My husband and I had the greatest time a few weeks ago when we went to Hawaii with our daughter and her family.

Normally when we visit them in California, we see our grandsons for an hour here or there because of school or other afternoon commitments. Being on vacation with them, in their home, for 24 hours each day, really made our time spent together more special.

Our days in paradise would begin with Drew, the 3-year old, knocking on our bedroom door and loudly announcing it was “7:30AM and time to play.” His big brother, Jake, told him it was time.  Then they would dive bomb into the bed and order their Pop-Pop to get cereal snacks so we could eat and watch cartoons (a no-no on school days).

The day would continue in this manner – well, we did finally get out of bed for breakfast!  Lots of beach time, but also, lots of play time.  Jake at 6 is a lover of board games like Monopoly, Yahtzee and Trouble, so my husband and I would get to play games we haven’t played since our girls were little. The problem was, though, that I couldn’t seem to win. You know, we try to show our grandchildren we are smart, but that didn’t happen! Jake kept buying hotels for his properties, and I kept going “bankruptcy,” as he liked to shout.

This kind of precious time, especially when grandchildren live out of town, is so wonderful.  But, it doesn’t matter whether you are on the beach, eating meals together, reading to them or just snuggling, any time spent with ones grandchildren is truly golden time and a great gift.

We loved every minute of our vacation, but, of course, we miss them even more.

Wishing you a happy and healthy 2008,

       

 

Buddee

 

By the way, if you have any questions, or have ideas for something you’d like me to write about, email my daughter and she’ll tell me (I’d say to email me, but…well…let’s just say I’d won’t be giving advice on how to use a computer.)

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