you looked like as a teenager. I only got to see you when I was a wee baby.
What a kid. LOL
Oct 11, 2015
Profound words from Spunky, ''Do you know some old ladies can live their entire life and not die?"
LMAO
So hard not to laugh right out loud sometimes.
She is right, though. 😜
Spunky: (As she was sitting on the toilet this morning with her little legs swinging) Grandma, I have a very hard question for you.
Me: OK.
Spunky: If God made us, then who made God?
Me: I think that is a very good question. I am very proud of you for thinking about it and asking it. I think that is an excellent question to ask Father McNally!
LOL
Oct 22, 2014
It's been a while since I posted one of Spunky's little gems. Last night's was a beauty.
Spunky: Mommy, how did God know to make the Grandma I wanted?
Still have a lump in my throat. LOL
Love that little girl.
Dec 31, 2015
I love that little girl! Spunky is sitting here watching some mermaid show on Netflix. I wasn't paying much attention, but it sounded like the mermaid chick was telling the human dude that he needed to leave and follow his dreams, or some other typical drivel like that from movies and stuff. All of a sudden, Spunky said, ''I wish I didn't pick this one to watch.''
I looked up and there she was with tears streaming down saying, ''Look Gramma. It's so sad.''
LOL What a kid. Such a big heart.
Nov 13, 2015
Spunky and I were having a disagreement about something and I said, "I think I would know Spunky. I have been around a lot longer than you."
Spunky: Well yeah, I think you have. I'm only 8 and you're like, 29!"
Then she added. "I wish you were 18."
Me: Why?
Spunky: So I can know what you looked like as a teenager. I only got to see you when I was a wee baby.
What a kid. LOL
Oct 11, 2015
Profound words from Spunky, ''Do you know some old ladies can live their entire life and not die?"
LMAO
So hard not to laugh right out loud sometimes.
She is right, though. 😜
Tuesday, 6 June 2017
How to write a country song
Apr 05, 2015
Spunky wrote a country song. LOL
She came out of her room yesterday with her little pink guitar and a notebook, but she hadn't cleaned up her other messes.
I said,"No more crap out here until you clean up the other stuff."
She said, "Grandma, I'm writing a song."
She went in behind the chair and plunked at the strings for a bit and then she was quiet.
A while later she lost interest and left everything at her butt, just like the other stuff I had nagged her about.
I took a peek in her notebook.
She had written:
"Oh my goche oh is me
I kant stop my gelisy"
LMAO!!!
I think that translates to , "Oh my gosh, woe is me. I can't stop my jealousy."
Cracked me right up. Pretty good for a 7 year old.
Jan 11, 2016
Spunky just informed me she is going to be a singer.
Spunky: The name of my band will be Rolling Cotton Candy. Isn't that a great name?
She started to sing, ''Rolling Cotton Candy, Rolling Cotton Candy,'' and then stopped.
Spunky: Gramma, what rhymes with Rolling Cotton Candy?
OMG what would I do without that little girl in my life?
Spunky wrote a country song. LOL
She came out of her room yesterday with her little pink guitar and a notebook, but she hadn't cleaned up her other messes.
I said,"No more crap out here until you clean up the other stuff."
She said, "Grandma, I'm writing a song."
She went in behind the chair and plunked at the strings for a bit and then she was quiet.
A while later she lost interest and left everything at her butt, just like the other stuff I had nagged her about.
I took a peek in her notebook.
She had written:
"Oh my goche oh is me
I kant stop my gelisy"
LMAO!!!
I think that translates to , "Oh my gosh, woe is me. I can't stop my jealousy."
Cracked me right up. Pretty good for a 7 year old.
Jan 11, 2016
Spunky just informed me she is going to be a singer.
Spunky: The name of my band will be Rolling Cotton Candy. Isn't that a great name?
She started to sing, ''Rolling Cotton Candy, Rolling Cotton Candy,'' and then stopped.
Spunky: Gramma, what rhymes with Rolling Cotton Candy?
OMG what would I do without that little girl in my life?
A face that would crack a mirror?
Spunky is so good for my self esteem. LOL
Dec 06, 2014
Gotta love Spunky and childhood honesty. We are going to be on the Home Hardware float for the parade tonight, so I was trying to find something warm for my head. I tried on a hat and asked, "Hey Spunky, does this look OK?"
Spunky answered, "Yeah. You need to be warm so it doesn't matter if you don't look pretty.."
LMAO!!!
Jan 17, 2015
Another Spunky gem.
I had plans to go out last night, but they got cancelled at the last minute.
I was all prettied up with no place to go, then, but I wasn't upset, because I was happy to just relax at home anyway.
Spunky said, "Aww Grandma, You got all pretty for nothing. That's OK, You can still stay pretty."
