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Focused…
The Rookie wonders where a four-year old grandchild gets the desire to play video games for three hours straight… isn’t this the age of shorter attention span? :-)
It was right here…
The Rookie could ask the “Why is the _______ in the _______?” all day long when the grandchildren are in the house :-)
The box is the best part…
The Rookie bought a new flat-screen TV and found that even though the empty box is smaller now, it still drags in the grandchildren like a magnet :-)
Sing-along…
The Rookie thinks it is some more awesome to have a grandchild who will actually help with chores while singing “Team-Work” :-)
What side is up?
The pleasantness of assistance from grandchildren in loading the dishwasher was tempered by the subsequent tussle, tears, and dishwasher wear and tear over whether the detergent pod should be inserted “White side up!” or “Blue side up!”. The Rookie kids you not. :-)
Hallloooo…
The Rookie observed a phenomenon the other day where he hollered a yes-or-no question across the house to Granny and heard the response first from Granny, then Mom, then grandchild. The Rookie is calling this a “multi-generational echo” :-)
Wuz shakin’?
Not much dance left in The Rookie’s old bones, but still enough for the Harlem Shake :-)
A little rearranging…
Something else that is different this time around… When the grandchildren decide they need the basketball goal drug over next to the platform at the top of the sliding board so they can shoot from the platform into the goal, The Rookie helps. At least while Granny is busy in the house. :-)
OK, Gotta go!!!
When The Rookie was keeping the grandchildren alone while trying to participate on a conference call to work on speakerphone, he found that a sure-fire way to wrap up that work call was when one grandchild entered the room and announced to the meeting that the other grandchild had swallowed something. OK, Gotta go!!!
P.S. It was just chewing gum :-)
20 GOTO 10
Back in the day, The Rookie pounded out his first six-line BASIC program at a terminal just like this one, and thought it was pretty cool. Still does :-)
