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Grandchildren in Australia.

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sunseeker Fri 31-May-13 10:43:35

Well done to your DGC - even if it has proved expensive for you!

It is difficult when family is so far away. I don't have grandchildren but all my immediate family are in Australia and it is when things happen that I feel the distance. In your case you probably wanted to give your DGC big hugs for getting their words right. In my case when my brother was recently diagnosed with cancer I just wanted to give him a big hug and let him know I am there for him (I am a cancer survivor myself). My mother is also in Australia and as she is now 87 I worry that when her time comes I won't be able to be there with her.

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Grandmanorm Fri 31-May-13 10:35:18

As folk may know I have two grandchildren in Sydney. The six year old told me she was doing a sponsored spelling for school equipement.
I said I would sponsor her so much for each word and was quite generous as I thought she was just doing 20 words. Ha ha
Then her 8 year old brother said he was also doing that.
GD was doing 50 and GS 75. Oh my goodness.
This morning my DD texted to ask if we could facetime as the children had something to tell me. So I set up the machine, but their wi fi was no good so DD used house phone (or land line as GC call it) GD had no idea how to use it as she has always used an iPhone and couldn't understand why she could not see me and her GF.
I thought that was so funny and so telling of this generation.
The grandchildren got all their words correct!!
Yes I am very proud of them as the words were not easy.

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