LMAO!
Dec 06, 2014
Gotta love Spunky and childhood honesty. We are going to be on the Home Hardware float for the parade tonight, so I was trying to find something warm for my head. I tried on a hat and asked, "Hey Spunky, does this look OK?"
Spunky answered, "Yeah. You need to be warm so it doesn't matter if you don't look pretty.."
LMAO!!!
Jan 17, 2015
Another Spunky gem.
I had plans to go out last night, but they got cancelled at the last minute.
I was all prettied up with no place to go, then, but I wasn't upset, because I was happy to just relax at home anyway.
Spunky said, "Aww Grandma, You got all pretty for nothing. That's OK, You can still stay pretty."
LMAO!
Monday, 5 June 2017
Zombies and leotards and babies, oh my!
Dec 03, 2016
So I am listening to a conversation that Spunky and Sparky are having. I missed the first part of it, but I started paying attention when Sparky mentioned the "Zombie pockalerts"
LMAO!
Feb 06, 2015
Spunky: Grandma, can you get me my tights? I don't want my legs shivering.
LOL
Jan 17, 2015
Spunky's gem for the day.
Sparky was away for a few days visiting her other Grandma, but she's back today.
I think Spunky missed her. LOL
Sparky was giggling and being her usual adorable little self, and Spunky said, "Mommy. I think we have the cutest little sister in the whole world." LOL
May 25, 2013
Spunky (brings me her nightgown that's all jumbled up): Grandma, can you inside out this for me?
Oct 26, 2016
LMAO! Spunky and Sparky are playing "Marco Polo"...and they're both lying in the same bed side by side.
(Not sure what they're doing now, but Spunky just told Sparky, "Sissy has been doing this a long time..." Yeah in all of her 9 years of age, she's been doing something "a long time". )
Man, I love those girls.
Oct 16, 2016
Spunky: Grandma, what do you call a three humped camel?
Me: I don't know. Are there three humped camels?
Spunky (shouting over me): PREGNANT!
LMAO!
What a kid!
So I am listening to a conversation that Spunky and Sparky are having. I missed the first part of it, but I started paying attention when Sparky mentioned the "Zombie pockalerts"
LMAO!
Feb 06, 2015
Spunky: Grandma, can you get me my tights? I don't want my legs shivering.
LOL
Jan 17, 2015
Spunky's gem for the day.
Sparky was away for a few days visiting her other Grandma, but she's back today.
I think Spunky missed her. LOL
Sparky was giggling and being her usual adorable little self, and Spunky said, "Mommy. I think we have the cutest little sister in the whole world." LOL
May 25, 2013
Spunky (brings me her nightgown that's all jumbled up): Grandma, can you inside out this for me?
Oct 26, 2016
LMAO! Spunky and Sparky are playing "Marco Polo"...and they're both lying in the same bed side by side.
(Not sure what they're doing now, but Spunky just told Sparky, "Sissy has been doing this a long time..." Yeah in all of her 9 years of age, she's been doing something "a long time". )
Man, I love those girls.
Oct 16, 2016
Spunky: Grandma, what do you call a three humped camel?
Me: I don't know. Are there three humped camels?
Spunky (shouting over me): PREGNANT!
LMAO!
What a kid!
My mother's hands
Apr 17, 2015
Life comes full circle.
Of all the things I remember about my Mom, her hands stand out most in my mind. She had the most beautiful hands. I remember as a little girl, holding her soft, cool hands with the beautiful long nails and wishing that, when I grew up, I could have hands like hers.
Well, sadly, I ended up with short stubbly little hands. I try to keep my nails long and trim and looking at least a little like my Mom's, but my job gets in the way.
I think I end up breaking all of my nails at any given point during the week. I have never been proud of my hands because, in my mind, they have never measured up to Mom's.
So, tonight, I was having a rough night. The pain was bad again. I had accidentally banged my leg on the table and stubbed my toe on the door frame. It overwhelmed me and the tears started to flow a bit because I had reached my breaking point again.
Spunky looked at me with concern and asked "Grandma, what's wrong?"
She crawled up on the couch beside me and took my hand in hers.
We sat like that for a while, and I think I even managed to drift off to sleep.
I woke up, and she was still holding my hand in hers, stroking my palms and fingers and the backs of my hands and holding them up against her little hands.
I smiled and told her I loved her.
She said, "Grandma, I just love your hands. I wish I could have hands just like yours."
WOW! Blew my mind. What a dear little girl.
All this time I have been sorry that I wasn't blessed with the beautiful hands of my Mom, and here is this little girl who loves me as I am and wishes she could be just like me.
Life comes full circle.
