My parents are the best thing in my boys’ life – hooray for grandparents!

Had to lol,at this one. Hubby has nominated he be called Grumps by the grandkids. Suits him to a tee

I want to be a Nanna like this. Living close by, popping over for visits, have the grandkids pop over to,ours for visits. Unfortunately, they’ll be living interstate, so my time with them will be limited to a few weeks a year. This saddens me greatly. *sigh* I AM going to move!!

I wish my kids could have a closer relationship with their grandparents. Unfortunately both sets live interstate

I also love being a Nanny and Hubby a Grand Dad and the girls love grand Dad to death and even have fought over him as the now 13 year old does not like to share him at all. We have had the kids fighting over Grand Dad when they are together as they all what to snuggle or sit on his lap. It works out well when there is only 1 here at a time but Grand Dad only has 2 legs to sit one not enough for the 7 of them at once. They love to help me cook and dance around and play dress up and things but they really light up in a whole different way when they see Grand Dad

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  • • dee lindsay replied
    • 20 Jul 2014 , 12:24 pm

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  Don’t the grandkids light up your life? When we see ours, my heart is so full of love, they make my bad days ‘fantastic’, when I am feeling blue – they make me laugh. My hubby was a real hard man until the grandkids arrived, now his heart just melts away when they wave, or run to him for a hug, a kiss becomes – yuk yuk yuk because of his whiskers. But that is a special thing between him and briella and chloe. We did a trip last year for us to meet new grandsons and see the two eldest grandkids. The trip was wonderful. I just wish we could do it every year. Maybe in a couple of years we can spend the cold winter interstate where it is a bit warmer. We may have to invest in a campervan.. I can see you also love being a nanna, I think it is a wonderful time of our life. Good luck and all the best with yours. Thank you for your comments. xxx Dee

I grew up without any Grandparents & I always wished I had a Nanna like you. I think you are a fantastic Nanna.

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  • • dee lindsay replied
    • 20 Jul 2014 , 12:13 pm

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  Thank you so much, you bought tears to my eyes. My dad’s mum lived interstate and my mum’s mum lived in Holland for many years, both pop and opa passed away when I was young. I saw my nanna a couple of times growing up, but oma only lived in Australia when I was very little. I remember sitting outside oma and opa’s unit playing with a real silver child’s tea set. Now she has passed away, my auntie lives in Holland but she doesn’t know what happened to it. I would have loved to have it passed down to me. So, similar to you, I really didn’t have grandparents around at all. I think this is why I am determined to be the best nanna in the world.

  I want my grandchildren to come and stay with us on our little farm, even when they are all older, I want them to know I will always be there for them. My 4 yr old granddaughter Briella is having a bit of trouble wetting the bed. She never used to, stopped when she was 3, but since she started talking to her birth mum she has started wetting the bed nearly every night. So, I decided to start a reward program, I drew up 5 hearts, wrote the dates next to them. I told her that if she doesn’t wet the bed for 5 nights, nanny and grumps would buy her something very special. The night she had a sleepover she didn’t wet the bed (she doesn’t usually wet the bed here), so I ticked the first heart. I told her mum or dad had to tick it and sign next to the heart for every night she didn’t wet the bed. So, I had a call from briella yesterday, she hadn’t wet the bed for 2 nights. I praised her and told her I was so very proud of her. Only 3 more and I would get her something special. “It won’t be a bag of lollies”, I told her. She said “Nanny, can you buy me a pretty dress”, and that is what she wants. So, I am going to my shopping website http://www.allbargainsanddiscounts.com and going to shop for a pretty dress. I know she can do it.

  Anyway, I know not growing up with grandparents is very hard to deal with, but, if you have your own children, one day you will become a nanna or grandma, and YOU will be a wonderful nanna. Good luck for the future, and thank you for your beautiful, kind words. It meant the world to me. xxx Dee