Win a Ted Baker handbag and a copy of Bad Nana!

After a very wet windy week my granddaughter stood by the window and said please nan can we go to the beach and have a paddle. I explained the weather was to bad too which she promptly replied but it’s always sunny when we go to the beach. She was just coming up to 3 years old at the time and on the rare occasions she remembered being taken to the beach it had of course been a nice day

Took my grandchildren to a stony beach and challenged them to find some very valuable whale vomit. As it looks much like any other stone it kept them busy for ages, while I could just sit back and enjoy the sunshine. Childminding made easy!

We were having a Street Party for Queen's jubilee when there was an unexpected cloud burst & then a lovely rainbow.
All the children had been given red, white & blue rosettes made by us from crepe paper & of course when they got wet the colour started to run.
Our DGS was just 3 & when he saw the colours running down his t-shirt he was delighted. 'LOOK Grandma' he shouted 'that rainbow is dripping on me!'
We didn't dare to enlighten him. Mind you we do tease him about it now.

My Grandson is the third generation to walk on Dartmoor, a recent walk had him playing the chocolate bar game, where if you fall down another person shouts the chocolate bar you have to buy them. However aged 2 and a half he had not quite grasped the concept as he kept purposely falling onto his back and shouting ''Snickers'', it was very funny

In m& S doing some shopping with dgd aged 4 as a birthday treat so that she could choose her own clothes. Walking through the adult underwear department she spotted some very large,voluminous knickers. Then pointing towards them and in an extremely loud voice announced to a department full of customers “ oh look granny pants, granny pants,granny pants !”

My grandson was out in the garden playing and the neighbours had visitors. There were 2 little girls in the garden and he was facinated. He heard the older one say to the younger one "you push me off the wall" which she did. The older one then went running to the adults saying "She pushed me off the wall!". Grandson came running in to us and said very Victor Meldrew like "I don't believe it! and told is what had happened. He was outraged! We had to keep a straight face as he was quite right but we had a good chuckle later.

With lots of memories of granchildren when they were little it is nevertheless touching when they still surprise you and make you smile as they grow up to be sophisticated your people. I recently went to the enth degree to get (sold out) theatre tickets for my grandson - I got up at silly o'clock on a cold January morning and arrived at the National Theatre at around 6.30am, queued until 10.30 to get those precious day tickets. He was delighted to hear (from his warm bed) I'd got them - but the look on his face when that afternoon we headed to the stalls (having expected cheap ones in the gods) then turned to towards the stage and ended up with front row seats was a joy to behold! The story brought much laughter back home but even now brings a tear to my eye - after all its a geat pleasure to still find you can surprise and share an trip out with teenagers - oh yes, I made sure I had a ticket too!!

Hubby and I were in the car, grandsons aged 5 and 7 strapped in the back, and we were hopelessly lost in the middle of nowhere. The boys started arguing and a very angry and worked-up Grandad just lost his temper and shouted at the boys to be quiet. There was total silence for about three minutes, then the five year old said gingerly ‘that was a bit of a strop, wasn’t it.’ That certainly broke the ice and made us laugh!! It was also the point at which I decided we had to get a satnav!

7 months after my dear Mother in Law had died I was taking my 4 year old Grand daughter out for the day .
As we passed a chapel she asked me what the stones with names on were for.
I told her that when someone dies they have a stone to remember them by( she hadn’t then seen her Great Nan’s grave).
I knew what was coming! “Has Gu got one of those”?
I said yes and off we went spending 5 hours at an attraction.
On way home , passing same chapel, she said, “Grandma,your name will be on one of those soon, you are old”!
Out of the mouths of babes,

My farming Granddaughter was shown a cow's heart to be cooked up for the dogs. She asked why the heart had not gone up to heaven like the cow.

2years old Grandson loved playing doctors wearing my old glasses took glass out off them so as not to hurt his eyes he was most annoyed hands on hips theres no windows in them now Gaga had to texted Mummy at work to tell her was so funny.

