When my first grandchild was due to arrive, I was trying to come up with something to be called - not wanting to be called granny (my mom's mom) or grandmother (my dad's mom), or nana or oma (my best friend) I pondered what I would call myself...a friend came up with graham cracker (obviously the last name was a dig at my southern routes) we tried that one a few times when Kaia began talking and it came to be grandmacracker, so instead of using my old high school nicknames....Janis, Thunder thighs or Munchkin, I figured I would take the easy way out and call myself what every one back home calls me - grandmacracker.