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It's All About Poppy!

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Granny5
, 09-07-2007 at 12:12 AM (1531 Views)
Today is my day to have all the grandkids. So, I fix them their supper, I let them eat as many corn on the cobs as they want, I give them ice cream, cookies, soda pop, coffee, whatever they want. I play with them, I read books with them, I spoil them as rotten as I possibly can. I get kisses and hugs as often as I want. I let them run and play with skates and skateboards in the living room, and I let them play as much video games and they want. I turn my computer over to them. I’m the best Granny in the world. Then in comes Poppy. I might as well be invisible. The hugs and kisses stop completely. When Poppy gives me a “I’m home” kiss, the youngest yells, “It’s my Poppy!” If I ask the youngest one for a hug, he says, “No, Poppy hugs” If I leave the room, they don’t know it. If Poppy leaves the room, they all follow him. . If I ask them all if they want more ice cream or cookies, they tell me that Poppy already gave them some more. It’s really ALL ABOUT POPPY.
When Motherhubbard picks up her four, I might as well not be here. The baby is wanting Poppy to carry him to the van. When I tell him that I love him, he calls back to me, “I love Poppy.” So I figure he just didn’t hear me so I tell him again. He calls back, “I love Poppy”, like I must not be hearing correctly! What is it about Poppy? I’m the one who spoils them the most. Browneyedbailey took pity on her poor ol’ Granny and gave me a kiss and hug and told me she loves me, but I noticed she went straight to Poppy afterwards and did the same. And as they were driving off, I swear I could see them waving just at Poppy.
Now, our 8 year old grandson and his mother live with us so I figure that now he’ll want Granny to give him some undivided attention. But NOOOOOOOO. He and his “buddy” Poppy have some boy stuff to talk about. Boy Scouts starts soon, and there is a fishing trip to plan, and homework that Poppy alone must help him with.
I think next Thursday afternoon I’ll just go to my room when Poppy gets home. He’s bringing pizza (they’ve already given him their orders for what kind they want) so I know he’ll be the hero and it’ll be all about Poppy again.
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  1. applepie's Avatar
    :lol: You gave them coffee :lol::lol: You are a brave, brave soul. As for being all about Poppy... I think it is just kids. They always prefer the one that is there for the least time. My kids do it to my Mom when both my parents visit, and the always prefer Daddy over Mommy. Good luck next week. You can always try to bribe them;)
  2. motherhubbard's Avatar
    The kids wanted me to be sure and tell Poppy thanks and that they love him.
  3. Virgil's Avatar
    Is that youngest that wants Poppy a boy? Well, boys have an attachment to their grandpas. Wow, you treat your grand kids great. Can you use another 45 year old grand kid - Me!
  4. Granny5's Avatar
    Yes Virgil, he's a boy. But the girls are just about as bad. I do treat them good...they are very good children. They get it from my side of course.
    And MH you tell him yourself! You should be ashamed, rubbing it in like that!
  5. mtpspur's Avatar
    I think its a case of less is more. Poppy is around less so gets more attention.
  6. kiz_paws's Avatar
    Well, there isn't much I can say because I really don't know what to say. But maybe there is this silver thought in the lining of this blog entry: It just proves to you that Poppy is as grand as you thought he was to marry him in the first place? Right? So the kids are echoing your own sentiments, that he is a good person to be around. And I bet M-H continuously hears "but Granny lets us do it", or "Granny wouldn't be mad about that", or any number of ammo lines that kids give to parents when wanting their own way ..., you know?
  7. 's Avatar
    Granny's Blog Said:

    "I know he’ll be the hero and it’ll be all about Poppy again."


    Well what can I say. It must be this omniprescent personality of mine!!!!
  8. Granny5's Avatar
    It's just Poppy. Everyone who knows him wants to be around him. The kids just have good judgement about people. (stop gloating, Pop! They know who to come to when they want something, so there,)
  9. littlewing53's Avatar
    granny i really had to laugh when i read yr post today...reminded me when my son was a baby...my parents would push me aside just to get to him...didn't wanna talk to me...the dear mother who birthed him...they just wanted to hold my son and play with him...they use to bow and be his servants...there to carry him, feed him, spoil him...and then at the end of the day or just after a couple of hours they'd all be exhausted and they'd give me back the cranky tired baby...thanks for the remembrance...