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Grandchildren making you laugh

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Truffle43 Tue 30-Jul-24 05:52:16

I went for a walk last night with my 10 year old granddaughter whom I do not see very often due to distance and had a good old belly laugh. I hadn’t realised what a wicked sense of humour she has until we began our walk. Well I have never enjoyed a walk so much and nearly cried with laughter on several occasions. I look forward to the next walk with her.

LadyGaGa Mon 05-Aug-24 23:40:08

My 2 year old granddaughter was watching the men’s 8 win the gold medal. She looked very puzzled afterwards. ‘Mummy, are they sitting on a crocodile?’

KG1241 Mon 05-Aug-24 21:08:06

Love reading these, I’m going to be a Granny in December, I’m very excited x

Snowbell Fri 02-Aug-24 21:08:41

5 year old GS on being reprimanded for breaking an ornament "it wasn't me - God did it!"

pascal30 Fri 02-Aug-24 17:01:30

These are priceless ...

Primrose53 Fri 02-Aug-24 16:37:23

Valkimob

Primrose53

My friend, who is very posh told me her 5 year old granddaughter recently said “ when we talk about you at home we call you Grandma so why does my Daddy call you “your f***ing mother”.

That is brilliant

It was even funnier because my friend is terribly posh, convent educated and speaks beautifully. I have never heard her use a swear word in our lives. 🤣

As they say, “out of the mouths of babes”.

Valkimob Fri 02-Aug-24 14:30:36

Primrose53

My friend, who is very posh told me her 5 year old granddaughter recently said “ when we talk about you at home we call you Grandma so why does my Daddy call you “your f***ing mother”.

That is brilliant

christinec Fri 02-Aug-24 13:29:03

My grandson who was 5 at the time went to the toilet. I then heard him shout "It's not working"! I thought maybe the toilet wasn't flushing so I then went through and met him at the door. He had a piece of toilet roll in hand and said "This paper is not working ...... I wiped my bum but there is nothing on it! Ha ha Bless him.

Primrose53 Fri 02-Aug-24 11:55:48

My friend, who is very posh told me her 5 year old granddaughter recently said “ when we talk about you at home we call you Grandma so why does my Daddy call you “your f***ing mother”.

DaisyL Fri 02-Aug-24 11:21:55

My granddaughter asked me why I had christened my son 'Daddy'.

Nanna58 Thu 01-Aug-24 23:10:53

My grandson (8) said he’d had a terrible day at school as he’d ‘suffered a random assault’ - turned out a girl had tried to hug him! 🤣

Helenlouise3 Thu 01-Aug-24 20:50:43

I have 6 grandchildren ranging from 11- 24. Each have their own particular brand of humour, but the youngest is definitely the comedienne. When her sister came home from school and asked if she could go on a skiing tip, she was told to save hard and then mum would match her savings and she'd see what they could do. the little one turned and said "Well I'll never be going skiing then " lol

Pacamac70 Thu 01-Aug-24 18:47:01

These stories are priceless such a joy to read them all.thank you for making me laugh all of yous.

Sheila11 Thu 01-Aug-24 17:02:41

I have loads, being a teacher as well as a grandma of 11, it my favourite so far was a few weeks ago. I was teaching a young=g modern dance class and I was explaining isolations to them, where we use one part of our body at a time. I asked them if anyone knew what isolation meant. One little girl piped up with ‘yes, it means not being able to visit granny!”
A wonderful post Covid comment!

PilgrimQuill Thu 01-Aug-24 16:54:14

My GS (13) was tapping at his phone when his Dad suggested he do his homework. "Not doing it any more," was the response. "It's illegal" "How come?" I asked. "If you don't do it, bad things happen to you," he explained. "That's blackmail. And blackmail is illegal."

Meme60 Thu 01-Aug-24 16:22:55

We looked after our granddaughters for a week while DD and SIL went to a wedding in Greece. While walking into the village on one the days the six year old asked if they could have a snack. I asked what type of snack would they like and she promptly said Hula Hoops and I replied “well that’s not very healthy” to which the 3 year old piped up “that’s okay Mummy and Daddy aren’t here!”
For pure comedy value they got the chosen snack

LovesBach Thu 01-Aug-24 16:16:12

Small GS, when we were listening to music: 'Did they have music like this when you were alive, Nanna?

Other small GS; 'Have you always had that wonky little tooth, Nanna?' On hearing that I had, he replied 'It's a pity, because without that you might have looked quite pretty'.

Koalama Thu 01-Aug-24 15:31:18

It's lovely isnt it, my 12 Yr old grandson is the same, he has mine and his mums humour, and we bounce of each other, he's such a pleasure to be around.

Minerva Thu 01-Aug-24 14:29:41

Berniebernie4

My GD asked me if I would enter a beauty contest. Being overweight with frizzy grey hair I laughed and said “no”. She went on to tell me I was really beautiful! Through the eyes of a child!

That is beautiful

Berniebernie4 Thu 01-Aug-24 14:19:47

My GD asked me if I would enter a beauty contest. Being overweight with frizzy grey hair I laughed and said “no”. She went on to tell me I was really beautiful! Through the eyes of a child!

grandtanteJE65 Thu 01-Aug-24 14:15:21

Presumably you were using a cloth, and not a paper towel?

Bessieb Thu 01-Aug-24 14:13:00

Our granddaughter once asked us what it was like living when the world was black and white 😂

jennyvg Thu 01-Aug-24 13:28:41

I was cleaning up a spilled milk mess on the kitchen table, mess made by our six year old grandson, I realised our eight year old grandson was watching me very closely, then he said "I don't mean this to sound inappropriate Granny, but you are old fashioned aren't you?" quite how I was appearing to be old fashioned by cleaning a table I don't know, but the comment amused me.

cookiemonster66 Thu 01-Aug-24 12:44:11

Me: what did you learn about in school this week?
GD (age8) : romans
me & hubby (monty python fans) : what did they ever do for us?
GD: roads, law and order, learning...
GS (age 5) : and they killed GOD!!!!

and of course the classic....

Nanny what was it like living when the dinosaurs were around? (I am 57!?!)

Romola Thu 01-Aug-24 12:39:24

One foot in the grave! This is a friend's GD, not mine, but here goes....
Child: Granny, what does suicide mean?
Granny: It means that someone decides they don't want to go on living, and they kill themselves.
Child: Well, you're old already, so there wouldn't be much point in you doing that, would there?
Silence from Granny 👵

nexus63 Thu 01-Aug-24 12:37:17

i never thought i would be able to get close to my GS as he was diagnosed as non verbal autistic at 3, he can say some words now at the age of 6 and he makes me smile and laugh, he may not be able to say funny things but his antics are enough for me, he can be crying and throwing a hissy fit on the floor, but as soon as i take my phone out to take a pic, he stands up, smiles and poses, he the only GC i am likely to have and i adore him.