Driving the Car With A Back Seat Full of Grandkids
WORDS FROM W.W. April 20, 2016
Strapped in, buckled up, and securely fastened.
Carol and I drove the “Wolfe Bus”, disguised as a Honda Accord, down the road. The back seat was at capacity with three grandchildren. They looked like three kids locked into their roller coaster seats waiting for the ride to start.
A thirteen month old named Corin (Rennie for short); a five year old CEO named Reagan; and the eldest child straight from soccer practice, seven year old Jessie. “Grammy” and I didn’t have to worry about conversation. The back seat competed for it!
“Jessie, you can’t have any Cheetos, because I ate them all!”
“Reagan!”
“You can have Cheerios.”
“Da…Da!”
“Great!” he replied with seven year old sarcasm. “Grammy, did Reagan eat all the Cheetos?”
“Yes, but, Jessie, there weren’t very many left in the bag.”
“But I ate them all and you can have Cheerios.”
I contributed to the conversation: “Reagan!” (said with a semi-stern parental tone to it)
“Da…Ba..Ba!”
“Corin said she saw me eat all the Cheetos.”
“That’s not what she said.”
“Then what did she say? I’m sitting beside her and that’s what I heard her say.”
“She said, “Da…Ba…Ba!”
“Da…Da…Ba…Ca…Da!”
“I told you she said Cheetos.”
“Whatever!”
“Grammy, where are we going for dinner?”
“Home!”
“Da…Ba…Ca…Ca!”
“Corin says we should go to Cracker Barrel.”
Grammy looked at me with eyes that were rolling. “Reagan, are you Corin’s interpreter today?”
“Yes, when she has something to say she tells me and I let everyone else know.”
“Wow! Does she tell you to change her diaper?”
“No, she tells me to tell you to change her diaper, but she’s okay right now.”
“Ca…Ca…Blah!”
“Granddad, I finished reading those books you got for me.”
“Encyclopedia Brown?”
“Yes!”
“That’s awesome, Jessie! You read them really fast.”
Not to be moved out of the spotlight: “We learned the letter “Z” at Lil’ Sprouts yesterday. Do you want to hear it?”
“Sure, Reagan!” Grammy replied.
“Zebra, zoo, zookeeper, zoom, zig-zag.”
“That’s awesome, Reagan!”
“Z is the last letter in the alphabet.”
“Za…Ba…Za!”
Jessie giggled. “Corin is saying Z!”
Granddad humor: “I guess you could say that is the end of things.”
Confused silence!
“Ba…DaDa…Blah!”
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