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My granddaughter asked where her umbo was. After a long long time we realised it was her elbow!

Grandpa Mike always said "Good night, God bless" when he put Hannah to bed. She asked me one day, "Why does Grandpa always say 'Cobblers' when he tucks me in?"

I was getting some cash out the ATM at our local bank, accompanied by a fascinated Hannah. When I retrieved my cash, she asked me, "Do you always win when you play that machine?"

"I dont want to get old cos you get cobwebs under your armpits"

`Nanna in your day did you have to write a letter, put a stamp on it and go and post it, not just send a txt`

err yes! I now feel very old!

my grandson liked looking at the old black and white photos of his great granny and granddad. One day he asked me 'When did they turn the colour on, in the world, Granny?'

We were driving to Cheddar Gorge and I was telling the kids about facts of the place, and I was telling them that they had found a 10,000 year old man there.
When a wee voice piped up: Is the man still alive?

Grandson age 6: "Granny, why is grandma old?"
Me: age 62 "I don't think she is, she's like me quite young really"
Grandson looks doubtful...
Me: "So do you think I'm old then?"
Grandson: Looking adamant "Well you are old, Granny!"
Me: Looking determined and sounding firm "Not really, I'm only 62 you know, that's not old at all"
Grandson: laughing uproariously "Granny, how can you be young? For goodness sake you're nearly dead!"
Me: speechless and rather deflated, slope off to look in the mirror!

My hair was past due it's 'vanity fix' and the roots were showing through very grey. Out shopping with My 5 year old granddaughter ahe asked me why I was buying hair dye as she liked my sparkly hair.

On going to a recent funeral,the little one piped up 'Will there be a very big cake?'

When my 6 year old granddaughter was throwing a bit of a wobbly , her (Scottish) father said she was being a drama queen. The next day she said to me, " nanny, daddy says I'm a drum queen, what is a drum queen?" It took me a while to work that one out.

My little grand daughter was talking about her friend Flora. I asked her if she went to Nursery school too. 'Don't be silly Gran, she has no 'teef' so can't go!

GD, now 3, has just moved from her cot into a "big girl's bed". One of her favourite books is about the crocodile under the bed so now she wants to know why she hasn't got a magic crocodile under hers!

Grandson aged two was inspecting the new dog bed in our lounge, when I asked him who slept in it, his reply was 'grandpa'

it was when she asked if her daddy was from the same place as big bird

We took my granddaughter on holiday and were using the sat nav when she piped up indignantly with 'how does this lady know where we are going all the time'

On a drive in the countryside we passed a field where the farmer had giant round bales of hay/straw stacked. The little one asked, "Are those Elephant toilet rolls?"

Funnily enough yesterday when we were in Town, my grandson asked 'what is that woman doing in that red box?' You mean phone box! Had a lengthy conversation about days gone by when you had to use them! Bless

my grandson once asked me if i went to school on a donkey.. nice.

A few years ago one of my DGS was asking about my Mum, I said that sadly she had never known him as she died before he was born. Straight away he asked "Who shot her?"

I was cooking one day and my granddaughter aged 4 was 'helping'. I found some ham in the fridge that was well out of date and threw it in the rubbish bin. 'Why did you throw it away Gigi?' she asked. I responded, 'It was old darling'.
Without hesitation she innocently asked me, 'When you are old Gigi, shall I put you in the rubbish?'

Bless her, its a thought though !

I have just one grandchild & he hasn't got to the stage of asking me amusing questions yet!! His Mum did ask him one day which of his Nannies & great Grandmas were his favourite - his answer was Nanny J J (which is me) ?

My young grandson asked 'if honey bees make honey, do butterflies make butter?'

Some while ago I was on the top deck of a bus with my 4 year old granddaughter.To occupy her I suggested she look for shapes in the clouds.She looked to the sky and after a couple of seconds said--Look there's one-Its a lady changing a babies nappy.

When my GD had asked how babies were made my DD explained that they grew in mummy's tummy from a tiny seed. Later when we took DG to a garden centre she said to me "Granny, can we go and buy a packet of that special baby seed?".