poor little girl

 

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I hear you guys... I am so lucky to have all the grandparents nearby. We live in my dad's house right now, he has a nice big house and loves having us around, especially his grandkids obviously! My mom lives in England right now, but it's not often more than 3 months go by that she can't come back for a week or two to spend with us all. Both the girls usually spend Friday overnight at my MIL's house, which is a huge break for me, and wonderful for them too!

<3 grandparents, I was unlucky enough to be 1000s of miles from mine growing up. They were in Argentina, we were in Canada! We had some great visits both ways though. A nice long month in December out in the southern hemisphere RULES while it's winter here!

 

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3 of my grandparents were gone before or just after I was born. My remaining grandmother was in a home already, she's gone now of course. My mother's brother had vanished, he turned up when I was a teenager, apparently he'd been living on the streets of Montreal for 13 years. My father's sister wasn't close enough to help. I have two cousins and a sister.

We don't even have to put a leaf in the table for family reunions.

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My in-laws are 2.5 hours away but they visit about once a month. My folks are too far and too old anyway. My sister would be a great help but she's 6+ hours away. Wife's brother is in town and he's a fun babysitter. We haven't taken advantage of that option much though. We will.

 

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Pk, that's really awesome.

I barely know any of my extended family. I sort of know my grandparents, I've grown up seeing them four or so times a year. I wish airline prices would go back down, I could totally convince my parents to visit more often.

 

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my older daughter is a pretty intense kid too. her emotions are like a roller coaster -- when she's up she is REALLY up, and when she is down it's like the world is ending. and when the tantrums were more common, they were EPIC, they'd go on for 40 minutes or more.

it's getting a little easier now that she is nearly 5 and can communicate so well. but she is still a total drama queen.

anyway, I'm sorry your little one had to go through that heartbreak but it's nice that she loves her grandma so much. hope they will get to see each other again very soon.

 

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aww poor thing.


You know its so awesome to have someone like that in your life.


My son is the exact same waywith my parents, i love that he has a second set of parens really that he trusts and that he will go with Willingly.


My son used to have terrible tantrums, hes fine now, but still likes to thinkhes the boss


we are working on certain things


my daughter. is amazing, shes so well and quiet mannered, but shes a wild gal at heart.

 

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