charles, being that my grandson goes to sleep at approx 5;30 each day, wakes up when my daughter wakes him up when she leaves for school, and then drops him off with us for 9 hours a day, I think we spend just as many hours while he is awake each week as my daughter or son in law.
and love every minute of it.\
rennie, cant compare elen to my little boy kaden. it was like when my daughter was born, and elen pierced her ears, and I bought her diamond studs, elen said, wow, the babies diamonds are bigger then my earings, and I told her the same thing, shes related to me by blood, you arent.
hes related to me by blood, elen isnt.
way different when I was young and had kids. Was always working, always had to worry about everything especially paying the bills,a;ways worrying about future, but now that Im financially secure, dont work, zero outside obligations, devoting a ton of time to my grandson, cant think of anytime I enjoyed life better.
Ofcourse, me and elen changed the course of our lives. We agreed once she retired, we would do alot of travel while we are healthy enough, and now we can only travel peak times, when schools are closed. It was rare we travelled anywhere on vacation during peak times.