What do you do when you run out of food for the seventh time in seven days? Why - you send the grandchildren home while you still have grocery money left of course!!! Yes, dear readers, the The Annual March of the Grandchildren has taken place again. As suspected last year, the eldest has moved on from … Continue reading Staying Connected to the Grandchildren in the “Real World”
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The Annual March of the Grandchildren
The six week Australian summer school holidays are at an end, and all our grand-kidlets are back in their respective cubby-holes for another term. Once again, we managed to have visits where they tagged each other: at first two, joined by the next two, then three went, and then there was one, until finally none. When … Continue reading The Annual March of the Grandchildren
When the Kids are away, then the Grown Ups can play
After a two week break, NSW kidlets returned to school yesterday. Luckily for us, we were able to have grandchildren #3 and #4 stay with us last week. We don't see enough of them, but whenever they stay they are happy to go along for the ride; they never have any shyness or awkwardness with us. … Continue reading When the Kids are away, then the Grown Ups can play
The Reluctant Retiree 