Of all the things I remember about my Mom, her hands stand out most in my mind. She had the most beautiful hands. I remember as a little girl, holding her soft, cool hands with the beautiful long nails and wishing that, when I grew up, I could have hands like hers.
Well, sadly, I ended up with short stubbly little hands. I try to keep my nails long and trim and looking at least a little like my Mom's, but my job gets in the way.
I think I end up breaking all of my nails at any given point during the week. I have never been proud of my hands because, in my mind, they have never measured up to Mom's.
So, tonight, I was having a rough night. The pain was bad again. I had accidentally banged my leg on the table and stubbed my toe on the door frame. It overwhelmed me and the tears started to flow a bit because I had reached my breaking point again.
Spunky looked at me with concern and asked "Grandma, what's wrong?"
She crawled up on the couch beside me and took my hand in hers.
We sat like that for a while, and I think I even managed to drift off to sleep.
I woke up, and she was still holding my hand in hers, stroking my palms and fingers and the backs of my hands and holding them up against her little hands.
I smiled and told her I loved her.
She said, "Grandma, I just love your hands. I wish I could have hands just like yours."
WOW! Blew my mind. What a dear little girl.
All this time I have been sorry that I wasn't blessed with the beautiful hands of my Mom, and here is this little girl who loves me as I am and wishes she could be just like me.
Sunday, 4 June 2017
October 19, 2016 - Spunky's 9th birthday
Oct 18, 2016
So, tomorrow, my Spunky turns 9!
It's so hard to believe.
I still remember that exact moment when she came out into the world and I looked into those beautiful blue eyes, so huge and wide with wonder.
Only minutes old and she looked straight at me as if to say, "Hello. I know you. Have you been waiting for me?"
Not since I had looked into the face of her mother as she was put into my arms, had I ever seen anything so beautiful.
This was my baby's baby!
I have always felt that she was sent to me for a reason. I always say that she is my angel that God sent to me because He knew I was going to need something to fill that void left with my husband's passing.
She is the laughter in my day when things don't go right.
She gives me a whole different perspective on things with her funny little observations and comments.
Oh how I wish her "Poppa" could see his beautiful, funny, smart little "Miss Spunky" today and see what a lovely little lady she is turning into.
She can be a real handful at times, and she has her Grandma's stubbornness and temper, and sometimes, it makes me want to tear my hair out with frustration, but then she will flash her "Poppa's" smile and I hear his laughter coming out of her mouth, and I remember just how much I love her, and what a precious gift she is to me.
Happy 9th BirthdaySpunky.
I love you to the moon and back and I thank God everyday for the most precious gift of grandchildren.
So, tomorrow, my Spunky turns 9!
Oct 19, 2016
Spunky (when she woke up): I am officially 9 now.
Teffie: Nope, not until 8:35 tonight.
Spunky: Oh great, so now I have to be 8 years old all day.
LMAO!
Saturday, 3 June 2017
Gotta love that patriotism
Dec 12, 2015
My nephew, a fine young man whom the girls absolutely adore, was visiting one day.
Spunky, singing the alphabet song: "W, X, Y" then pronounces Z as "ZEE"
My Nephew: We're Canadians, Spunky. We say, " Zed."
Spunky: We aren't Canadians.
My Nephew: We aren't? Then what are we?
Spunky: We're Leafs.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
(For the record, she's a Leaf fan but her Mom is a Canadiens fan. I don't even have a favourite team. LOL)
And that brings me back to a memory of her Mom as a little girl.
Her Nanny (my husband's mother) asked her if we aere going to the local park for the Canada Day festivities.
Teffie: I don't know. What's Canada Day?
Nanny: Oh, it's to celebrate being Canadian.
Teffie: Oh no, Nanny, we aren't Canadian. We're Catholic.
My nephew, a fine young man whom the girls absolutely adore, was visiting one day.
Spunky, singing the alphabet song: "W, X, Y" then pronounces Z as "ZEE"
My Nephew: We're Canadians, Spunky. We say, " Zed."
Spunky: We aren't Canadians.
My Nephew: We aren't? Then what are we?
Spunky: We're Leafs.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
(For the record, she's a Leaf fan but her Mom is a Canadiens fan. I don't even have a favourite team. LOL)
And that brings me back to a memory of her Mom as a little girl.
Her Nanny (my husband's mother) asked her if we aere going to the local park for the Canada Day festivities.
Teffie: I don't know. What's Canada Day?
Nanny: Oh, it's to celebrate being Canadian.
Teffie: Oh no, Nanny, we aren't Canadian. We're Catholic.
Everyone's a critic
Eating breakfast with Sparky and I tried to entertain her with a song I was making up as I went along.
