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Raising Grampy- Chapter 8

Hi everybody! It’s Liam, just hanging out with Grampy.

Guess what? This week I saw my OTHER Grampy! I call him my Abuelito, that’s “Grandfather” in Spanish.

I had to explain that to Grampy Pete. He says he took French when he was in school….way back BEFORE computers!!!! Before computers but after the dinosaurs. I think.

Abuelito lives in California and he came all the way here just to see me. Daddy says he also came to visit my great grandfather, that would be my Bisabuelo, but I think it was just to see me. He saw this bear and he knew I would just have to have it.

He lives too far away to drive here in his car so he flew here in his jet. Yeah. It’s much faster. Tougher to park but much more convenient.

So we played and they all went out to get some food. We took Grampy with us to one of their favorite restaurants, “Mission Barbecue.” Grampy had his favorite, the ribs.

I had a bubba.

I did get my own spoon though. It was fun to play with. And it was all mine!

Grampy and I are continuing our search for the best coffee shop in Virginia Beach, which is a little tough for me because I don’t know what coffee is. This week we went to another place near the Oceanfront.

Grampy said he liked the other place better. He said this week he’d give Three Ships Coffee Bar.….2 Mugs. I guess thats how he rates these places. The best gets 5 Mugs. Bad ### Coffee from last week gets 4!

I told Grampy he should have brought his laptop.

He could have been one of the cool kids.

Otherwise my days are filled with playing, eating and napping. Oh, diaper changes too.

I try to make them interesting.

I also have my music lessons.

Grampy thinks this is how Elton John got started. I’m working on “Tiny Dancer.”

And I have my standy chair.

Grampy can’t figure out how I get my socks off within minutes.

It’s a skill. Aren’t my toes cute?

So yeah, we have busy days. I keep trying to tell Grampy that being with me keeps him young.

I don’t think I’ll be able to write next week. Grampy is flying up north for a vacation. He misses Grammy. My Aunty Kat and Uncle Matt are coming to see me and play with me and they said they would give Grampy a break so he could snuggle with Grammy. He’s good at snuggling. They don’t have any classes at the college next week. It’s Spring Break and they chose me instead of Cancun or Daytona Beach. I’m much more fun.

Plus Aunty Kat and Uncle Matt can get on the floor and play with me. Grampy tried once but the noise from his creaky joints scared the dog.

3 responses to “Raising Grampy- Chapter 8”

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    Peg Britton

    Liam…glad you got to visit with your Abuelito from CA…Looks like you have so much fun every week….always an adventure :>)

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    Anonymous

    Pete you make my day! Love this and look forward to more…Enjoy!

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      Anonymous

      Look forward to these funny and well written letters ! Keep them coming !

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