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Aristus

(68,884 posts)
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:47 PM Jan 5

I'm playing Candy Land with my granddaughters.

I’m wearing socks hand-knit by Mrs. Aristus, pajama bottoms, a tee-shirt, and an old cardigan sweater.

This, I think, is peak-grandfather…

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I'm playing Candy Land with my granddaughters. (Original Post) Aristus Jan 5 OP
All the markers for peak grandad! Drum Jan 5 #1
I thought I could get away with letting my granddaughters win the game. Aristus Jan 5 #2
Wonderful! Ptah Jan 5 #3
Yes, they are. Aristus Jan 5 #6
We're far from Candyland and I miss that mountain grammy Jan 5 #14
You're rocking it! Tesha Jan 5 #4
Thank you! Aristus Jan 5 #7
Your granddaughters are so lucky. Diamond_Dog Jan 5 #5
They love Disney, too. Aristus Jan 5 #8
Very lucky kids - and grandfather! highplainsdem Jan 5 #11
enjoy mdmc Jan 5 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Tbear Jan 5 #10
Throw in a few dad jokes and you are at full peak MLAA Jan 5 #12
Nice job! They will never forget you and that game of Candy Land. Evolve Dammit Jan 5 #13
Candy Land and dsvajda Jan 5 #15
Tell them that you aren't sleeping, you are just resting your eyes. FSogol Jan 5 #16
Totally! 2naSalit Jan 5 #17
That won't be any time soon. Aristus Jan 5 #18
Well... 2naSalit Jan 5 #19
Thank you. Aristus Jan 5 #20
That sounds like a heck of a day. GoodRaisin Jan 6 #21
admit it Aristus Skittles Jan 6 #22

Aristus

(68,884 posts)
2. I thought I could get away with letting my granddaughters win the game.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 04:00 PM
Jan 5

They saw right through that strategy and angrily ordered another game.

I won two in a row just to show my love.

So I am officially the family Candy Land champ.

Aristus

(68,884 posts)
6. Yes, they are.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 05:36 PM
Jan 5


My granddaughters (my step-son’s girls) like me better than they like their biological grandfather. (No surprise; he’s a jerk).

mountain grammy

(27,471 posts)
14. We're far from Candyland and I miss that
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 06:35 PM
Jan 5

But now we can all go shopping and one of them can drive.

Diamond_Dog

(35,626 posts)
5. Your granddaughters are so lucky.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 05:15 PM
Jan 5

Both my grandfathers (and one grandmother) passed away before I was born.

Candy Land was my favorite game as a child…..

Response to Aristus (Original post)

dsvajda

(16 posts)
15. Candy Land and
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 06:42 PM
Jan 5

Chutes and Ladders. Throw in a little Blaze and Numberblocks and its ultimate PaPa time.

2naSalit

(94,634 posts)
17. Totally!
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 06:53 PM
Jan 5

And as a bonus, that's the kind of comfy you get to feel more often when you retire.

Aristus

(68,884 posts)
18. That won't be any time soon.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 07:10 PM
Jan 5

I start my new job on the 27th.

Nine, or possibly eleven, years to go. The girls will be close to voting age before their grandpa can call it quits.

2naSalit

(94,634 posts)
19. Well...
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 07:48 PM
Jan 5

You'll have to make the most of each opportunity, then.

Congrats on the new job, I forgot about that!

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