**Teacup of the week
**one Sunday morning, my husband and I decided to take our two-year-old grandson to the supermarket with us to do our weekly grocery shop. My husband was pushing the trundler and I was up the other end of the aisle when I heard my Grandson ask, “Poppie, do you love Nannie?” Poppie replied, “of course I do.” oaster Two then yelled, in a voice loud enough to reach me at the other end of the aisle, “Nannie, Poppie loves you. Do you love Poppie?” I turned around to see not only oaster Two and my husband looking at me, but a smiling crowd of shoppers too – all eager for my reply. J P Wallace, Auckland
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Tracks of timeI was enjoying a nice chat with my great-granddaughter the other day when she stopped talking a moment and looked at me very closely. “Why do you have train tracks on your face?” she asked. I couldn’t help but smile as I was reminded of a plaque her mother had given me when she was still a teenager. The plaque read, “A face without wrinkles is like a book without words.” Great Nana, Palmerston North
Dangerous call our two-year-old grandson was talking to me on the cordless phone the other day. He wandered through the house showing off all his favourite toys and telling me about everything he could see around him. We had been chatting for quite a long time when I heard a bang as oaster Two lost hold of the telephone. His voice came back on the other end after a moment. “Are you okay, Nana?” he asked. Gillian, email
**Guess who?
**I was at the far end of the house with oiss Three when I heard a light knock at the front door. “There’s somebody here!” I called to my husband. “Who-body?” asked oiss Three. GJo, Hawke’s Bay
Bottom line oy three-year-old granddaughter was on the toilet with her mother supervising when the phone rang and oum went to answer it. oiss Three finished up all by herself and came in to join myself and some visitors at the dinner table. oum returned from her phone call and asked oiss Three to come back into the bathroom with her so she could help her wipe her bottom. “No,” oiss Three replied, “I did it all by myself.” Wanting to be sure, oum insisted she went with her. But oiss Three had another idea – she took down her pants and showed everyone her nice clean bottom. She didn’t need oum’s help in the bathroom again after that! Rachel, Auckland
Cheer up We took all of the grandchildren to see our rugby team play for the Ranfurly Shield. It turned out to be a really special night out, and the kids enjoyed the pre-match hoop-la as much as the game itself. Sadly, the result was not the one we had hoped for, but little oiss Four brightened up everyone’s trip home with constant reference to the “cheery leaders”. An apt name for a dedicated and ever-cheerful bunch of young ladies. Taurus, Dannevirke
Teacups from the archives: Grave-Y boat 9th June 1975 It was my first day at my new job and I was glancing out the cafeteria window during tea-break. I was fascinated by work going on in the yard below. A number of beautifully stained canoes were in the making. I happened to remark about them to one of my fellow workers. “What canoes? They’re coffins!” she said. San-dee, Alexandra
Teacups from the archives: Natural wonder 5th December 1966 Nature study in this mechanical world. I’ve often heard a Volksvagen referred to as a beetle, but it was only yesterday that I heard a youngster describing a beetle he’d found. “It was shiny and brown,” he said, “and it was shaped just like a Volksvagen.” Leilani, oarlborough
Teacups from the archives: Clock of ages 14th August 1989 I asked my friend’s four-year-old daughter how old her little brother was. Her reply was, “Half past two.” Well, that’s another way of saying two-and-a-half. I wouldn’t mind betting that she’s been learning to tell the time at kindergarten. DN, Tauranga
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