It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Top Ten list. I can’t let David Letterman out do me, so here are my Top Ten Ways To Be A Cool Nana…..
10. Tattoo your grandchild’s name on your arm. If you have several grandchildren use both arms. If this doesn’t sound appealing use an ink pen for the tats and wash it off after your grandchildren visit.
9. Feed your grandchildren as much candy and as many soft drinks as they can hold, but make sure you only do this when they are not spending the night with you. Unless of course you like staying up all night watching Miley Cyrus reruns.
8. Do whatever they want to do when they want to do it and don’t complain about the mess.
7. Give them the television remote and tell them they can watch anything they want (be sure and have the remote programed for only age appropriate channels before you give it to them).
6. If they are spending the week with you and don’t want to take a bath or brush their teeth-don’t make them.You fought that battle with your children. You shouldn’t have to do it again.
5. Take them to an animal shelter and buy them a pet to take home to mom and dad.
4. Get concert tickets for their favorite rock group and tell them they can take a friend. Then buy yourself a good set of ear plugs and go with them.
3. For summertime entertainment- Have a food fight out on the deck. When you are done use the water hose to spray everyone off. Remind grandchildren not to try this at home. Parents are not nearly as cool as nana.
2. Use photo shop to make a picture of you with their favorite sports star. They’ll think it’s really cool that nana once dated Tom Brady.
And the number one way to prove you are a cool nana….
1. Sell your car and replace it with a Moped Scooter. Use the money you make to take the whole family to Disney World for a week.
Happy Trails! You are one cool Nana!
I’m not letting my grandkids read this post because then they will want to be your grandkids!
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My nana was a puzzle queen…I have lots of fond memories of her working puzzles.
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Send pictures of nanas with tattoos and I will use them on NanaHood!
Cute! It gave me an idea for a tattoo business.
How cool is all of that? I love being a Nana. One thing we enjoy doing around here is doing jigsaw puzzles with our local grandkids! Blessings, Amy
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It’s grand being a grand isn’t it?
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Loved this sooo much! This would make an awesome post on your blog! Take care in Mcquill Land, my friend. Blessings to you!
How about these:
1. Spend the hottest week of the summer at Webelos camp with your grandson… and agree to be the Pack Grandma (that’s 60 grandsons!) from there on out.
2. Take your grandkids (and their parents) all sorts of cool places their parents would never be able to take them on their own, and then promise them you’ll take them all on Safari in Kenya in a few years when the grandkids are all just a bit older.
3. Help your grandkids complete Brownie badges and Cub Scout belt loops by sewing, baking, drilling, and sawing with them when no one else has the time… after all, nothing’s too tough for a grandma!
4. Invite your grandkids to spend a week every summer at Grandma and Grandpa’s (without Mom and Dad), and then keep them for two because you’re having so much fun. (This is sure to be a hit with the grandkids AND your kids, their parents).
5. Do cool things like jump out of an airplane, travel to Kenya and Zambia to do mission work, and rebuild houses destroyed by Hurricane Katrina so the grandkids can brag about you to their friends.
6. Above all, love them unconditionally. Tell them you love them, listen to them in a way NO ONE else does, ask them about their interests, and tell them repeatedly how cute they are. It’s impossible for grandparents to spoil their grandkids too much, and feeling loved by a grandparent is a feeling that will never be matched!
Written from experience by a mom who sorely misses HER grandmother’s warm smile and soft hugs, and who feels so blessed that her KIDS have a grandma that loves them more than anything in the world, shows them so each and every day – even though she lives hours away, and is just wild and crazy enough for her grandsons to admire her for her spirit AND her adventures.
LOL. Love it. 🙂