I'm playing Candy Land with my granddaughters.

[Aristus]

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…

[Drum]

1. All the markers for peak grandad!

[Aristus]

2. I thought I could get away with letting my granddaughters win the game.

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.

[Ptah]

3. Wonderful!

[Aristus]

6. Yes, they are.

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

[mountain grammy]

14. We're far from Candyland and I miss that

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

[Tesha]

4. You're rocking it!

[Aristus]

7. Thank you!

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Your granddaughters are so lucky.

Both my grandfathers (and one grandmother) passed away before I was born.

Candy Land was my favorite game as a child…..

[Aristus]

8. They love Disney, too.

When they get tired of Candy Land, I sing Disney songs for them.

[highplainsdem]

11. Very lucky kids - and grandfather!

[mdmc]

9. enjoy

these are the days

[Tbear]

10. When you wish upon a star

Makes no difference who you are

[MLAA]

12. Throw in a few dad jokes and you are at full peak

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Nice job! They will never forget you and that game of Candy Land.

[dsvajda]

15. Candy Land and

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

[FSogol]

16. Tell them that you aren't sleeping, you are just resting your eyes.

[2naSalit]

17. Totally!

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

[Aristus]

18. That won't be any time soon.

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]

19. Well...

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

Congrats on the new job, I forgot about that!

[Aristus]

20. Thank you.

No need to beat yourself up.

[GoodRaisin]

21. That sounds like a heck of a day.

My kind of day.

[Skittles]

22. admit it Aristus

your belt is closer to your nipples than your waist