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Post by gypho on Nov 15, 2008 4:32:49 GMT 9.5
That's great-one's a good age!-Nobody expects much from ya. Br sure and show the boys Amiah's photo. As fast as time goes by, before you know it. those two could be dating!-And they get younger and younger on that too-so tell the boy to give her a few more years. Make sure she's old enough to carry on a phone conversation. lol Oh Lord! Dating?
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Post by Paul on Jan 18, 2009 15:27:58 GMT 9.5
Crayons and paper is always good. She'll love to do things with you. My (ex) wife would by assemble-it-yourself items. My daughter would always want to help me assemble them. She liked to wash the car with me. When she was learning to write, she loved to sit in my lap with a crossword puzzle and write in the letters I told her. She's almost thirty and still does them. Paul
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Post by robspace on Jan 23, 2009 19:41:54 GMT 9.5
Yea Paul-good ideas, I went to Walmart and found some great big books with alot of pictures. She loves books! I also got her a coloring book that comes with two marking pens that erase real easy with this little cloth they give you. O-man-she loves that thing. She can try to trace the lines but for the most part she has fun just scribbling all over the place with it then the fun part is using the cloth to wipe it clean. Thats a good sign right there! She really likes clean things. She can't stand having anything on her hands. Yet, she's not so girly that she cries easy. She fell down at the park and never cried at all. She brushed up against a hot wood stove and got a small burn and never cried. She was hurting and I put cold water on it and Bactine and about 10 bandaids because she kept taking them off. My idiot,ex-sister-in law invites me to bring the kids over but when we get there she has about 20 candles burning at the perfect hight for my Amiah to burn herself. They also had a wood stove red hot with no screen around it-She jumped on me when Amiah got a little burn from it. My sister in law says-OMG-you may never get your grandughter again if they see a burn! Christ-I tell her-and how come you can't spend 50 bucks and put a screen around that thing? And how come you light all these stupid candles with a 2 year old coming over? And she has all these little figurines at just the right level for a child to grab and she has her own grandkids yet has a home thats so un-childproof I told her-"Don't worry" It will be years before I bring these kids back here again. I had to listen to her say-"Rob get her away from that, get her back from there, watch her more, and on and on and instead of her just stopping her, she wanted to yell at me. So, if the woman wants kids in her house, she needs to make it safer or I won't bring my grandaughter in there. It's a hazard.She also self medicates too much for my comfort level. She wears a pain patch but drinks on top of it! Thats like double the dose. She came to Amiahs 2nd birthday party and brings a jug of wine with her! I asked her about it as it was a few months ago in November and she says"What birthday party?' "I didn't go to no party!" I said-not only were you there but ya brough alcohol to my grandaughters 2nd birthday! Why? She did not remember it at all-I told her she had a drinking problem-She got mad, said she did not and I was wrong.OK-I can remember where I was 2 months ago-she can't.-She said I was just being big headed because I quit the stuff. I'm not and I could care less if people want to drink, but not around my grandaughter.Only an alcoholic brings booze to a childs party. IMO-anyway-I had a great time with my little one Paul-she climbed on my lap and we drew and colored and made some really ugly pictures that we both loved and I just might have to frame! O-She strung a new sentence together-While driving along down the Pacific coast hiway with her in the back seat I was handing her these little Junior Mints-She loved those things-This was really special for me-This was the first time I have spent any real time alone with her-no other relatives or brothers at all-just me and her cruising down the coast. I reach back and tickle her little footsies, she kicks off her shoes as she's giggling and wants more Junior Mints-then she cracks me up by saying "I Wike Those!" with a W-it sounded fantastic! I stopped for more mints-lol
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Post by sharon on Jan 24, 2009 8:05:40 GMT 9.5
Rob, Amiah is a beautiful little girl. Your ex sister in law sounds like she worries more about material things rather than seeing the beauty in watching a child explore. I think uve made the right decision not to take Amiah there again.
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Post by Paul on Feb 5, 2009 15:47:58 GMT 9.5
I'm glad you have such good times with her. She will remember those fondly all her life. And so will you. Paul
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Post by wvpeach1963 on Feb 6, 2009 1:41:55 GMT 9.5
It is a joy rob to hear about this child being so loved .
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