Tips for new Grandparents

Ali08

Can someone explain to me how sodapop was being rude?
I just took it as a general comment.

It just came across as sarcasm.

Painting the garden fence with water is a good one in fine weather.

Always have a box of "stuff" on hand. (paint, gluesticks, scissors, card, boxes, fabric etc) My DGD loved to paint and make things. We used shoeboxes to make rooms and she would use up scrap card and fabric to make the furniture. We used one shoebox to make an underwater scene with lots of bubble wrap and strands of wool hanging down as seaweed. She was a very imaginative little girl and in September she'll be starting an art and design course at college.

I can remember sorting through my granny’s button box on visits to her house, who has a button box these days? Though to be fair, she was a dressmaker, so had a good collection

Have you ever tried doing Twister with a 3 year old at the age of 69. Not a pretty site. I have him for another year until he goes to school. God knows what that will bring but it’s all good fun.

The comment was merely ironic.

Poor Sodapop! I once posted a comment intended to be helpful about the thread being discussed and another gran jumped on me with hobnailed boots and verbally lashed me with her (obviously) superior knowledge.

My favourite photo of DGS is one where he's wearing my straw hat, his auntie's sunglasses and has a scattering of cake crumbs around his mouth. Happy days! He's a 6 foot teenager now, but I do miss our times when he was little!

If your Grandchild,s parents are working would you be able to have her after school? They still like familiar Grandparents around . We do after school care for two of ours one day a week.

My mum had a glass jug full of buttons, all sorts of sizes and colours and I remember playing with them as a child. I now have the jug but alas not full of buttons. How strange I was only thinking about them last night. Leaves and puddles, I still like jumping in puddles now (when no one is looking)

Thanks Grandmadinosaur ! Boats! Had been trying to think of things for when I have my GS

Oh The Button Tin! I spent many happy hours sorting & threading them. There was never any reason but for some reason something of always head for - after the cake tin ? ?

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Our youngest GS stars school next week we have looked after him and his brother from them being 10 months old for two days a week
Will deff miss him .
but will pick them both up from school three days a week .so we will still see them
Have loved watching them grow up and have lots of happy memories of days out .playing games ect .
They grow up so quickly.

Ah yes, I have a button tin for my DGD. I top it up from charity shops. Lots of ideas here which I hope are helpful to new grandparents. They grow so fast, enjoy the moment.