Speaker 1
I like dogs. I live on a farm. I work for the computer industry. I love my job. I have three kids.
Speaker 2
I have five grandchildren. My new favorite food is mediterranean food. I love all the older bands like styx and journey. I love being at the beach. My favorite season is fall.
Speaker 1
I have 3 kids. I live on a farm.  I love dogs and animals. I love music works on computers.
Speaker 2
I have 5 grndchildren. I love the beach. I love mediterranean food. I love STYX and joyrney and other old bands. I love fall weather. I am retired.
Speaker 1
Hello, how are you today?.
Speaker 2
Good, how are you?
Speaker 1
Doing great, finishing my day, my three kids are busy.
Speaker 2
I hear you, I am the grandmother of five. Just came home, we love the beach.
Speaker 1
Farm living here, beach, wow, different ends of the spectrum.
Speaker 2
Do you enjoy cooking? I love mediterranean food. What are your hobbies?
Speaker 1
I love to eat, but I love dogs and animals.
Speaker 2
How about music? I love styx and journey, old bands..
Speaker 1
Yes, love music, I listen alot, I work on computers alot with the internet.
Speaker 2
Nice. Getting warmer here finally, spring is coming, but I love fall.
Speaker 1
Do you work at all? Or is your grandkids keeping you busy?
Speaker 2
Retired, my five grandkids keep me busy though. How about you?
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Speaker 1
I have 3 kids. I live on a farm.  I love dogs and animals. I love music works on computers.
Speaker 2
I have 5 grndchildren. I love the beach. I love mediterranean food. I love STYX and joyrney and other old bands. I love fall weather. I am retired.
Speaker 1
Did you spend with your grandchildren today?
Speaker 2
Yes I did i took them down to the play ground they love to just run around. 
Speaker 1
I know what you mean. My kids have so such much energy, it makes me tired just watching them!
Speaker 2
Isn't that the truth haha. They could honestly just go for so long but by the end of the day they just knock out. So i have some time to relax in the evenings. 
Speaker 1
That is probably the best bit, when they finally settle down. They are out cold. How old are they?
Speaker 2
Yes it kind of is. But i really do enjoy the time i get to spend with them. The youngest is 6month, then i have a 2,4,4, and a 10 year old. 
Speaker 1
That is quite a spread in ages. Are there twins or are they with different ones of your children? 
Speaker 2
Yes they are twins. A set of girls. How old are your children? They must enjoy living on a farm. 
Speaker 1
Wow twins, I can't imagine dealing with when they were babies. Mine are 8,11 and 12 so a bit older.
Speaker 2
Yes they are defiantly a handful i'm glad i don't have them everyday ahah. They are great ages. I love when they get a bit older and really develop their personalities  more. 
Speaker 1
They get their own personalities but they also get very argumentative. I am starting to get a lot of arguments with my eldest one. 
Speaker 2
Omg yes i can imagine that too. They always seem to go through stages they love each other then they hate each other. I remember that very well. 
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Speaker 1
I have 3 kids. My children are 8, 11, and 12 years old. I have started to get into arguments with my 12 year old. I live on a farm.  I love dogs and animals. I love music works on computers.
Speaker 2
I love the beach. I love mediterranean food. I love STYX and joyrney and other old bands. I love fall weather. I am retired. I like to relax during the evening. I have 5 grndchildren.  I took my grandchildren to the play ground. My grandchildren are 6 months old, 2 years old, 4 years old, 4 years old, and 10 years old. My 4 year old grand daughters are twins.
Speaker 1
Do you have any suggestions for quick snacks for the children?
Speaker 2
My grandkids like fruit snacks, the ones that come in those little pouches and are kind of like gummy candy. 
Speaker 1
Those are a great idea.  Living on a farm, I often am not able to stop and make them a snack.  Do your grandchildren like animals?
Speaker 2
They don't spend a lot of time around animals, but I would imagine that they do.
Speaker 1
My kids love animals but my 12 year old has started to give me problems with helping out around the farm.
Speaker 2
12 is a hard age. I wouldn't want to be 12 all over again. 
Speaker 1
I am trying to give some freedom but we like the same type of music so that helps find a neutral zone.  Do your grandkids like the same type of music that you do?
Speaker 2
No, not really. They are little too young for that. The younger ones still mostly listen to Rafi and Barney. 
Speaker 1
Well as they get older, you can introduce them to the good older music you are fond of.
Speaker 2
Yes, I will do that. What kind of music do you and your children like?
Speaker 1
My 11 and 12 year olds like mostly pop music and they will share with me new groups that they discover and like.  My eight year old listens mostly to classic rock and heavy metal.
Speaker 2
Your 8 year old must really be into music. My grandkids aren't nearly that developed yet
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Speaker 1
I have 3 kids. My children are 8, 11, and 12 years old. I have started to get into arguments with my 12 year old. I live on a farm.  I love dogs and animals. I love music works on computers. One of my children is a 12 year old boy. My son and I like the same type of music.
Speaker 2
I love the beach. I love mediterranean food. I love STYX and joyrney and other old bands. I love fall weather. I am retired. I like to relax during the evening. I have 5 grndchildren.  I took my grandchildren to the play ground. My grandchildren are 6 months old, 2 years old, 4 years old, 4 years old, and 10 years old. My 4 year old grand daughters are twins.
Speaker 1
The fruit snacks were a hit, thank you for the tip.
Speaker 2
Glad you liked them! What flavor did you get?
Speaker 1
I got strawberry, watermelon and raspberry.  They loved the strawberry and watermelon the best.  Have you ever made your own fruit snacks? I'm thinking of trying to make some.
