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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is all a hoot.  Our kids literally stampede to get ready when we announce that Grandma and Grandpa want them for an outing/overnight/lunch or dinner out/trip to the summer house/go to a movie/you name it.  Our five kids range from 5 to 19.  I frequently offer to drive a second car "to make it easier" just so I can go along.  Different strokes for different folks.[/quote]

Same here but mine are 1 and 4.  I can't think of a single activity they'd prefer to time with any of their grandparents.[/quote]

Neither did mine at that age.  Now in late elementary and middle school, its a whole different ball of wax[/quote]

I'm the first poster.  You're right that the relationship can change.

We're finding that the older kids have less go-somewhere activities than home-based, unless it is out to dinner/lunch/breakfast, which they love.  The boys will spontaneously text a picture of them playing basketball using the hoop at the house and Grandpa drives over to watch and heckle sitting on a porch chair next to my husband's dad who lives with us and they are all having the times of their lives.  One girl calls up Grandma and then scoots over to bake cupcakes.  Grandma picks another girl up from school a lot and then they have special activities that they do together before Grandma brings them home.  I'm not saying that they are scheduling everything with their Grandparents but that they are active with them and enjoy it.

I'm glad because growing up we didn't have a chance with our grandparents (on my husband's side they all died quite young and on my side we moved a lot) so it is nice to see our kids getting these special relationships with their grandparents.  And, boy, howdee, these grandparents aren't pushovers and they have their little quirks, which makes it all even more amazing.  But we've taught the kids to just go along to get along with their elders, they do it, and it works.

Anyway, my folks and my husband's Dad are at just about every game or concert or whatever and they seem to enjoy the kids more [i]now[/i] than before because the relationship is more reciprocal.  Add in that the kids are having loads of fun knowing their grandparents and interacting with them and you can see why we're happy that it all works.[/quote]

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