My Grandaughter

[MissyM]

So the other day I am on this board and my grandaughter came in the room and looked over my shoulder (at someone's avatar) and say "Hey Grandma, that's a picture of Elvis right?"

She's 6 years old! Whoo hoo!

Anyone else have any Elvis kids stories???

[presley31]

awwwww thats lovely to hear Missy.
My son only two but he sure loves elvis music and he will watch tv with me even though elvis is on and not cartoons.

[KPM]

My daughter was 13 when she first saw the 68 special, she loved
"If I Can Dream" She asked me if I had it in my record collection and borrowed it. For about 2 weeks she listened to it every night before she went to sleep.
But other than that 2 weeks of "If I Can Dream" she has shown little interest in Elvis. At 15 she started listening to the Beatles and then the latest "flavors of the month" Shes now 23 and has a respect for him but is not really into his music.

[LovesElvis]

My 3yo loves Elvis. He recognizes his face, his voice, and his dance moves.
When we watch TTWII, he dances around the livingroom like a fool! :) And he tells me, "Mommy, I like Elvis. He dances and he sings."

The other day we got Happy Meals at McD's and the toys were little wind-up characters from "Bee Movie". You know, the kind that you wind them up and they toddle around for a few seconds....so Dear Hubby winds my son's toy up really tight and when he let it loose, it was really flopping and carrying on. D says "Look, Mommy! He's dancin' like Elvis!"

:king:

[cameron]

I have 3 grandsons we pretty much raised as their parents worked.
They all know Elvis.
The youngest is not quite 2 . I started letting him watch some Elvis videos on YouTube. Now, he thinks he has to watch Elvis whenever he comes over.
He sits ,fascinated watching and listening to his music.

Of course he loves two songs; Jailhouse Rock and Polk Salad Annie.
I used to love Polk Salad Annie.:'(

[LovesElvis]

My son's favorite is "Blue Suede Shoes", though I can't convince him that that's the title. He thinks it's called "Don't You." :)

[Latte]

My nephew got in the car (7yrs) and was like "Elvis, Elvis, Elvis its always Elvis"
lol!

[Lisarose]

All my kids appreciate Elvis, the older two were more into Elvis as young children. The youngest(now 14) loves him as much as I do. The other day he came out of the shower and said Look Mom - he had shaped his still wet hair into an Elvis 50's hairdo! He'll always come up to me and say things like "I think I'm in the mood for an Elvis song"

[Awickedreigndrop]

My 3 year old nephew LOVES Elvis! He especially loves "Suspicious Minds" and he sings along. It's so cute! :lmfao: The only thing is he thinks it's called "Caught in a trap" Then he seen him on my computer and goes, "It's my friend, Elvis!"

[SweetCaroline]

My granddaughter LOVES LOVES LOVES "Polk Salad Annie" :king:
Sometimes her and I rock around the room to it. :D
She loves when I lip sync and do ELVIS moves to "'Gators got your granny" ...:lmfao:
Boy does she giggle!

[Merry]

My boy has just reached his teenage years. He is learning a couple of instruments.

He gets to hear Elvis with me, lol, and enjoys his music.

When we went to see "Elvis: The Concert" last October, he enjoyed the gig thoroughly, as well as with another older teenager beside us, who plays drums, they enjoyed watching Ronnie Tutt, do his thing! (y)


:hug:

Kimmi

[Unchained Melody]

It's good when young people learn to appreciate and enjoy Elvis' work. New generations of fans to carry on the throne (y)(y).

[Rover]

Your stories are adorable, thanks for sharing :D
I'm a 16 years old fan myself, but that's not as cute as a 3 years old dancing to Elvis

[Lion]

Great stories!:) It´s important to share Elvis with the coming generations as well. That´s one of the wonders of Elvis - that he has fans from so many different generations!

My kids (16 and 13 now) are of course brought up with Elvis - he´s like a part of the family so to say! The oldest, my son, is now playing Elvis-records himself - he´s mostly into the ones from the 50s. This summer he wanted to start to have his hair like Elvis in the 50s, looking at photos of Elvis how he combed his hair, trying to copy, - and asking his grandpa for advice (who was a teenager in the 50s, copying Elvis´haistyle himself)! :D

[riley]

My kids not really feel connected.
My daughter looks up at Priscilla and Lisa and Riley but more for their beauty

[Jumpsuit Junkie]

My daughter is 10 years old, she wouldn't ever pick out an Elvis CD to play on her own but when I'm in the car Elvis is played about 90% of the time and I often hear her singing along to the words :D

If she is anything like me, my dad always played John Denver in the car (remember 8 track) and as much as I hate to admit it I like John Denver quite a lot even though he is a little cheesy :blush:

[cameron]

I always liked John Denver, myself. There was just certain songs and certain moods I would be in that called for a John Denver song.:)

My little grandsons have Lilo and Stitch too. Of course, they immediately knew who was singing in that movie. (y)

It's a new generation coming up and each will have their own type of music .
But, Elvis songs will always be around, IMO. (y)

[ksimms2]

I recently gave away 2 Elvis DVD's (I had them already and they were about his career, etc.) and the group I posted them on - I had alot of reply's - the one that stuck the most - was for an 8yr old little girl who was just discovering Elvis and this lady thought this little girl would like the DVD's. Well....I had already promised them to someone else for their Dad's Christmas present - so I told this lady I'd burn some CD's for her and go through my Elvis movies and see if I have any duplicates.......but 8yrs old! that is adorable!

