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Family Fun Days
Ken left Saturday to go and pick up our granddaughter and bring her back to South Carolina to spend this next week with us. He’s off work for the week because BMW has their annual shutdown for plant maintenance this week, so the timing worked out perfectly for her to spend some time with us. We don’t get to spend nearly enough time with the grandkids, so it’s a special treat when we get to have one of them for a whole week to ourselves.
Yes, we spoil them — what self-respecting grandparent would let such an opportunity go by?
When they got home last night, I was immediately struck by how Chrystalyn has grown! It’s been 18 months since we last saw her and her mother is terrible about sending us photos, so we had no idea that she had shot up like she has. She’s 5′7″ tall now — which makes her 3″ taller than I am! She’s now wearing glasses, too which also make her look older. I can’t believe she’s only 13! She looks like a young woman now. Gosh they grow up so fast!
She tripped a few weeks ago and hurt her ankle — spent a week in a cast as they were afraid she had damaged growth plates, but now just wears a brace. I know Ken wanted to take her to Carowinds in North Carolina one day. Guess we should check out getting some NC health insurance just to make sure she is covered in case she re-injures that ankle!
Besides the theme park visit, she wanted to see a movie, but when we checked last night, it’s not playing in our area yet (and I’ve forgotten the name of it already!).
Last week was her birthday and although we sent her a card and a gift, we have other gifts to give her as the week goes by. I ordered some autographed books for her in the series she’s currently reading. I sure hope they get here before she has to leave. We also got her some accessories for her IPOD. The plan was to make this seem like a week-long birthday party to celebrate her turning into a teenager.
So far, it’s gone over pretty well!
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Wow, what cool grandparents you are! I hope she appreciates how good she’s got it!
Well, we try…believe me, it’s not easy when your kids and grandkids are scattered to the 4 winds!
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Grandchildren are so much fun–I’m looking forward to the time when mine are old enough to visit without mom or dad. Enjoy your birthday week with her!
I didn’t realize they were ever too young to visit without mom and dad! We’ve been stealing ours ever since she was born
Now the one set of parents won’t let us have the kids, but the other two sets do. Guess set #1 is too afraid of our corruption.
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They certainly grow up very quickly, so enjoy your grandchildren for as long as you can
These times you all spend together will be etched in all your memories, so have fun!
Your granddaughter is very lucky to have such nice grandparents! We aren’t able to leave our son with any of our grandparents due to either bad family situations or health issues. He does get to visit, but only for a couple of hours. She should be really thankful for what she has
Marie - I’m hoping we are making good memories for her. I always loved going to my grandparent’s houses (either set) as a child. They didn’t do much with us as far as treating us to meals out or trips to the zoo or movies, but I do remember the home cooked goodies (pineapple upside down cake with my fraternal grandmother and lemon meringue pie with my maternal grandmother) that seemed to be there for us on every visit.
MLC - I hope she considers it lucky and fun to visit us. We sure enjoy having her here!
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