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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The one gift that seems to appeal to both my mother and MIL is an annual book of photos of the kids.

I got to Shutterfly and make an annual album of pictures of the grandkids spanning the year.  I make one for each side.  The last two years, I made a compilation book for us that includes all of the photos including the ones unique to one family or the other.  Last year, our book was 28 pages and their books were each 20 pages.

It takes a bit of time to make the books, selecting backgrounds, fonts, writing the texts, etc and usually takes me about a week working on the project for several nights.  But it's something that the grandmothers do enjoy.  They love them because they can take the books to their friends and show off the grandkids to the various circles of friends (MIL takes it to her knitting club, to her board meetings.  My mother takes them to her card club and her group dinners that she goes to with a set of friends, etc).  Even though we started downloading some photos to their iPad/iPhone, they still prefer the printed books.[/quote]

I love this!  She is not very involved with our children, and only "recognizes" her daughters' children (even though they pretty much just used her for free babysitting).  She has never been the warm, fuzzy type, which is a big part of why we have so little in common. I hate being negative, and appreciate any support.  [/quote]

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