He was an amazing Grandfather to all his grandchildren, doting on them endlessly, making them crack up with his jokes and general persona. Anyone who ever seen him with those Kids could see that instantly.
When Alisanne was on the way I bought him this t-shirt
An example of his playfulness with the kids is below, no children were traumatized in the making of this scene.
He was always trying to make everyone laugh and elicit smiles from us.
I don’t have any photos of this one but when I was young me and my sisters were watching Charlie and the Chocolate factory in the living room, and he’d snuck out to the shop to buy three massive chocolate bars, he told us he’d been to get them from Willy Wonka and in childlike wonder at the time I believed him.
It kills me that he’s not here to continue doing those things for all the children.
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