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She doesn't get shouted at round at Grandma's & Grandads house. Grandad plays the fool scares and acts silly. Grandma is all full of marshmellows treats & parties fun and games but most importantly keeps her safe from silly grandad lol

Being able to do all the fun things and really play - knowing that I can catch up on everything dull & boring later!

love to play with them and go to local parks together

When the babysiting's over its the 'Dont go Grandpa we are having so much fun' that gets to me.. Gulp !

I only became a grandmother in December so I am hoping that my grandaughter and I will develop a special relationship if I guide, distract and encourage rather than tell or shout. If I encourage a sense of wonder and discovery rather than tell her all the answers and if I allow her imagination to blossom she will, take the lead and teach me about becoming the best granny that I can.

My grand daughter lives 160 miles away but our relationship is quite special. We skype every week and she sends me cards and drawings through the post, I send her little trinkets too. She always says ' I love you grandma' and is so thrilled when we can go and see her. She means the world to me

The fact they can share secrets with me that they can't their parents!

I was present at the birth of all three of my grandchildren and am looking forward to the birth of the fourth next Februaury. Both of my daughters are teachers and have returned to their careers after maternity leave. The two younger grandchildren spend most of the weekdays here and we have a lovely relationship. Also, we spend a lot of leisure time together enjoying days out.

My youngest granddaughter is extra special as my son had to deliver her at home when she couldn't wait for midwife or ambulance! Her two brothers are special too as they are amazing signers for their profoundly Deaf mum (their dad, my twin son, is also Deaf but has speech as is his twin brother and also my other d-I-l). My other two grandchildren know very small amounts of sign but are also very special.

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Now that they're teenagers, having them come to our house to ignore me instead of ignoring their mother!

My nine grandchildren all call me Pink. I love them all dearly but don't see them all as often I would like. So we keep in touch by email or FaceTime. They are all very keen to show me new technology.

I dropped hours at work to be able to mind one of my Granddaughters one day a week. We play lots of pretend games but I must get carried away because she will keep reminding me "it's just 'tend, Gaggy" ♡♡

I love the fact that my GD's attended the nursery I work at so I was able to spend quality time with them every day that they were there, whilst being at work, they have both started school this week and I will still get to see them every day when I collect my after school children, my GS will be starting the nursery soon and am looking forward to spending time with him and his new playmates

We have fun together, Freya is 2 and I arrived with an enormous cardboard box that we made into a boat, a house, a shop ,a cave and lots of other things, it lasted a couple of months and Freya called it Grandma's house

I didn't have children of my own so when I decided to look after my stepson's daughter for two days a week when she was nine months old and her mother returned to work I didn't know how I would cope. It was hard work because she also stayed overnight and I admit that when her mum took her home at the end of the second day I often felt exhausted but she has brought such joy into my life that I would do it again in a heartbeat. She is seven now and we have a very special bond which I hope will never be broken - she is the child I never had and I love her with all my heart

I had to stop working some time ago and so I looked after my grandaughter for before she went to school and then took her and brought her home from school. She kept me going when I was down and couldn't work and she brought out the inner child in me. She is now 15 and doesn't need me to look after her but she comes after school still quite often and we often have a good talk especially when she has a problem and I listen but I do pass this on to her mum although I do ask her not to mention when I do. She loves diving and cant wait to let me know when she learns a new one.

We love to discover new skills together. I have taught my granddaughter how to knit, embroider, and crochet, although she watches while I do it! And I (tried) to show her how to do Origami (the Japanese art of paper-folding), though she was much better at it than I.

We enjoy lots of special times exploring different past-times and chatting.

I love the way there little faces light up when we walk into the house, and that we walk together, play together, read together and generally share love.

We love to take the Grandchildren on days out. We have three, a girl and two boys and we always have such good fun and do things that we wouldn't normally do.
We've crawled through tubes, up netting and down slides in the indoor play areas to keep up with the little ones.
We've been sledging, played silly games and been on the fairground rides.
We wouldn't change a thing!

They beat me at dominoes, confound me with incomprehensible questions and keep me interested the whole time I am with them. I think they do more for me than perhaps I do for them! They are irreplaceable!

My grandchild make me feel young again. I can indulge with playing with dolls,doll houses,painting etc. I create a happy environment for them and have time that their parents don't have. Everything stops when they come to stay and I do whatever they want ( within reason) what we all love best is picnics in the park.

I looked after my grandson when my daughter returned to work when he was very young. Up until then I had seen him every day. He now has a baby brother so I am lucky enough to be a Grandma to 2 boys. My daughter moved further away from us so we have just sold our house and will be moving nearer to them so that we can see them as much as possible. We love to have them to stay with us overnight, the eldest loves being able to stay up late and have extra treats and stories.

My Grandaughter just loves to come over mine ganny lees she gets so excited as soon as she knows shes comming over mine we do sticker books which she just adores as we have done lots plus reading books as she has 6 books a week from the libary and just loves storys being told to her such a happy little girl if shes not singing shes humming or talking shes 2 on sunday cant wait to see LANA ELIZA whens shes 6

Because we don't live close we only see each other about 4 times a year but we Skype all the time. At 2 1/2 he gets on his balance bike and whizzes off saying "I'm going to Engeland". English is not his first language but he is endlessly patient with me when I don't understand what he says and is gradually learning to use a different way to explain. I am the only person in his life with this special relationship because his other grandma lives near and speaks his language but he clearly loves me to bits and sometimes refuses to switch off Skype because he wants to keep talking to me.