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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While yes, you should take action to take/frame/schedule pictures, make sure you don't compare to the ones they have. Don't say "there are so many of THEM so let's take some of US". It is not a competition. Take some pics during your visit, and frame them before you leave, or when you get home and mail it. Don't over do it.

As for being the distant grandparents, yes, your relationship will be different than the local ones, but make it special in your own way. Schedule skype sessions. Give the kids a book that had your voice recorded onto it. Send postcards and encourage them to write back. For a gift, give something like a magazine subscription or book club  - when it arrives go through it together where you read them a story from it or something. When you visit, create memories - don't over-shower them in toys, but take them on an adventure, tell bedtime stories or knock knock jokes, or paint with them - something that shares your interests with them and vice versa. It will take some effort, but it is up to you to decide how you want to grandparent.[/quote]

And don't forget the different doesn't mean better or worse. My GPs were far away when I was growing up, but that meant that every visit was a sleepover, which, thinking about it now, allowed me to get to know them in some ways better than my cousins Who lived near them and might see them for an afternoon or evening but not for a weeklong sleepover visit. [/quote]

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