This happened in the car tonight on the way back from half term spent in a Welsh Cottage. Millie, the youngest, aged 8; was licking her feet, she’s quite a contortionist, she then asked her older sister, Isabelle aged 9, if she’d like a lick! This caused us all to burst into uncontrollable laughter and made the journey home seem to go quicker.

When my Granddaughter stayed for a few days I double cooked as we were busy having fun, and did not want to spend too much time in the kitchen. When her parents came to fetch her I gave them lunch, but was horrified that Amelia told them it was 'left overs!' I hastily explained, and we couldn't stop laughing.

Definitely when a seagull swooped down and took her chips, I'll never forget her face

I was warned not to sit on the armchair in their front room as I would get a baby. ! Apparently all mummys friends have got babies in their tummy who sit on the seat.

I don't have any grandchildren but one time I had to ask my Mum to take us to A&E because my youngest daughter had bronchial problems. We were sitting in the cubicle while a junior doctor examined my youngest child. Her older sister who was 3 at the time was sitting on a foot stall listening intently to the doctor while he explained the treatment he wanted to administer. All of a sudden, my 3 year old let out the loudest and longest fart I have ever heard! When she had finished, you could have heard a pin drop in that cubicle. The doctor suddenly excused himself, saying he needed to fetch a stethoscope (there was one hanging around his neck!) Once he had gone, I turned to my older daughter who was still sitting on the foot stall, looking as if butter wouldn't melt. My face was as red as a tomato and I started to say "I can't believe you just did that" when my Mum practically exploded with laughter. She was laughing so hard and loud, she almost wet herself!

Staying in a hotel with 5 year old granddaughter, walking to swimming pool. She decided she would be her reception teacher and lead the way. She gave us instructions on walking in a line nicely and quietly and then turned round and said, 'Grandad, don't be tempted to muck around there at the back. I've got eyes in the back of my head you know.' Gave us an insight to her school life!

Granddaughter wandered into the bathroom when I was luxuriating in the tub. She leaned her elbows on the edge and eyed me up and down clearly deep in thought. "Granny....." she started and I thought, "Oh dear, what is coming..." Still clearly musing on a problem she asked "When Mummy and Uncle John were babies, did you feed them from your bosoms?" Relieved, I replied that I did whereupon she asked, "Which one was Uncle John's and which one was Mummy's?"

we were expecting my granddaughters parents to pick her up a little later. It was raining and we had jumped in every puddle, found a place where it was pouring off the roof and danced in it singing "Im singing in the rain" and found some mud to play in. When we walked in the door there were her mum and dad

I take my granddaughter swimming on Thursdays. We had come out of the pool
had our shower and I noticed to my annoyance I must have left a wet towel against my jogging bottoms leaving a big wet patch in the front of them. As we walked into the cafe my granddaughter turned round looking aghast pointing at my trousers in a very loud voice said “ Look Nana you’ve wet your trousers” I was mortified but can laugh about it now!

I'd been trusted to look after the 2 GSs, aged about 4 and 6. Thought they were suspiciously quiet and when I looked out into the garden, there they were, stark naked on top of the shed, where DS had 'thoughtfully' left a ladder. It was February!
DS and his partner gave me a nice present (earrings) for having looked after them so well.

I was minding my granddaughter and needed to catch a bus into town. We were sat there and she said "Why are all the old people on this bus laughing and joking around? .... Is it because they are going to die soon?" Hahaaaa ... The whole bus heard and it erupted into fits of laughter!

Last summer, I took my five and three year old granddaughters out to Hilliers Gardens for the day. In the afternoon, as a special treat, I asked the eldest to choose an ice cream or lolly for herself and her sister. She chose two large chocolate & nut Magnums claiming that they were always allowed to eat those. I bought one for myself too and we all thoroughly enjoyed eating our ice creams together. I found out later that it was the first time they had ever eaten ‘grown up’ ice creams and Nana had been duped!

I was looking after my grandson and got hiccups and he really found it really funny he could not stop laughing a big long belly laugh it made my day as he is usually quite a serious child

Playing this little piggy goes to Market and this little piggy stayed at home, while this piggy had none, all drying little toes x