Do you think we look alike?

My grandpa would always say that when we were kids. The conversation went like this:

(Grandpa would hoist one of us up on his knee.)
Grandpa: "Grandma, do you think we look alike?"
(Grandpa's features were unmistakable - big ears, big nose and skin that showed his years of hard labor at the shop and at the farm).
Grandma: "Oh hush Big John! I'm not playing that game! Ya'll don't look nothing alike."
Grandpa: "Oh Grandma. Not even a little? Russell - do you think we look alike?"
Russ (shaking head): "Carrie, Carrie, Carrie..."
Grandpa (smiling and laughing): "I think we look almost exactly alike."
Russ (shrugging shoulders with arms crossed): ...."Eh."
Grandma: "Big John let them down to go play!"
The child would start to fidget hoping Grandpa would listen to Grandma.
Grandpa would then reach for the child's knee, which he would hammer (yes - hammer) with his middle finger - almost like a doctor checking reflexes but on the patella.
Grandpa: "You think there's a bone in there? I think there's a bone in there." (Child would wiggle around). "Listen" (hammer, hammer, hammer). "There's a bone in there!"

And so on for what seemed like 10 minutes and was probably only 1. And Russ's response was "Carrie, Carrie, Carrie" no matter who was in Grandpa's lap.

*Sidenote - when Derek and I took Grandpa to Shreveport, the dealers would ask his name and he would tell them "Big John." They all thought it was funny.*

**Disclaimer - this is a picture of a picture, so please disregard the big FLASH in the middle. The photo is from December 2009, a few weeks before my Grandpa passed away. I was pregnant with Grant but didn't know the gender yet. Grandpa said based upon how I looked, I was having a girl. He was basically blind from macular degeneration, so it's comical that he would have an opinion based on how I "look". **

And with that introduction, I give you a new semi-regular blog post called "Do you think we look alike?" Only this time, the comparison will be Grant and Abby. Please always read the title with a southern accent in honor of Big John.

Do You Think We Look Alike?
2 month edition


While I was trying to get a photo of Abby, Grant belly flopped onto the ground to get close to her and give her a kiss.