My mother in law (a.k.a. Grandma New York) and I were in the kitchen cleaning snow peas together in order to get a jump on some of the holiday prep cooking.
I was talking about how K and I wish we lived closer to family now that we have kids."I wish we lived closer to you or to my mom," I said. "You know... so we could zip over and drop the kids off when we need a break from them."
My Irish American, raised in the United States mother-in-law did not skip a beat when she gave the deadpan reply,"No speak-ah the English."
48 comments:
what gene is it that your families have that gives you all such great smiles? seriously like every picture i see of you guys is like toothpaste commercial material. i'm going to go floss.
grandma has the big smarts.
I need to remember that one.
What a great shot.e
When my mother first got here, she said she was so glad to see her granddaughter, blah blah blah. And then, after a day of being climbed on and jumped on and so forth, mother changed her tune. She said: "Ahhh...now you know why young women have children."
ha ha ha! I suspect both my kids' grandmas would be exactly the same way if they lived closeby. Babysitting promises are so easy to make when you're 3,000 miles and an ocean away!
Hee. I hope you have a wonderful holiday! :)
Two thumbs up Granny!
Have a Merry Christmas.
I'm floored imagining the hilarity genes your kids are blessed with from BOTH sides of the family tree! Squee!!
HA! Ever since my mom became the daytime care provider (while I'm at work and they aren't in preschool)...I'm much more strapped for weekend babysitters :(. So yeah I'm pretty sure she'd forget her native language too if I asked her to watch the twins on the weekend.
Hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday!
WM
Grannies know best!
Have a wonderful Christmas!
Now that's funny!
Merry merry!
FABULOUS response!
Merry Merry!
Ha! She's quick and funny.
LOL! At least she learned sumpin' beign a mom!
I can't wait for Grandparentdom!
Happy Holidays! :)
he he. you are like 2 peas in a pod.
merry Christmas!
Tidy gene pool there for sure!
Compliments of the season from me and mine to you and yours.
Cheers
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Great, funny family members are so wonderful. And you even know how to appreciate it!
Smart woman, that one.
Have a great Christmas young lady.
HILARIOUS. And she is totally right. Believe me, you're better off being far away. :)
Makes everybody long for one another.
Enjoy your holiday!
Melisa
Suburban Scrawl
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Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I love reading your blog and look forward to it in '08!
Oh, that's perfect. Love the funny! Have a great holiday!
That might not work with me because my son-in-law, father to my wonderful grandsons, is bilingual. But I do sometimes pretend to be deaf.
Of course not.
Merry Christmas!!!
LOL!
Merry Christmas!!!!
Great comeback. Smart woman. Will have to remember that one for when my kids are older!
Merry Christmas!
hahahaha
love g'ma NY!!
hehehehe .. As a Nanny I can totally relate to that.. hehehehe..
but I did manage to get a pic of Santa in his sleigh in the Tasmanian skies...
merry merry christmas..
cheers kim
I cant stop laughing. That is too funny! Merry Christmas!
oh my god, she's awesome!
Heh. You gotta love when they are so quick on the uptake.
Guess she's a notard.
I think I love your MIL. Mine has no sense of humor and I wanna trade her in for a funny one!!
Merry Christmas, silly.
smart woman, that.
merry christmas, love. and give my buddy the mayor a double squeeze.
ROFL! I like that one.
Linda
Very wise. Merry Christmas to you yours.
Genius. thank god Cheeky's grandma doesn't know that one...
Merry Christmas!
Hi, this is a very nice post :)
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Happy Holidays!
-Jos:)
LOL - that is great! I hope you had a fabulous holiday J! :)
She is quick and funny, I too would be wishing she was closer just for the laughs! Have a wonderful holiday and great New Year! Looking forward to more joys in 2008...
Wise granny! I wish I was that fast on my feet...
~laughing~
Perfect response.
Merry Christmas, to you and yours.
Hilarious!!
Comics, every one of you!
See you should have included a bottle of whisky too! LOL!
That is funny. I wish I had any of our parents nearby, too. I'd make them learn-ah the English from the grandkids.
LOL! *My* MIL would not even understand this post if I took 15 minutes to explain it to her. You are one lucky lady.
That's a riot! Clearly your husband was raised by a good woman.
LOL!
Happy New Year!
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