Well, I had my first Grandparents Day at school today with Mallory. Wow, does that make me feel old. We were to go eat lunch with the kids at 11:05 to 11:35 this morning and she had asked me to bring her a Happy Meal from McDonalds. I get to Mcdonalds about 10:35 and it is absolutely COVERED UP with either parents or grandparents all getting Happy Meals for their kids/grandkids. I had no idea it was such a huge deal. I immediately see I cannot wait at McDonalds so I drive to the Sonic. The extremely young carhop brings the food to the car and says, "Are you going to Grandparents Day? We have been so busy with grandparents buying kids meals today." I know I am a grandparent and yes, I realize I am looking older these days, but no one has ever mistaken me for a real grandparent, the parents of the grandchild but never a grandparent. Ouch! Oh well, when I get to school one of the great grandparents who looked like a grandparent, mistook me for a parent so that made me feel a little better. : )
Grandparents are looking younger all the time though and great grandparents now look like what grandparents did in our day.
I had forgotten the absolute chaos of lunchtime in a school cafeteria. When my kids were small they all sat down at one table, in an orderly fashion but today, they just let them sit at their assigned tables (there were 3) but they could sit anywhere at those 3 tables. They could talk as loudly as they wanted and really there didn't seem to be many rules. When it got too noisy when my kids were small they would turn out the lights until they got quiet. Do you remember when we were small and ate in the cafeteria the teacher sat down with us, everyday at the head of the table, we could talk, but quietly, no screaming or loud talking? Another thing I noticed today was the way the teachers were dressed. Teachers used to dress like the bank employees and now (I guess it was becaue it was Friday) you couldn't tell the teachers from the janitors. Really weird feeling. I know, I know, I am outdated and getting old, but I am a firm believer in authority figures dressing for their jobs. I know, times change. One thing I noticed that had not changed was that there were still the mean kids, the outcast kids and the middle of the road kids. Some things never change. Happy Grandparent's Day!
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Gorgeous day in Nassau Bay
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I would guess Parent every time. I have my 6 week old grandson here today and the other one is to born this very afternoon in Florida. I wish I were there and I will be in a few weeks. I never gave much thought to Grandparents Day until today. I know the days ahead will be blessed.
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