Saturday, September 11, 2010

Grandmahood and Grandma Dates

I must say that I absolutely love being a grandma. I doubled my grandchildren in May, when my son married a sweet mom of two children. It's fun to get together with everyone. I recently decided I should do "Grandma Dates" with them. (I used to do mom dates with my own children. I should probably do that again, too.)

The first grandma date was with my 3 and 1 year old grandchildren. We played together and then my husband played with my grandson while I spent alone time with my 1 yr old granddaughter. We played on the piano together for about half an hour and she loved it. I was scared she'd be mad when I told her we should read some stories, but she was happy and enjoyed them. Then I played train with my 3 yr old grandson. It's his favorite thing to do. We make a train out of pillows and he tells me about how he needs to fix the wheels or the engine and we eat pretend food on the train. My husband played with my granddaughter while I played with him and read him some stories. Then we all ate pizza we'd ordered and then we made chocolate chip cookies together. Leftovers were sent home with them.

The second grandma date was with the newly inherited grandchildren, ages 11 and 7. We played games together. I chose games like Pictionary, Scattergories, and Catch Phrase, which I knew we could all play and work together on, so there would be no frustrations over who won or was cheating. I also read them some stories and we ordered and ate pizza and made chocolate chip cookies too. I gave them a ride home and gave them cookies and pizza to share with the family.

So, these dates were similar, but I tried to gear them a little differently for the ages of the children. I'm not sure my new grandchildren would feel comfortable doing a date one on one with me, so I'm trying to decide whether to work them as a family thing for the next few times, too. Anyway, it was fun and I'm looking forward to future dates with them.

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