Re: Grandchildren location?
Well, Syracuse is having some nice weather right now. I am on Skaneateles Lake and it is gorgeous and calm this am. Anyway, Our daughter and 2 grandkiddies ( 6, 4) live now in Ohio, and one son in Chicago with 2 grandkiddies (3, 3 months!) another son in Long Island who is single.
We see them 2-3 times between May-Sept as they all LOVE the lake and manage to get here (11 hr drive from Chi- town, 6 from Cleveland and LI). We spend Thanksgiving together up North at one of the kids' house and also do Christmas that Saturday. That way we enjoy seeing the little ones open their gifts. So far they have come down to the Villages once a year when we are South.
You know, it IS hard not to see them especially when their other grandparents live just blocks away. But we are "special" because we stay overnight or they do when they make the visit. We webcam a lot; and keep in touch through email and phone. I am so proud of the way my kids are raising their kiddies that I don't need to interface with them at every turn. Yes, it would be great to make all their soccer games and ballet recitals, but....been there, done that.
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