It's Easter week here; so there is excitement in the air! CANDY is coming. And dying Easter eggs. I also found a cookie decorating kit. I'm hoping it'll all motivate my kids to get through school work quickly so we can do the fun stuff. I'll be making Crab Stuffed Deviled Eggs for this weekend too. I was looking for candy in a local bulk food place. They repackage things into smaller portions for very reasonable prices. So the other day I found Fruit Slices in there. They always remind me of my Great Aunt. I brought home a package and the nostalgia was real (orange is still gross). I went looking for them last night and found DH had gotten into them and they were gone! Guess I have a reason to go back? They also had Ribbon Candy; but I didn't get it to try. My Great- Aunt always had either those candies or Andes mints.
Who was the oldest relative that you knew?
I was able to know one of my Great-Grandmothers; my maternal grandfather's mother. She was 99 when she passed away. I was born in the same town as my parents and 2 of my grandparents. My other grandma grew up in a town just up the road and all 3 of them came from big families of 6-8 kids. So that meant there were also a lot of Great Aunts and Uncles around. Some of them seemed pretty old to me as a kid too becaue of the age gaps in those big families. My maternal Grandmother's mother was pregnant with her younget sister at the same time as her oldest sister was pregnant with her first child. I grew up playing with the youngest sister's grandkids as playmates. So I guess it's no wonder some of the great aunts and cousin's seemed SO old.
Edited to add: That Great-Grandma's son, my Grandpa, is currently 99. My paternal grandmother is 102. So she is now oldest; but not oldest from me.
Who was the oldest relative that you knew?
I was able to know one of my Great-Grandmothers; my maternal grandfather's mother. She was 99 when she passed away. I was born in the same town as my parents and 2 of my grandparents. My other grandma grew up in a town just up the road and all 3 of them came from big families of 6-8 kids. So that meant there were also a lot of Great Aunts and Uncles around. Some of them seemed pretty old to me as a kid too becaue of the age gaps in those big families. My maternal Grandmother's mother was pregnant with her younget sister at the same time as her oldest sister was pregnant with her first child. I grew up playing with the youngest sister's grandkids as playmates. So I guess it's no wonder some of the great aunts and cousin's seemed SO old.
Edited to add: That Great-Grandma's son, my Grandpa, is currently 99. My paternal grandmother is 102. So she is now oldest; but not oldest from me.
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