When she was very small, we taught her this kind of sign language thing, pointing to our eye, our heart and the other person and saying, "I love you."
She also learned to say, "I love you to the moon and back," when she was very young.
So, as she was munching on her toast, I was doing these sweeping hand motions and singing, "I love you to the moon and back," making up my own tune.
Suddenly, she started blowing raspberries, so I stopped and gave her my disapproving Grandma look.
Sparky: I not doing that to you Grandma. I love you. I kind of like the song and it's sort of cute, but it's very annoying me when I eating my breakfast."
LMAO
Then she started imitating my disapproving Grandma look and it cracked me up.
When she was very small, we taught her this kind of sign language thing, pointing to our eye, our heart and the other person and saying, "I love you."
She also learned to say, "I love you to the moon and back," when she was very young.
So, as she was munching on her toast, I was doing these sweeping hand motions and singing, "I love you to the moon and back," making up my own tune.
Suddenly, she started blowing raspberries, so I stopped and gave her my disapproving Grandma look.
Sparky: I not doing that to you Grandma. I love you. I kind of like the song and it's sort of cute, but it's very annoying me when I eating my breakfast."
LMAO
Then she started imitating my disapproving Grandma look and it cracked me up.
I like my vegetables with my vegetables...
Feb 22, 2016
So, we're eating Teffie's birthday cake, which happened to be carrot cake. I hear Spunky spitting something into her hand, and I give her my disgusted Grandma look because of her sudden lack of table manners.
Spunky: It was a piece of carrot.
Me: Well of course. It's carrot cake silly.
Spunky: But it had icing on it.
Me: (laughing) Because it's cake! Carrot cake! There's supposed to be icing on it and carrot in it. You love carrot cake.
Spunky: But I don't like icing on my carrots.
OMG How do you argue with logic like hers? LOL
So, we're eating Teffie's birthday cake, which happened to be carrot cake. I hear Spunky spitting something into her hand, and I give her my disgusted Grandma look because of her sudden lack of table manners.
Spunky: It was a piece of carrot.
Me: Well of course. It's carrot cake silly.
Spunky: But it had icing on it.
Me: (laughing) Because it's cake! Carrot cake! There's supposed to be icing on it and carrot in it. You love carrot cake.
Spunky: But I don't like icing on my carrots.
OMG How do you argue with logic like hers? LOL
Getting dressed is hard. LOL
June 2, 2012
More wit and wisdom from Spunky:
Getting dressed and accidentally put her underpants on sideways, "Oh no, I put my legs through the handles."
June 3, 2017
Sparky just walked in and stripped off her leggings, announcing to me, "I have to take these pants off. They're cutting off the 'circle-ation' in my butt!"
LMAO!
More wit and wisdom from Spunky:
Getting dressed and accidentally put her underpants on sideways, "Oh no, I put my legs through the handles."
June 3, 2017
Sparky just walked in and stripped off her leggings, announcing to me, "I have to take these pants off. They're cutting off the 'circle-ation' in my butt!"
LMAO!
Friday, 2 June 2017
It's all about style
Mar 29, 2016
Teffie just left about 10 minutes ago to walk Spunky to school for choir, and Sparky just came in, dressed like this to announce, ''I go to school too.'' LMAO!
Teffie just left about 10 minutes ago to walk Spunky to school for choir, and Sparky just came in, dressed like this to announce, ''I go to school too.'' LMAO!
Apr 15, 2017
Sparky comes out wearing a tutu that barely fits her.
Me: You can't wear that. It's a "two-two" and you're three. We have to get you a "three-three".
Sparky gives me this "heh heh" laugh, as if to humour me, and says, "Oh Grandma, you're just fooling me again."
LOL
Jan 20, 2017
Sparky: I can't go potty or I will pee on my tutu.
Teffie: Pull your tutu down then
Sparky: Then I won't look fashionable!
LMAO!
And it's not just Sparky with a sense of style:
May 25, 2013 ·
Life lessons from Spunky.
Right now, my dear sweet little ragamuffin is running around with the most absurd outfit imaginable, much to the chagrin of her mother. LOL.
Her Mom wants to have her come inside and change immediately, but when I look at Spunky, I see yet another little life lesson.
She has 2 different shoes on. One is a fancy little white dress shoe, and the other is a woven jute sandal. She has only one pink sock on the leg with the dress shoe.
She is wearing a pink tulle ballerina tutu, a black Disney Princess top, her pink flowered rain coat, and a badly wrinkled purple "Dora" rain poncho over top of all. (It isn't raining.) Yes, she looks like a street urchin who just went dumpster diving behind a used clothing charity shop, but she is happy. She is comfortable. All her important body parts are covered.
She is not concerned about what people will think.
I wish I was 5 years old again.
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