Notices tagged with gs3
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My grandson got to meet a cartoon character today. It was a person in a character costume, but he seems happy anyway.
In the photos, #GS3 looks happy in his hyper-excited way.
He also got to meet a dinosaur and to "discover" dinosaur bones.
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#GS3 seems to really like dinosaurs 🦕. If someone in a part of the country with a high birth rate was to open a dinosaur park with animatronics and costumed dinosaur characters, they might be able to make a decent living.
I know a full-scale theme park needs a movie studio or brewery sponsor, but on a smaller scale, it just might work.
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Today’s outing for #GS3 and #GS4 looks like they went somewhere space-themed. In the photo my daughter-in-law sent, the two year old is standing near something that resembles a space suit.
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In last night’s #videochat, #GS3 brought his power tool to Grandpa and asked for batteries 🔋 to make it work again. #sonTwo said it is the lug nut gun that mechanics 🧰 use. It came with a toy car that got broken within less than a day. And that it is just an irritating noisemaker without the car.
I guess I will be ordering some AA batteries soon.
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#GS4 is still working on his crawling skills. He’s not there yet, but he’s really trying to get there. He’s still quieter than #GS3, but he’s also working on trying to communicate.
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#GS3 showed me his toy tractor. He objected when I called the driver aR farmer. #GS4 was quiet, but stared intently at Grandpa.
Today, #sonTwo and I briefly talked about him getting a place outside the municipal boundaries, so they can have farm animals.
Network congestion was an issue today, so images were pixelated during most of our half hour call.
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And #GS3’s shipment of books and art stuff arrived. #GS4 had a couple of things in there also, but I forgot to get anything for my granddoggy.
The two year old was holding a Captain Underpants book and waiting for #sonTwo to read it to him.
Since the CU and Dog Man books are not toddler resistant, 2nd son said he was going to keep them away from GS3 and just bring them out when it is time to read.
(GS3 saw me showing his dad some books I bought for his cousin A1 … got excited about incoming books … so Grandpa bought him some of the same books. [And I also got many of the same books for cousin #GD2] … the under 13 crowd will have lots of fun with these stories.)
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#sonTwo’s wife sent a photo of #GS3 reading to his little brother. (I know it isn’t quite reading yet, but he knows the story and can match most of it with the right page.)
“Never touch a seahorse …”
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After yesterday's farm trip, #sonTwo bought #GS3 a $5 toy tractor (in familiar John Deere green and gold colors). I know he'll be playing farmer for the next couple of days.
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#sonTwo and his wife took #GS3 and #GS4 to a farm of some type. The 2 year old got to feed and pet goats and ponies, and to touch a tractor. He almost got nose to nose with a goat.
Sweaty boy, though. It must be hot and humid there.
The younger child watched and smiled.
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Target has books in the ‘Captain Underpants’ series on sale for $8 and books in the ‘Dog Man’ series on sale for $9 ($3 below normal price).
However, they don’t have ‘A Tale of Two Kitties’ or ‘Dog Man and Cat Kid’ in stock. Those are the two Dog Man books I’m missing for #GD2.
I still do not have a list of which books #A1 already has, so he’s going to have to wait. #Daddy_A is still too worried about the medical issue to either get me a list himself or hand the phone to his son and say “take photos of the book covers” and then send them to me.
Meanwhile, #sonTwo has committed to read them to #GS3 if I send them. Which means he’s likely to get some of the books.
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I sent #GS3 (age 2) a cheap Walmart tablet that I was dissatisfied with (but he liked playing with it when I was there). I don't know how much he uses it, because #sonTwo said he was not going to connect it to a network.
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This morning’s picture: #GS3 “reading” to #GS4. He has memorized some of his books and can recite the words as you read them.
Guizzy, this is the moment you’re working toward. Well, that and the “Justin Trudeau eat soap” moment.
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Audio was distorted, but I did get to #videochat with #GS3 for a couple of minutes before bedtime. He asked me “wha you doing?”, then showed me his book and pointed out some of the characters. Then it was time to say good night. First he said “no, don’t go”, but then he was ready and said good night.
Reminds me of his cousin #A1, whose “terrible twos” was that he said “no” to his mom a couple of times. (He’s very much like his dad … we used to arrange “supervised rebellion” for #Daddy_A so that he wouldn’t wait until his thirties to disobediently try something.)
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Time to go mail some books to #GS3.
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#GS4 was crying, so #GS3 started singing "Old MacDonald" to him to try to calm him. Later, #GS4 touched his older brother and started making baby noises at him. #bonding
I'm missing so much by being so far away from them.
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During Sunday’s #videochat, I showed #GS3 two books I bought for #A1. He got a big smile on his face and said “books” in the clearest English I’ve heard from him.
So Grandpa went to Target and found three new books. I’ll try to ship this week.
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Also, I showed #GS3 a couple of books I bought for his cousin #A1. He said “books!” and got a big smile. So I guess he’s going to get the Captain Underpants and Dog Man series like his cousins.
But not right away. He’s still at the stage where books need to have stiff tear-proof pages.
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Did not get to #videochat with #sonOne and his family, nor with #Daddy_A and his family.
I did get about half an hour with #sonTwo and his family. They took #GS3 to a field with lots of tall flowers and he got to run between them. Then I walked to the store to replenish my #yogurt supply. When I came back, it was almost bedtime for the two year old, so we had a rushed session.
GS3 is particularly a fan of broccoli 🥦 right now, so they’ve been making sure he has a little every day. He also likes cheese, so tonight he finished his quesadilla while talking to grandpa. I didn’t understand a word he said until time for “bye bye” and “good night”, but he smiled and babbled. I suppose he was probably talking about the field trip.
#GS4 sat quietly and watched the screen where grandpa was. And smiled.
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Sent messages to sons asking to schedule short #videochat sessions tomorrow.
I normally have one with #sonOne and #GD1 and #GD2 (on rare occasions daughter-in-law pops in for a few minutes) Sunday afternoons, but recently, his work schedule has interfered.
I normally have them Fridays and Sundays with #sonTwo and #GS3 and #GS4 (sometimes daughter-in-law, but she's often busy), but we missed tonight's session.
Sessions with #Daddy_A, #A1, #A2, and #A3 are infrequent, and he often has device issues that prevent it. (That is, his iPhone and iPad don't display notifications or make sounds ... he even took the phone in for service; they couldn't correct it, so they replaced it.)
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