Being a grandad

Aw!  That's lovely.  

We help with childminding of our son's three boys, doing the daily school run as well as supervising during school holidays and they also come for a meal at least once a week.  It's special when a fourteen year old boy will still give nanna a hug.  Wouldn't have it any other way.

We don't live near enough to any of our grandchildren to see them on a daily basis but it's lovely to think of the good relationships we've enjoyed with them as they grow up. Ours have a gt gran-gran too, which has been nice for them.

Yup, you have another doting G/pa here Mucker. I have 2, I spend a lot of time with & it's a great experience. When my own Children were young I worked long hours & didn't get to play a big part in their lives. With the GK's I can spend quality time as they're both below School age. Climbing Trees, conkering, exploring in the Countryside. Basically everything I do. The youngest(Girl) is already attempting Tree climbing due to Her Brothers love of it. He even helps prepare the logs & the wood burner for lighting. They bring a joy to my life I didn't even know was missing

Nail on the head there guys and gals one minute your takeing them too the park and the next your helping them to fix their first car and wondering where the hell the time has gone and where that little person you used to know has gone.Precious,precious moments and eternal memories

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Life's great when you have time to play with the nippers. It is not long though before they can outpace you on a bike, climb higher than you as their fitness levels go up and ours comes down.

Enjoy them whilst you can.

That is correct

I have one 14yr old step GS, I cannot put into words the joy and pleasure he has given me.Since the day he was born there has been such a closeness , maybe I see in him the child I never had.Be him blood or not the love is still the same ..

As that the sticker in the car that I saw said-" If I had known how fantastic Grandchildren were I would not have bothered with children"

Agree with all the sentiment but would say it's being a Grandparent that's great! Our eight range from 24 to 3 and we have reached the stage where we are now planing holidays without having to prioritise their birthdays as we could not face missing them up the age of three. 

Having such a wide age range means that we have also had very little time in our lives without children around and we feel truly blessed that this is the case. 

I have two. One is now 20 and away at university, the other is 10 and I see him two or three times a week. We go to football matches together, I take him to tennis lessons and sometimes to his karate club. He has inherited my love of choral singing and we share an interest in model railways. We have always had at least one holiday each year with one or both in the caravan. The older one caravanned with us until he was 17. Every night we were away we took a walk around whichever site we on last thing before  turning in. It became a ritual which I miss since the younger one just wants to go straight to bed.

Our beautiful grand daughter is 10 months old ..... she's the light of our lives. We're having her tomorrow afternoon while her parents work. I know where I went wrong in letting my daughter wrap me around her little finger ....... I won't make the same mistake again!!!!