I don’t think I could love my grandchildren anymore than I do. As I have said before, when I first met my oldest grand son I looked at my husband and said, “he is the man in my life….the rest of the family just became twenty on my list of ten!” They capture my heart and as any proud grandmother, they are the most intelligent, beautiful creatures ever created.
And they are funny. Out of the mouths of babes so applies to these little creatures. After a recent visit with my grandchildren, I was so excited to have the younger one be able to say my name. My grandmother name is “Marnie” and for so long, the younger of the two couldn’t say my name. This is not unusual and I awaited the day when he would look at me and recognize me with a certain name. This had been done before my visit with a very clear “Doo Doo”! I laughingly responded in kind, thinking that somehow this might have been in error. No, my daughter assured me, he looks at my picture and clearly says “Doo Doo”. Why I wondered until one day his big brother called me on the phone and playfully said “Doo Doo Marnie” – we are definitely into Potty Talk. Since I love anything they say, I always respond with a “you are too funny precious!” To which they reiterated “Doo Doo Marnie”. (An aside at this point. A conversation that was overheard between my four year old grandson and one of his peers is that “I talk potty talk with my Marnie…its O.K.”)
All that is to say, the mystery was solved. My younger grandson got the first part of the name, and not the second! But, as he has grown and after spending a week with them, I got my first “Marnie” from his sweet little voice! I was elated and he now repeats and repeats it for me! I’m in heaven.
Now to my story. I got a call from my daughter about the most recent venture to Target with this precious newly vociferous darling. They were shopping and he suddenly saw a display of Miralax. Now you might wonder why I bring this up but I must. Since I’m an aging body, this is now part of my morning routine. And because it is packaged in such bright and appealing colors, it has been an object of great curiosity to my grandchildren! That being said, when he spied that display, he proudly announced (in a very loud voice I might add) “MARNIE!” Again, and again, and again! To all in the area, they appreciated that his Marnie obviously loved Miralax!
I have since wondered why he couldn’t have just gone back to “Doo Doo” for one day. This would have left the audience thinking him to be the most precocious of 18 month olds!
I love my grandchildren!!!
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