Life's simple pleasures.

[Gunny]

I had the opportunity to brush and tie up my youngest granddaughters hair the other day and I remembered that the last time I'd done that, it was her mother, at about the same age. Just about brought tears to my eyes

 

[jerrybob]

Grandkids are your reward for not killing your children years ago when they were growing up.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

We laugh about it but three of my four grands have been baby-sat by one of their great-great-aunts. She says she will keep the youngest for a day once he is six months or so. All of them know their aunts, uncles, greats, and great-greats.

One of the things my wife and I had going for us when we were raising our two was the knowledge that if anything ever happened to us the girls would have several families that would fight to be the ones to take them in. Just as we would have taken nieces, nephews, or cousins in and raised them.

Having a close family is a blessing that many in today's world miss out on.

RSKY

Think about people without that safety net. One small misfortune (mistake or happenstance) can totally lead them down a different path.

At the right time $500 and a place to stay saved my rear once. Without it I don't think I'd be who I am today and haven't forgotten it.

 

[TripleR]

We've been lucky enough to have close relationships with our grand kids and now have two great grand kids. The other night our nine year old grand daughter baked a cake and made sure there was enough for me and my wife, she had her dad bring it up around eight pm.

 

[hawkeye08]

It seems no one prints pictures any more. I was talking about it with one of my daughters a few months ago, she printed a bunch of pictures at Costco and bought a couple of photo albums... I started printing pictures from my phone on printer at home.. grand daughter wants a new picture every day now. She loves putting the photo paper in the printer and watching it print and waiting for it to dry completely so she can handle it. I am teaching her to count while she waits for a picture to dry. I also bought some 12 quart storage bins at Costco recently and asked her if she wanted to borrow one to play with.. she had all 6 in use within 30 minutes. I printed labels for them, numbering them 1-6. We count bins now also.

 

[MossRoad]

One of the simple pleasures of being the father of daughters is drying and combing out their hair. Guess it is because you have a captive audience and can have a serious or not-so-serious conversation while doing so. Today was the first time I have been able to do this with my seven year old (I'm nearly eight granddaddy) granddaughter WITHOUT having to sit on her to hold her still.

She is becoming quite the beautiful, witty, young lady her mother was....... and still is. The next one is three and unlike her older cousin has always sat still for her hair drying. Haven't had the chance to do so for the smallest of the three. Now I have a grandson, wonder what that with bring.

Ah,.... the simple pleasures of being a granddad.

RSKY

I hear ya!

We have two daughters. Both had extremely fine, long blonde hair. Down to the back of their knees! Their little arms weren't long enough to comb or brush it out after a wash. :laughing: It was my job to comb and braid after a wash just about every night. My wife wanted them to cut it, but they wanted it long. Only question was loose pony tail or tight pony tail? Had to keep it braided or it would be a rat's nest in a couple hours. It was always funny when there were special occasions at school, they'd wear their hair styled instead of a braided pony tail. All the other kids and parents would be amazed at their hair.

Both of them have black belts in Karate. They'd be out there in their white gi punching, kicking and their pony tails swinging around while doing spinning kicks. It was quite the sight.

Anyhow, we made deals with them. When they turned 12, they had to take care of it themselves. Within months, each one realized what a pain it is to comb it out, so both cut it off below shoulder length and donated it to Locks of Love. Both have since grown it out and donated it again a couple times. Good kids.

If anyone's interested....

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.

Locks of Love - Official Website

 

[Shaneard]

My inlaws called last week and ask to speak to our son (he's 4) he ask them to come see what he was doing, they said okay. They called back 30 minutes later and said they couldn't make it today they will come by tomorrow (Thursday the 19th). Son was sad etc. They didn't come Thursday, didn't call. Saw them Saturday morning at his basketball game and no mention of why they stood him up, again. Have I mentioned they are retired and live 15 minutes away? If you tell your grandkids something please stick to your word, they will remember the times they spent with you but they will remember the times you told them you were gonna do something and didn't more. For those of you who try and do spend time with your kids/grandkids good for you!

 

[MossRoad]

I have fond memories of my grandparents on both my mother and father's side. My mom's dad would visit for one week once a year, and we'd visit down there once every year or two if possible. Other than that, we never saw him, but man, we'd look forward to it because he was fun! My dad's folks were quite reserved. However, we still looked forward to seeing them about every other weekend in summer when they'd come into town from the cottage to check their house and rental properties and their city garden.

I find it kind of odd, yet understand, how some folks get along and some folks don't. I've met plenty of folks that don't get along with their inlaws for any number of reasons. Yet about half of those that don't get along with their inlaws, have kids that have great relationships with those same inlaw grandparents. Never know what makes people click and not click.
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