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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom comes about 3-4 nights a month (usually separate overnights- she lives 2 hrs away). We are very close to her and she is helpful and comes because she is invited. We do take trips with her and her partner as well, but each year she treats everyone (also my sister's family) to a big vacation. We have done some smaller scale trips with just her where we go dutch. DH parents have kind of checked out and last visited a few years ago and they were in town for a separate reason.  [/quote]

What do you mean by "she is helpful?" I think I'd be more on board with family visits if they cooked their own meals or did dishes once in awhile, or watched the kids while we went out.[/quote]

She is becoming slightly less helpful as she ages (my kids are aged 6-14) - but she was incredibly helpful with the older ones and has built up a lot of goodwill. She can be loud and a little bit annoying (and DH is the type who can get easily annoyed) but he even calls her to invite her if we haven't seen her in over a week. He appreciates how much she loves our kids.  Even still, at 75, she brings dinner when she comes, does laundry, knows where all our dishes go, can do everyone's pick ups and drop offs at all their activities without needing detailed instructions (e.g.., she will just google a location rather than ask me for directions), takes the dog for walks, and is good for about a half day of child care with the 6 year old, if, let's say he is home sick from school. She visits the kids at school for lunch, goes on field trips with them, and just loves knowing their friends and their daily lives. She usually comes during the week - meets them off the school bus, takes them to whatever activity du jour they are in (or hangs out with the ones not in an activity), and then drops the kids in at school so they have a break from the early morning middle school bus. [/quote]

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