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[quote=Anonymous]This is very helpful, thanks. 
Kids are in third and fifth grades. 
I will bring games for them to play with Grandpa (Grandma's not much of a game player or puzzle-doer). Grandma likes to cook with the kids, which they don't always enjoy (she's quite a stickler about food handling and preparation--everything must be done JUST SO.)
Yes, I have a spouse, but he's happy to sit and look at a computer screen and wisely avoid interacting with my parents. 
My folks do get out and about, but they want time with us to be at their place. Which can be boring. If the kids bring tennis racquets or a ball, parents complain that the kids are not relating to them.

I won't invite friends. Sigh. ("I'm bored" translates into--I have no friends here, or no one to play hide-and-seek with, or whatever). 
Yes, when the kids were younger, my parents INSISTED on picking them up Mondays and Fridays from pre-school and this was NOT convenient for me, especially having to cook for the whole crowd when I came home from work. I did brush my folks back--I like to pick up the kids after school, see who they're playing with, chat with other parents, etc. It was NOT helpful to me to have them pick up the kids. It WOULD be helpful to have them pick up the children on days when I cannot, and I'll try to schedule that 'way in advance, but they generally can't, or they cancel, sometimes at the last minute. 
We'll see how Valentine's Day goes. I appreciate the posters who mentioned that they enjoyed spending time with grandparents, and have nice memories. OK. Will work towards that. [/quote]

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