Gramma and Grandpa’s Visit
Mar. 29th | Posted by Nicky
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You know he loves his granddaughters when… lol
Well, Gramma and Grandpa visited for four days last week, and the girls and all of us “big people” had a good time too. We went out hiking (you saw the picture of us all geocaching at Bear Creek below,) and played games around the house. Gramma and Grandpa babysat one night while Jrock and I went out to speak on an adoption panel but we got home late, and we had told the girls they could stay up! so they were all pretty sleepy int he morning.
My parents also went to our monthly adoptive parents meeting with us, which was super. I wasn’t sure how keen they would be, but they already had met quite a few of our friends, so they felt pretty at home. For me, it was a great opportunity to share some of the issues and things we think about as adoptive parents. My parents, to their credit, dove right in – and even offered some sage words of advice as the most experienced parents in the room. It was a really great experience for me, and I think something unique for them too. Plus we went for “specialty coffees” after at the pub – heck, we had already payed the babysitter!
My mom and I also went out to Mission Hill for a Lobster Cooking Class… pictures to follow! Yum! But most of the time was centered around the girls… as it should be. We went to the yarn shop and after picking out some yarn, the girls kept asking Gramma when she was going to make these socks. “You make socks NOW, Gramma? When I get socks?” They enjoyed hanging out with Grandpa, going to the hardware store, riding on his houlders, etc. It’s nice to see their relationship at the point where there is very little confusion about roles and they can just relax (I mean my parents) with the kids. I mean, Jrock and I had pretty durn strict rules about picking up the kids and sitting on laps, etc. for the first 6 months, and it has paid off. Because now they CAN sit on Grandpa’s lap and they know that “Mommy is Grandpa’s baby”, not them. They might ask questions about it, but they are comfortable and come to us first.
The girls were pretty upset when Gramma and Grandpa left – it’s not the same over the phone. But we will Grandpa again in May, so that’s not too far from now.
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I have been following your blog for quite awhile. I came across your blog because initially we were planning on an Adoption from Ethiopia and then we chose to go another route instead, so although we switched countries I was still hooked on your blog : ) Back to the original reason for my comment, this is probably a silly question, but can you explain what Geocaching is exactly? I’ve looked it up on-line but I’m having a hard time understanding how it works.
Thx Carmen
No prob, Carmen!
It’s basically an organized, wordl-wide trasure hunt using a map or GPS.
So you go to http://www.geocaching.com and look for caches where you want to go. When you find a cache, you can program your coordinates into a GPS , OR you can find them on google maps and then get a basic idea of where you are heading and print the map. The first method is better, the second will do, especially in a city where you have a lot of landmarks.
Then you go find the cache! You can take a “treasure” out of the cache if you leave another behind.. our recent ones were salt shakers, rubber toy frogs, and whistles, and sign the log-book. We do it bacasuse it gives a “reason” for a hike, other than just enjoying nature’s beauty (that was a playful jab at my husband,) but also it’s find to find stuff and see who’s been there before, and the kids love exchanging the small little toys.
Soon we plan on setting up some caches ourselves – maybe this summer!
By the way, this is a fun, healthy and mostly FREE family hobby – now does it get better than that?
Thanks for asking, Carmen!