Being a grandad

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!!!!  

From all of us with a Grand Daughter MM. . . .Yeah right!!!

The grandtwins are our delight. Daughter and SIL too independant to saddle their parents with 5 day a week BS duties. We do see them a couple of times a week and have great family days out

Current score is seven!  We had three children each of whom produced two children of their own, one of each in all three cases. Thought that was it, but then along came "Woody".

Ages vary from 19 years old for the eldest and 10 months for Woody!

TF

Well team i can see i,m among kindred spirits with this thread.Your posts are a joy and all have that magic that being a grandparent brings.What comes out in all of them is our realisation of how short a time they are children before they grow and forever change.My youngest grand child is 3 now and the chances of anymore are very remote.We went for a period of about ten years when there were no babies in the family and it leaves quite a hole in your life.You long for a toddler to be trotting round the house again but i can see from your posts that you are all makeing the most of this very precious time

peter.

Being a Grandad is wonderful. Being their friend and confidant as the grandchildren progress through their lives, is an honour.

This year two of my grand children started their university education and are enjoying university life.

My  two younger grandchildren are doing well at school and their sporting careers.

I love being a grandad and am so proud of all my grandchildren.

Cheers......K

I used to be very envious of all those grandmas and grandads out there but last December a miracle brought me a grandson, unfortunately Brexit took the three of them (my son DIL and Him) to the US - I am hoping maybe Trump will bring them back but I am not holding my breath - just looking forward to when they can come back and I can get to enjoy him!  At some point I expect I shall brave it and go over to have some fun! 

Twins with our sons twin dogs.  As they aren't use to dogs we do keep a careful eye on them all when with son and DIL

Twins with our sons twin dogs.  As they aren't use to dogs we do keep a careful eye on them all when with son and DIL

 

All quite at home on the couch then .... 

I used to be very envious of all those grandmas and grandads out there but last December a miracle brought me a grandson, unfortunately Brexit took the three of them (my son DIL and Him) to the US - I am hoping maybe Trump will bring them back but I am not holding my breath - just looking forward to when they can come back and I can get to enjoy him!  At some point I expect I shall brave it and go over to have some fun! 

I understand where you're coming from Pippah45. We now have two granddaughters, didn't have to wait too long for them to arrive BUT they do live in NZ. Can be very hard but Skype is great and we do all sorts on it including playing hide and seek as well as with our toy store. Feeding - eldest feeds grandad and gradma obliges this end. Dilemma last time she produced coloured feathers, surprisingly we have none to hand . Asked her to pass them here she said ' don't be silly there's a screen in the way and you're in engerland'. Amazing that at 2 1/2 years she has concept of the world, moon here sun for grandma grandad, she can point at both countries on a globe. So we take comfort that we are educating her however far away we are.

Life is great despite the distance. Hopefully our health and finances will hold out for regular long visits. Have a son with a farmers daughter who's taking over the farm here plus aging mother. So looks like well have offspring in either hemisphere so lots of thinking and decisions .

For all of you who have daily or weekly contact don't take it for granted. The weeks we've had together are magical.

One of our grand daughters starts her first employment on friday at our local NHS hospital,  she has done everything herself to get the job and she is only 17 years old, we are all so proud of her. Another grandson started work three weeks ago so things are looking good. Never paint all the young with the same brush.