Speaker 2
I have made them before and the homemade ones are so much better than the ones you can buy. I really like making pineapple and mango ones, but watermelon sounds great too.  
Speaker 1
I bet I would love the pineapple one, pineapple is one of my favorite fruits.  I have a dehydrator, so I guess I just need to figure out how to get the fruit pureed and spread out to dry.
Speaker 2
It's definitely worth the effort to figure it out, then you can make them whenever you want. It's a pretty healthy snack for the kids, not too much sugar.
Speaker 1
I like the idea of being able to control how much sugar goes into them.  I seriously think sugar makes my 12 year old way more hyper than he normally would be.  
Speaker 2
That's a tricky situation, but if you can sneak in some healthy not-too-sweet snacks it would be a win-win.
Speaker 1
You are so right. This kid cracks me up, he is such a picky eater. He's like a super-spy when it comes to watching what I try to get him to eat.  I'm lucky the two younger ones will still eat anything I put in front of them.
Speaker 2
I guess you just have to get really good at disguising the healthy stuff. Kids can be really smart, but I doubt they can outsmart a wise adult like you!
Speaker 1
Thanks for the vote of confidence.  How about your grandchildren, do you have any trouble getting them to eat healthy, or do you just do the sweet Grandparent thing and spoil them with anything they want?
Speaker 2
I just spoil them with cookies and cakes. Their parents get to do all the hard work, been there, done that!
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Speaker 1
I have 3 kids. My children are 8, 11, and 12 years old. I have started to get into arguments with my 12 year old. I live on a farm.  I love dogs and animals. I love music works on computers. One of my children is a 12 year old boy. Sugar makes 12 year old more hyper than normal. Son is a picky eater. My son and I like the same type of music. Pineapple is one of my favorite fruits.  I have a dehydrator.
Speaker 2
I love the beach. I love mediterranean food. I love STYX and joyrney and other old bands. I love fall weather. I am retired. I like to relax during the evening. I have 5 grndchildren.  I took my grandchildren to the play ground. My grandchildren are 6 months old, 2 years old, 4 years old, 4 years old, and 10 years old. My 4 year old grand daughters are twins. I like making pineapple and mango fruit snacks. Spoil grandchildren with cookies and cakes.
Speaker 1
What have you been doing when you spend time with your grandchildren?  Have you been able to take them to the beach recently?
Speaker 2
I have been! We took a big family trip up to the beach together, my granddaughters loved it! My 10 year old wasn't enthused. Have you been able to spend time with your children?
Speaker 1
Oh yes we spent so much time together, in fact just earlier we were at the park and my eight-year-old was running and having a great time in my 11 and 12-year-old were sitting on the bench with me wondering when we were going to leave. So I pulled out my phone and had my 12-year-old find something good to listen to so we can enjoy our time while my eight-year-old was having fun. It really change the mood we got to laughing and carrying on quite nostalgic!
Speaker 2
That is so wonderful to hear! I know your son can be quite moody nowadays, so it's wonderful to hear you two bonding. My 10 year old grandson is getting that way, I remember when my own son was that age. What type of music do you and your son enjoy listening to together? 
Speaker 1
Right now we’re into the classics and 70s early 80s but we also like to listen to some Christian music and he also likes a little bit of that rap music. I’m really excited that we can do a little bit of bonding to. How do you manage to keep up with all those grandchildren and a set a twins at that four-year-old twins
Speaker 2
You've got great taste, I'm a geezer so I was around when those classics hit the stage and I've been in love with them ever since. I'm so glad youre bring your children up on such a wonderful variety. Having 5 grandchildren is tough, especially since they're all so young. Giving them sweets usually takes the attitude and grumpiness right off! Puts them to sleep after the sugar rush.
Speaker 1
Thanks I like to think I have a great taste also! I bet it was really awesome to of been young when those songs came out and been able to go to their concerts and see their shows I bet it was a lot of fun! Yeah the young ones can be tough sometimes although maybe for grandmas but for mom’s were not all about giving them the sweets because they really amp up my son! So what do you guys have planned for later today or are they already back home with their parents?
Speaker 2
It was so fun back in my prime. For us grandparents, we just get to spoil them and then hand them back, it's great for us! Although I'm sure the hyperactivity the parents have to put up with afterward isn't too fun. I was planning on relaxing for the rest of the day with my oldies collection of music. How has life on the farm been with your children?
Speaker 1
We have our days ups and downs but for the most part we can live a simple little life and we have a lot of fun. The goats,horses, chickens, CowsThey all keep our life full of excitement and worries. I’ll tell you were by the end of the day we are ready for supper bath and bed
Speaker 2
Oh, I believe that. I bet your kids love the animals, too, except for helping take care of them! I'm sure your 12 year old son has started to help around with the chores and he's cross with you for it. Life is full of ups and downs, excitement and stress, but I'm glad to hear you're doing well and happy. One day you'll be retired like me and love reminiscing and seeing how things worked out for the better.
Speaker 1
Yeah he might get a little grumpy with me here and there but really I think that it’s really helping to mold who he’s going to become as an adult. We all love the animals and I can’t really sayThat they don’t like taking care of them because I find them having a good time doing it we make a fun out of it. Being retired is pretty far from reality for me right now but I’m sure that I will enjoy it and it will be bittersweet.
Speaker 2
It's surprising to hear they like to help care for the farm animals, but it's refreshing. My grandkids would throw a fit the size of Texas if I asked for their help with anything. You're doing a fantastic job raising your kids and caring for your farm. I'm really proud of you for the way you handle your son as well. It's hard in those teen years when they don't understand why we do what we do as adults. It's our job to teach them and mold them. 
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