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[quote=Anonymous]My sister is amazing.  She has always been willing to babysit in a pinch.  She has gone with me to the strawberry patch, the zoo, the museum, etc.  My husband works a lot so its so nice to have an extra person to go with us to these kinds of events.  She watches the little one while I take the older one to the movies, or vice versa.  She always gets them small presents.. and makes sure they are something she knows they need/want.  But she gives the bulk of her gifts to us in the form of money for their college fund.  The kids don't know the difference and I love that she is investing in their future.  She is my emergency contact for school and our guardian if anything should ever happen to us.  She knows exactly how I feel about parenting and while she doesn't have the context yet to form her own opinions, I know that if she were to be in a position where she had to raise my kids she would ensure that some of my thoughts/philosophies/hopes & dreams would be included in her parenting style.

In short.. she is the very next best alternative to me for my children.

I hope I can be just as good of an aunt to her children.  (She has a 10 week old so I am only just now getting to do anything...)

My husbands sisters live far away, so there is not much we can do about the relationships.  They do not know our children- that is my biggest complaint. They do not know their favorite color, show, games, songs, movies, friends, etc.  I am not sure how they could remedy that in a meaningful way. Call more, email more, Skype, visit, etc.  But they are busy with their own lives.  [/quote]

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