General Chat

Sorry for delay in replying. Head spinning. Who am I. Princess Fiona, Grinch, Bob square pants. A knackered person. How can a 4 yr old reduce u to this. Quite easily but lovely. Jack says u are all thick. That's rude apologise. Sorry everyone. Okay a clue for u. Think of An Everending Story. Nanny don't make it easy for them. Okay what next kiddo.

I'm still thinking, Autumn. Hhmmmm...? Can ya give me a hint? Tony.x

So u lot what are we as grandparents called. Don't u read the threads?

Maz. From my point of View, and its my opinion only. But for me personally, holding on to my first born Grandchild took me back 32 years, when my first daughter was born. But this time round, i get to sit back and watch. I see my own children handling the different situations as they arise. And see some of what we taught them as children,has rubbed off on the way they handle their own. I give opinions, but i never, never interfere. Tony.

I have to agree with you, Heather. I remember working 10 hr shifts, when my 5 girls were young, and i didn't spend a lot of time with them. They were asleep when i left for work, and were asleep when i arrived home at night. So now i can just sit back and enjoy my Grandkids. I also now marvel at what my wife must have been going through on her own, when i used to walk in the door after work and say, What's for dinner darl's.....!! Hhmmm... i did wear the occasional frying pan.lol Tony.

I am not a granny yet, but I AM nosey, so I have read your fantastic thread. Lump in the throat and tears in the eyes! Now I can't wait to be a gran!! Maz. XX

Hello Tony and everyone. What a lovely thread. Can I join in. Our grandson is 4 and called Jack and our latest addition is Emily, 5 mths. Could write a book on my fun times with Jack but there is a downside. Help needed here folks. To distinguish which grandparents were which we did the worst thing possible. The other grand parents are nanny and grandad Fish (they have a fish tank). Fine, there are people out there with the surname Fish. Go on then, grey cells in gear...... what are we called? No Tony, not Jaws!

Hi Tony We have three grandchildren aged 19, 14 and 4, two step-grandchildren aged 16 and 14 and my brother has two grandchildren aged 8 and 2. All of them love my husband to bits and he loves to see them, he worked such long hours when our children were small so he's enjoying this younger generation. Heather

Thomas,just three has got very bossy recently and for no reason at all he came up to me and in a very serious voice said'Now you stop that grandma!' I still don't know what I did wrong. Rose

Hi Gloria. My own Dad died in 1960 ( Malignant Hypertension.) He also never saw my 5 Girls. ( his Grandchildren ) My wife and I made a pact, when she new she was dying. She always told me if ever we have Granchildren, i was to let them know that she would be there Guardian Angel. So i make sure they see lots of Photo's of her, otherwise i might just get that next bolt of Lightning....!!! lol. Tony.

I remember when I had my son and my mum told me that becoming a grandparent was the best feeling in the world. Even better than when she had her own children. So have a nice Sunday all you grandparents!! They should make it an annual holiday Bevx

Hi Christine. Amazing!!Yes, i have a Lollie tin also. I hide it under my bed. My Grandkids love "Jelly babies" My Grandaughter likes the black one's, so i have to remember to put it in the right pocket. Lol. Tony.

What a lovely thread and its nice that you can show your grandchildren photos ond talk about their grandmother to them. My father loved kids but I was only 18 when he died from leukemia so unfortunately he never became a grand-dad. As a family we found it very hard to talk about him because we missed him so much. All the grandchildren have seen photos of him but I dont think they know how wonderful he was as he is very rarely mentioned. It is sad that we dont talk about him but it was his philosophy to get on and enjoy life. Any way I now have 2 wonderful grandchildren of my own which makes my mum a great grandmother and she has had such joy from that. Gloria

Hi again everyone. I can see some very proud Grandparents on this thread. My Grandaughter Britney, asked me once, if her Grandma in heaven was an Angel. This brought tears to my eyes, and she stared at me and said. Grandad!!!... why are your eye's raining? I picked her up and sat her on my knee and said. I'ts because Grandad is so happy, because he has two Angels......... and one of them is sitting on my knee right now!!! Her head turned looking for the other Angel. Love them to bits. Tony.Oz

What a lovely idea for a thread! None of my sons have any children yet, but my daughters all do. The oldest lives in Canada, and has 2 girls, Jadsia aged 6 and Bronwyn aged 3. The other 2 live in England and the elder of those 2 has Bryn aged 10 and Kira aged 6. The youngest daughter has Alicia aged 10, Corrin aged 6 and Eloise aged 1. Bryn was not impressed last year when his newest cousin was ANOTHER girl, but he loves her now - those 5 grandchildren live within about 10 minutes of each other. The older 2, Bryn and Alicia, were born within 3 months of each other when both their mothers were still at Uni so I looked after them for the first 18 months of their lives. Hard work, but great fun and they went home at the end of the day for the most part. I came to the USA about 4 years ago so rely a lot on the telephone and technology now. We didn't see Eloise until we visited the UK when she was 5 months old and then again in September when she was 10 months old and she visited us here. When one of the sons who lives near us here got married in September, EVERYONE visited. MIL was here for a month, and the visitations were spread so that there were people here for about 6 weeks all together, and for the week of the wedding there were about 19 people here. I lost count! It was great though!

I am the lucky nanna of 5 wonderful grandchildren. Mitchell is 10 and into football and has just joined cubs which he loves. Then his sister Melissa who will be 8 Christmas day and a real girly girl who is growing her hair and loves doing it in diff styles. My other daughter has 3 children Elleise who is 5 with that butter wouldn't melt in her mouth look even when doing something naughty. Charlie who is 3 with dark eyes and long lashes and a real boy in every sense of the word...where there's dirt you will find him.Last there is Albie, almost 2 and a very chearful boy with a nice nature and also with dark eyes and lashes....takes after his dad. We are lucky as I see them several times a week and they quite often stay over so they can be spoilt....after all what are grandparents for

Hi Anthony, I have a 20 month old grandaughter and another grandchild due march 2005. Oh what joy she gives just to see her little smiling face and to hear her call nanny as she walks through the door and soon that joy will be doubled- What more could i ask for!

Tony Both my children waited until they were late 20's to provide me with grandchildren. I now have Sascha (princess Barbie) and Harry (HRH) who will be 1 next month. Harry and his parents are living with us while they sell their house oop north and are able to by one in the south. I have been able to hear his first words, see him learning to crawl, and generally take over the house. It is something I did not expect to see when they decided to buy a house in the Wirral and and so pleased they are back with us. My third grandchild is due within the next 2 weeks. 8th December. A sister for Sascha. I think they are going to name her Caitlan. Shirley

Hi Tony most Saturday mornings I look after my 4 year old Grandaughter and we make Jam tarts or Buns This morning because I had no Margarine we went to the local shop, and on our way back we stopped at the playground and played on the Swings , she was prattling on as usual when she looked at me and said "Grandma what are you going to be when you grow up" Bren

Hi Tony, this thread is a good idea, we can at last talk about our Grandchildren without being totally boring to other people. I became a Grandma last year to little Thomas who is now 22 months old. He's very very good at controlling a football and has been doing that for sometime now. I love him to bits, but I don't see him enough, only once every six weeks, he lives half an hour away from me. But thats another story. Six months after Thomas, Jack arrived he's lovely as well, we see quite a lot of him. I'm looking forward to Chrismas with them all this year, Thomas on Christmas day and Jack on Boxing day. Jo.