[MissyM]

Great stories, Elvis Lives! Latte, yours was so familiar. My grandaughter was saying the same think last year! But I especially want my grandchildren to know the history of Elvis/Graceland in our family.
Keep the stories coming, I'm really enjoying reading them!

[Diane]

A few years ago my sister and I went on a trip back to our home town with our daughters. At that time my niece was 10 and she told her mother she had a plan to share music in the car instead of having to listen to Elvis all the way there and back. Her mother apparently told her "good Luck" and smiled. When we got ready to leave and she presented me with her "plan", I turned around and handed her a CD player and some earphones......we (I) enjoyed Elvis all the way there and back. I had already figured something would be in the works by my niece - we think alike too much. (Mean "auntie" when it comes to Elvis).:)

My daughter although doesn't buy Elvis CD's, enjoys him almost as much as I do but even she had had more than enough of him by the time the trip was over.

Diane

[Diane]

A few years ago my sister and I went on a trip back to our home town with our daughters. At that time my niece was 10 and she told her mother she had a plan to share music in the car instead of having to listen to Elvis all the way there and back. Her mother apparently told her "good Luck" and smiled. When we got ready to leave and she presented me with her "plan", I turned around and handed her a CD player and some earphones......we (I) enjoyed Elvis all the way there and back. I had already figured something would be in the works by my niece - we think alike too much. (Mean "auntie" when it comes to Elvis).:)

My daughter although doesn't buy Elvis CD's, enjoys him almost as much as I do but even she had had more than enough of him by the time the trip was over but mostly because of my singing along with him.:lol:

Diane

[raquell<3]

im 15 years old and i honestly cant remember a time when elvis wasnt a part of my life.A cute story that i remember was when i was about 10 me and my family went to the beach because we had a cottage there,anyways we were outside in the backyard and my mom was blasting "devil in disguise" then out of no where my 7 year old brother jumps up on the table with a hair brush in hand and starts singing and dancing to the music. Some of the neighbors saw so they came and watched, my brother was definetly a hit that weekend!

[FB-JC-474]

Last week I was babysitting my 6 year old nephew a few times. One day I brought along some Elvis CDs and played them. My nephew really loved the laughing version of "Are you lonesome tonight". I had to play it about 20 times.

He also loved the early songs (sun era) and he was dancing along like crazy. When my sister came home she really wondered, what her son was doing there.... :D

My nephew also wanted to understand why Elvis was laughing while he sang "Are you lonesome tonight" so I translated "do you gaze...." for him. Them ha wanted to know how it is pronouced in english. So his first english sentence he knows, is "do you gaze at your ballhead and wish you had hair...." :lol:

[goodelvisgirl]

well a year ago i put elvis ttwii on and i was watching it my brother who was only 10 got up and left cos he said he did not like elvis so when i went through to the kitchen and came back through he was standing pretending to play the guitar and sing cc rider and do some of the moves he was just so funny he was not pleased we caught him out

[midnight]

I teach in a primary school and during recess when kids are talking about singers or rock groups I hear Elvis` name mentioned many times. They are often singing his songs or doing the Elvis talk!! He is very well known, even by kids as young as 5 or 6. It just blows me away! One little boy in my Kindergarten class has his hair spiked every day ..... He calls it his Elvis hair and no one better not touch it!!!!

[cameron]

I teach in a primary school and during recess when kids are talking about singers or rock groups I hear Elvis` name mentioned many times. They are often singing his songs or doing the Elvis talk!! He is very well known, even by kids as young as 5 or 6. It just blows me away! One little boy in my Kindergarten class has his hair spiked every day ..... He calls it his Elvis hair and no one better not touch it!!!!

That's real cute ! I've told my story , but my 2 year old grandson l
knows Elvis' voice and dances to his music whenever he hears it.
He's fascinated by his voice and any picture he sees of him.

[Lisarose]

I bought a "new" Elvis cd today at Wal-Mart ($6.88! :D ) Tim - my youngest - confiscated it because it had his favorite songs - In the Ghetto and Suspicion.
I knew he liked Elvis music, but this is the first time he took over playing my Elvis cds!
Am I bringing them up right or what?

[utmom2008]

I teach in a primary school and during recess when kids are talking about singers or rock groups I hear Elvis` name mentioned many times. They are often singing his songs or doing the Elvis talk!! He is very well known, even by kids as young as 5 or 6. It just blows me away! One little boy in my Kindergarten class has his hair spiked every day ..... He calls it his Elvis hair and no one better not touch it!!!!

Love your avatar Kim!!(y)(y)(y)

[midnight]

So happy with my new avatar Rosanne!!!! Someone very special made it for me........