I’m reading to the grandboy before his nap.<\/p>\n
He picks up a toy mobile phone and starts talking: “Ok hold on; I’m reading a story with gwumpa, I’ll call you back later.”<\/p>\n
I suppress a giggle and continue to read.\u00a0 He starts pushing buttons on the phone.<\/p>\n
“Hey,” I stop, “are you listening to the story or playing?!?”<\/p>\n
“GWUMPA”, comes the reply, “I’m TEXTING my MOM”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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