Post things you use to do with your grandparents. I used to take my

[applegrove]

grandmother on drives around Ontario and Quebec so she could see small towns like the one she was from. We'd always stop at Kentucky Fried Chicken for lunch which she loved. We even had a Kentucky Fried Chicken map of Ontario that showed all the outlets. LOL!

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. We'd spend the weekend, and we'd buy Betty Crocker Quick cake mixes with

the paper pans. Nana said we'd beat the heck out of the batter and the cakes would never rise. LOL

[applegrove]

2. My grandmother had a sweet tooth too. I didn't like the sweets she made because it usually involved

coconut. Now I love it. But she did bake these healthy bran, nut & raisin cookies that were wonderful straight out of the oven. Friends used to say they looked like hamburgers.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. I know the kind of cookies you mean. :^)

[Odin2005]

23. My grandma made the best Peanut butter cookies EVAR!

[rbnyc]

4. Play cards

and go bowling. Oh, I used to go with her to deliver meals on wheels too. My favorite was cards. We mostly played Gin.

This is all my Grandma Jean. I never really did anything with any other grandparents - and I had 6 of them too!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. Go to the Minnesota State Fair

every year. We had to tour the animal barns, go to the Honey building (my grandparents owned some hives that friends kept for them) and have a honey lemonade, have a hot dog, have a milk shake, buy some saltwater taffy, ride the carousel, see the arts and crafts, see a horse show, and watch the gadgets being demonstrated in the Grandstand Building.

[mysuzuki2]

18. This is amazing! I was going to post the same thing.

My grandmother took me to the Minnesota state fair in the 1950s. She would always buy me a foot long hotdog and take me on a ride on Ye Olde Mill. I was thinking about this and how much fun it was so I went to the Mn state fair last Friday. I drove up from Milwaukee for the occasion. I had a foot long (it tasted like shit and gave me an upset stomach). I took a ride on Ye Olde Mill ( it seemed the stupidest thing ever). Some things are far better in memory than in actuality. However, it is still a wonderful fair and was worth the trip.

[tblue]

6. I remember my grandma told me a fart joke when I was little.

How cool is that?

[femmocrat]

7. My grandfather and I used to pick blackberries together along the woods.

I remember filling up a soup pot with big juicy blackberries. :)

I also used to help him in the garden. He taught me all about growing vegetables.

[Skittles]

8. ride a double-decker to the North Sea shoreline

yes INDEED :D

[UTUSN]

9. Since you mention "grandparents" I'll say GREATEST LOVE OF MY LIFE n/t

[GoCubsGo]

10. We used play "Bunco" with my grandma.

And, a card game called "Help Thy Neighbor". Grandma taught us how to gamble. ;-) She also taught me how to cook and bake. Did that a lot with her. I only wish I had payed closer attention when she was making tomato gravy. I never could duplicate it. Granted, I always leave out the pork or veal she'd add to it. She also taught me how to do embroidery. I miss her.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. My grandfather used to take my brother and I fishing.

We looked forward to it a lot (as I'm sure our parents did...). I still remember when he died how my grandmother was so concerned-- of all things-- that no one would be there to take us fishing anymore.
I don't think I ever fished after he passed. My dad wasn't into it and I never took it up on my own. Been close to 50 years now. Sometimes when I'm biking through the woods here and see the guys fishing off the bridges and the piers I stop worrying for a moment about getting a stray hook in my ear and think about those days and my grandfather.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Made cherry pies with my grandma.

She lived in Door County, Wi, and we'd visit her every summer (this was in the late '50s). A neighbor had a cherry orchard and we'd go pick buckets of cherries, then we'd sit at the kitchen table and pit them with a hairpin. Those were the best pies ever.

[applegrove]

15. Cherry pie is one of my favourites but I've never had it made with fresh cherries. That does sound

good.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Nothing better.

[JohnnyLib2]

13. Branded calves, all kinds of farm work.

Hard-workin' man, he was.

[applegrove]

16. I had a grandmother who lived on a farm much of her married life. I learnt how to work

hard from her (she worked as a caregiver until she was 80). One of the best gifts you could ever get was the gift of hard work.

[hobbit709]

14. Go out all day in the Vienna woods. Have dinner at a restaurant on top of Kahlenberg

Take the bus and streetcar home from there.

[AsahinaKimi]

19. I knew my mother's mother.

She was from Korea. She didn't speak much English. Mostly Japanese and English. She was very kind and loving. My Grandmother on my fathers side I met when I was 6 months old in Osaka, Japan. I don't remember her much at all but I have seen photographs and she is long gone now. I don't know much about my grandfathers other than the fact one came from Miyazaki Prefecture, and the other came from Osaka and had died in WWII.

He had two sons, one my dad, and one, who is my uncle Hideki who remains in Osaka. I have met my cousin Sachiko who is the eldest of their daughters, the others being Misumi and Mayumi. My grandmother on my mothers side passed away a few months ago.. so the only family left are my parents. I have no brothers or sisters. Just some good friends! I have learned there are fleeting moments with family..and am grateful to know I at least met some of them.

[vard28]

20. Spent a lot of time with my one grandmother

When I was little, my grandmother lived in a very small town (Andover) in Ohio. She never learned to drive. I always spent most of the summer with her. We would walk to the farmers market to get strawberries for me. We would have to cross the railroad tracks and I always thought that was so cool. She lived right across from the mill and the train always stopped there. I loved listening to the trains go through at night, and watching them go by during the day. I don't ever eat or smell strawberries without being taken back to those days.

Once a week, we would walk to the Dairy Queen and I was allowed to get ice cream. My mom and dad would only allow me to have one scoop in a cup. Gram let me get banana splits. I was about 4 (many, many years ago) when we started that tradition. She passed away almost 20 years ago and I miss that woman every day. :cry:

[Ilsa]

21. A walk through my grandfather's greenhouse and garden.

Grandma was all about sewing. I remember her helping my mom sew for us girls.

[Odin2005]

22. My grandma, dad, and I always used to go to a family restaurant chain called Fryin' Pan.

I associate that place with her, now.