Grandma's bragging rights: Photo of my little grandson.

[Radio_Lady]

Oohs and Aahs accepted gratiously.

I love this little guy. He's going to be five years old on December 1st, and he's going to have a "pirate" theme for his birthday.
He and his sister live in the same town with me and my husband.

This is his first showing on the Internet, except for his birth photo! He's the only brown-eyed, brown-haired grandchild out of ten of them, which makes him SO special!

[lady raven]

1. He's adorable!

And, as the mother of a 5 year old boy, I must also say that he looks ornery!

[Radio_Lady]

3. Well, he does have a mind of his own and he tries to out-do his older

sister, age 7, all the time. He's much more daring and brave, too. He loves to dress up as a superhero -- any of them, Spiderman, Batman, Superman.

I wouldn't call him ornery, 'though. When he's away from his sister, he's really quite loving -- cuddly and snuggly.

What's your little boy like?

[lady raven]

24. I meant ornery in a good way :-)

Mine is ornery- In a good way.

He loves Spongebob, Dora the Explorer, and The Weather Channel. He doesn't have any siblings, so he gets and eats up ALL the attention.

He is the only student in his kindergarten class who can read, and he thinks George Bush is a bad man, which he figured out on his own, NOT from me and hubby.

He's a good seed :-)

I will post a pic sometime once I'm back on my desktop computer where all my pics are.

[BlueIris]

2. Aw, what a cuuuuuutie.

And I don't normally like the small humans.

[Radio_Lady]

5. None of your own, I assume? I'm enjoying being a grandmother.

It's quite a unique experience -- unfettered and truly fun.

Much better than being a mother, or a stepmother.

[BlueIris]

13. No, I am child-free. But I LOVE the grandmas.

Grandpas are nice, too. Supposedly, those are some of the best things ever.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

4. Cute!

:hug:

is that a backdrop of the western wall? lol

[Radio_Lady]

9. Yes, it is. The Western (wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.

The child's name is Solomon and he attends a Jewish preschool in the area.

My two other grandsons in Salt Lake City are being raised as Mormons.

I'm the picture of the ecumenical grandmother -- I have to be!

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

22. lmao!

thats so great that you can be so ecumenical! :rofl: :yourock:

[SeattleGirl]

6. He's adorable!

He reminds me of my daughter's youngest half-brother when he was that age, they look so much alike!

You have every reason to exercise your Grandma Bragging Rights!

[Radio_Lady]

10. :) Thanks, SeattleGirl.

Here's a neat link by a local author, Sharon Mehdi

The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering

http://www.grandmotherbook.com

[bigwillq]

7. How cute!

:hi:

[Radio_Lady]

11. My gratitude to you, bigwillq -- on a (kinda quiet) Saturday night!

[bigwillq]

27. Not quite for me.

Work has been now stop. Been here since noon. :cry:

[Canadian Socialist]

8. OMG!

So beautiful. Almost makes me want to have one (children I mean). Almost.

[Radio_Lady]

12. My advice? Have your grandchildren before your children!!!!

It's an unimaginable and delicious relationship!

[Canadian Socialist]

20. Too old to have kids...

however, I do lavish waaay too much attention on the nieces and nephews. Feed them sugar and then send them home to their parents. Guess what I'm getting my newest niece for Christmas. Fisher Price Marching Band. That will teach my brother for ratting me out when he was 5 and I was 16 re: me smoking. Ha! Old age and treachery will beat youth and ability every time.

[Radio_Lady]

25. Enjoy! Nieces and nephews are wonderful, too.

The Fisher Price Marching Band? Sounds wonderful and NOISY! Is it this one:

http://www.thisoldtoy.com/L_FP_Set/toy-pages/900-999/921-fisherpricmarchingband.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Wow, what a cute little guy!

How wonderful for both of you that you live in the same town......

He is just too cute for words.......


:loveya: :hug:

[Radio_Lady]

15. We followed our daughter to Portland, 2,750 miles -- to be close to

her, her husband, and future children, and away from the unpredictable winters in Boston. That was in 1998.

It's been a good move.

Nice to hear from you, CaliforniaPeggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Thank you, my dear Radio_Lady!

That was indeed a VERY smart move, IMHO........

:hi:

[Pithlet]

16. He's adorable!

Thanks for sharing :)

[Radio_Lady]

17. Pithlet, you're too kind! His skin is so brown from swimming in

Hawaii, I might have left him there to mingle with the Polynesian natives!

[just a girl]

18. How adorable!

Look at those long beautiful lashes. What a cutie!

[Radio_Lady]

21. He gets lots of compliments on those eyelashes! What can I say?

Here's my picture with my parents at about his age (circa 1945).

Any resemblance is purely genetic.

[Straight Shooter]

23. Ooooohhhh. Ahhhhhh.

:D

Speaking as a brown-eyed, brown-haired human bean myself, I say watch out for the mischief that little fella will be up to, LOL.

[Radio_Lady]

26. Um, perhaps I should plan to be out of the picture in about 15 years?

[Straight Shooter]

28. Oh no, you *must* be there for him.

Little mischievous critters need guidance, and they love their grandmas more than anything in the world, don'tcha know? ;)

[Radio_Lady]

29. OK, bring on the youth-enhancing formulas! I'm game for a little

pinch of this-and-that.

[Straight Shooter]

31. LOL.

I could use a little of that youth-enhancing formula myself. :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. He's precious!

Tell him happy birthday from us! :loveya:

[Radio_Lady]

33. Goddess, I have to save a picture of your Giant Anteater!

My grandson will love it!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. It's on this website

http://www.maiaw.com/anteater/main.html

along with a lot of other pics, info, and fun stuff! :hi:

[Radio_Lady]

39. Whew! Great website! You're a peach, as well as a Goddess!

[newyawker99]

32. Awwww!! He is a cutie!

:-)

[Radio_Lady]

34. Grandpa just bought a toy from Radio Shack --

It's a Spiderman Pinball Machine. Something any child would want!

We'll be visiting the other two grandsons around New Years. They should be happy with this gift!

[newyawker99]

38. Wow!! That is a great gift!

:bounce:

[AlienGirl]

35. What a cute kid!

I was so used to babies being blond with blue eues that my younger son (brown hair, brown eyes) looked amazingly exotic to me!

Tucker

[Radio_Lady]

36. We have nine other grandkids, all blonds or light brown hair and

light eyes -- blue, green, gray.

This is the only kid with the brown/brown combination that my husband and I have. BTW, my husband is his STEP-grandfather. People used to think my kids from a previous marriage looked more like him than his own three kids did.

Weird, no?