Vicki Smith: My four year old granddaughter came out naked the other night, except for a pair of thongs. Her dad asked why she was wearing them and she replied that she was cold.
Jan Turnbull: “I don’t really have to stay with you Gran, Mum and Dad just want to do that sex thing” (little miss 4 at the time)
Elaine Henderson: When I objected to my 4 year-old grandson that I wasn’t old (as he said), he just looked at me with scorn and said, “Take a look at yourself Nana!” Ah the young!
Shirley Nevin: My 9 year-old granddaughter said, “Nan you have got to stop putting that white and grey stuff in your hair. It makes you look old”
Maree Munro: After finishing basketball one morning, I was walking to car when my 10 year-old granddaughter said to me, “my leg is sore I think I pulled my g-string”. She meant hamstring.
John Jarvis: My grandson was told if he bit his nails he’d get fat, so when he met his pregnant aunty he said, “I know what you’ve been doing!”
Irene Edwards: My then 4 year-old grandson came racing into the house, yelling “Look out of the way nana, gotta get to the loo, my poo’s nose is sticking out!”
Margaret Vecchio: My 3 year-old granddaughter innocently asked me why my arms fell down. I said I didn’t know what she meant. After pleading several more times to know, she pointed to my “batwings”. I couldn’t stop laughing..
Jan Hall: My granddaughter told me her favourite movie was “Parrots of the Carrots ‘n’ Beans” when she was 4. It was Pirates of the Caribbean she meant!
Mary Phil O Dwyer: When I was putting on some moisturising cream one day my grandson asked what was it for. I told him, “To keep the wrinkles away”. He looked and said, “Nanna, it’s not working”
Margaret Dargie: “What are you knitting Nanna?” “A vest for granddad” “What’s a vest?” “A jumper with no sleeves” “Doesn’t granddad have arms?”
Dianne Diannem: My granddaughter said to me, “You are really, really, really, really, really, really old aren’t you Nanny?” Just a few too many really’s for my liking!
Jenny Franks: My granddaughter was running and holding her hair, when asked why she was doing it she said, “Run quickly mummy it’s windy and I don’t want all my hair to blow away and be bald like daddy!”
Dot Peniroglou: My granddaughter was playing with my locket and asked if she could have it! I said when I die and she said “Well, die then”. She was only 2 and didn’t understand so I had it packed up and gave it to her on her 10th birthday!
Vicki Smith: After not seeing my granddaughter for some months we picked her up from childcare where she was playing in the sandpit, I thought how beautiful and sweet she was. Her opening comment to me was, “I’ve got sand in me crack”
Margaret Carney: After viewing the 12 week scan I asked my grandson if he knew if the baby was a boy or girl – “Oh no Gram, we are having a skeleton!”
Carol Bielak: 5 year-old grandson was looking at numbers 1-100, pointed to 66 and smiling said “Look Nanny, same as you”. Then pointed to 100 and said “you might get to be 100”. I smiled and said “maybe”. Then he burst into tears and said “and then you’ll die”. He’s such a joy.
Janette Eyles: Showing my 10 year-old grandson a beautiful mohair rug I lugged back in my case from Ireland on my recent trip. Telling him how I bought it there and how special it was – “It’s great Nan, but you could have bought it on eBay”
Leah Ball: I told mine to have a shower and wash his hair. He came out crying and saying he could not wash his hair as the shampoo said for dry hair and his was already wet!