True Stories: Stop Jumping There Before You Get Hurt!
Monday. Granddaughter’s playing “don’t touch the floor”.
In other words, she’s jumping from the bed to the cooler in the corner. 🙂
Grampa: Don’t do that. You’re gonna fall and get hurt.
GD: Ok grampa.
Tuesday. She’s jumping from the bed to the cooler in the corner.
Grampa: Don’t do that. I told you, you’re gonna fall and get hurt.
GD: Ok grampa.
Thursday. She’s jumping from the bed to the cooler in the corner.
Grampa: What have I told you? Don’t DO that. You’re gonna fall and get hurt.
GD: O-Kayyyyyy grampa!
Saturday. She’s jumping from the bed to the cooler in the corner. The cooler moves and she falls and hits her head on the wall.
The look on her face says, “yes, it hurts. I wanna cry. But I’m not gonna because it’ll just prove grampa right.”
Grampa: Come over here and lemme see.
GD: (goes over to grampa)
Grampa: You hurt your head?
GD: (in a whimpery voice) Yes grampa.
Grampa: You see why I’ve been telling you to not jump over there? I don’t want you to get hurt!
GD: I know grampa.
Grampa: Ok. So you’re gonna listen to me and you’re not going jump there anymore, right?
GD: Nooooo grampa… I’m not going to jump THERE anymore!
Grampa: 
I have no idea what the next thing she’ll be jumping to is, but I know where’s there’s her will, there’s a way! 🙂
Take care,
Debi aka @GenXBrat
p.s. Please share YOUR favorite grandchild moment in the comments below… I love the laughs!
