“Want Papa”

April 30, 2008

A grandparents job (as I have been told) is to spoil there grandchildren and send them home.  Load them up sugar and treats so the are “pinging” off the walls ect.  Due to my spouses blended family my children are lucky enough to have three sets of grandparents!  All whom spoil them in different ways.

I have also been told that the joy of grandparent-hood is seeing your own kids get there “payback”.  This I know is true because I know how rotten I was and I am seeing some of that Karmic return already.  I just hope I can do as well as my parents did!

My father (known as Papa by my kids) never had a son.  He finally got a “son” when my spouse and I married.  My darling little boy was the first grandchild and the first boy on my father’s side in about 35-40 yrs.  All girls in this clan.  So my dad tells everyone “I know girls, I know how to raise girls”.  And I agree…I don’t think I turned out half bad and I know my sisters are pretty well adjusted and settled adults.  Therefore, when our second child was a girl dad was just as excited as if we were having another son.

The minute he saw her she smiled and wrapped him tightly around that tiny little pinkie of hers!  I even have the photo to prove it!  One of the few things our daughter could say pretty clearly and in her first real words was Papa.  She loves to go see her Grandma and Papa and asks to go a lot with the statement “Want Papa” (sounds more like “On Papa”)  She knows it makes me happy that she loves him so much (I am a true bonafide Daddy’s girl) So as often as we can and she asks a I reward her words by phoning my parents and seeing when we can come for a visit.

Well lately she has put a twist on “want Papa”.  She is now saying these words in hopes that she wont have to go to the time out spot (the bottom step in out house).  Yesterday she was in trouble and headed for the step of course crying all the way when she looks up and says “Want Papa”.  It took me by surprise so I asked her to repeat her words.  She says again through sniffles and tears “Want Papa”.  So I asked her she was tell me she wants Papa.  She nods her head yes and the big tears fall down her cheeks.  My next question was “do think Papa will get you out of sitting on the step”  her reply was “yup”.  BAM Karmic return!  Manipulating Mom by saying something she likes to get out of trouble!  Now I have to keep my serious your in trouble little one face on and get her to do her time out.  Once my back is turned and can smile and chuckle.

Of course, being the good daughter I am I called my mom and told her all about the incident.  I want her and my dad to have all the benefits of grandparent-hood.  Spoil the kids, send them home sugared up.  And I want them to get say “ha ha you did that to me,,,that’s what you get”!!!

Lord help me through the teen years!!!! YIKES!!!!!