Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 28, 2011

I still wonder if it is intentional that they have such similar silhouettes… Maybe it is in her genes…

Call me Ishmael.Call me anything, but don’t call me late to dinner.

Okay I’m done now.

If she comes up with “Dad”, I’m gonna lose it… (sniff)Just like I did when my step-girls first did.

Everyone needs a special nickname.

Daddy-o;D-man; get creative kiddo.

Just Daddy Gene

My step-daughter called me a lot of different things through the years but none that I can repeat on here. If she had her choice she would call me deceased

If she’s “Shrimp,” maybe… Crawdad? Even if only as a joking rejoinder?

@Hammer: Sorry to hear that! :-(

Crawdad. I like that.

CoBass from two days ago…Thanks for the info concerning the little girl. I’ve been following Arlo and Jans, don’t know how I missed that one.

Crawdad is good…or D.G. for Dad Gene.

Dad Gene? That good for nothing runaway gave her that.

That’s one of the saddest comments I’ve ever read.

Maybe. But I kinda like my memories better.

This storyline is soooo sweet. Gene is a great dad.

Thanks for the encouragement, guys! : ) I was playing around with shrimp/lobster when crawdad occurred. And then my husband added crawdaddy.

I believe that “Dad” would bring a tear.

I read where Pat Nixon was distressed once at being called “Grandma” by one of her grandchildren because it made her feel old. But when the kid checked in with Grandpa, the former President replied “Oh, you can call me whatever you want; I’ve already been called everything.”

I’m “Grand-Patrick”

when my granddaughter (Athena) and daughter in law lived with us while my son was deployed to Iraq..she was 3..and I was “Biccum”..never understood why..and then after he got back..suddenly I was grandma..preferred Biccum..lots of grandmas out there..only one Biccum! lol…she will always be my little “Nina Ballina”..