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Aristus

(69,738 posts)
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 04:47 PM Jan 2025

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 2025 OP
All the markers for peak grandad! Drum Jan 2025 #1
I thought I could get away with letting my granddaughters win the game. Aristus Jan 2025 #2
Wonderful! Ptah Jan 2025 #3
Yes, they are. Aristus Jan 2025 #6
We're far from Candyland and I miss that mountain grammy Jan 2025 #14
You're rocking it! Tesha Jan 2025 #4
Thank you! Aristus Jan 2025 #7
Your granddaughters are so lucky. Diamond_Dog Jan 2025 #5
They love Disney, too. Aristus Jan 2025 #8
Very lucky kids - and grandfather! highplainsdem Jan 2025 #11
enjoy mdmc Jan 2025 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Tbear Jan 2025 #10
Throw in a few dad jokes and you are at full peak MLAA Jan 2025 #12
Nice job! They will never forget you and that game of Candy Land. Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #13
Candy Land and dsvajda Jan 2025 #15
Tell them that you aren't sleeping, you are just resting your eyes. FSogol Jan 2025 #16
Totally! 2naSalit Jan 2025 #17
That won't be any time soon. Aristus Jan 2025 #18
Well... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #19
Thank you. Aristus Jan 2025 #20
That sounds like a heck of a day. GoodRaisin Jan 2025 #21
admit it Aristus Skittles Jan 2025 #22

Aristus

(69,738 posts)
2. I thought I could get away with letting my granddaughters win the game.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 05:00 PM
Jan 2025

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

(69,738 posts)
6. Yes, they are.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 06:36 PM
Jan 2025


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

mountain grammy

(27,725 posts)
14. We're far from Candyland and I miss that
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 07:35 PM
Jan 2025

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

Diamond_Dog

(36,670 posts)
5. Your granddaughters are so lucky.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 06:15 PM
Jan 2025

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

(18 posts)
15. Candy Land and
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 07:42 PM
Jan 2025

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

2naSalit

(96,513 posts)
17. Totally!
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 07:53 PM
Jan 2025

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

Aristus

(69,738 posts)
18. That won't be any time soon.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 08:10 PM
Jan 2025

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

(96,513 posts)
19. Well...
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 08:48 PM
Jan 2025

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

Congrats on the new job, I forgot about that!

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