The Blessings of Grandchildren
BRaye325
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I just received the news that my eldest daughter in expecting her third child in October.
I'm so thrilled. They live just a mile from us and I enjoy seeing them so often.
My first thought was that this isn't really a topic for a fitness blog, it is?
Then I started thinking about them and what they do for me and realized that they are behind everything that involves my fitness.
Motivation - Sure like most of us I have been working on my fitness for myself, but they are my biggest source of motivation. I want to be here for many more years to be there for them. I want to have enough energy to hang out with them, teach them to fish, be silly with them, and get on the floor and wrestle with them.
Fitness - For those of you that haven't had the experience to watch a 3 year old and a 1 year old for a day, trust me, it's a workout. It should be included in the MFP exercise database. You will find yourself doing all sorts of interesting things and your guaranteed to be feeling it by bedtime. And if you can't keep up and find yourself not participating because your too exhausted, you should be kicking yourself in the *kitten* and working on getting in better shape. If you watch them regularly then who needs Zumba or P90X.
Attitude - It is so important to keep the innocence of youth present in our lives. Their world is always an adventure with boundless things to explore and learn. They don't know enough to say "I can't do that" or "That's not a good idea" they just do it and amazing things happen. Sometimes they fail, but many times they learn more about themselves and the world and sometimes are surprised to find out they can do things they weren't sure about. They have boundless imagination and creativity. We shouldn't have a problem with bringing alive the child in our own personality, and having youth around us really helps keep us younger.
Bring me on some more of that, I'm ready for it!
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Congrats!
I agree it is hard work to watch little ones, especially if they need to be picked up.0 -
I think my biggest regret in not having children is that I won't have any grandchildren. Apparently, according to many women I know, grandchildren make having put up with their own children worth it.
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I just received the news that my eldest daughter in expecting her third child in October.
I'm so thrilled. They live just a mile from us and I enjoy seeing them so often.
My first thought was that this isn't really a topic for a fitness blog, it is?
Then I started thinking about them and what they do for me and realized that they are behind everything that involves my fitness.
Motivation - Sure like most of us I have been working on my fitness for myself, but they are my biggest source of motivation. I want to be here for many more years to be there for them. I want to have enough energy to hang out with them, teach them to fish, be silly with them, and get on the floor and wrestle with them.
Fitness - For those of you that haven't had the experience to watch a 3 year old and a 1 year old for a day, trust me, it's a workout. It should be included in the MFP exercise database. You will find yourself doing all sorts of interesting things and your guaranteed to be feeling it by bedtime. And if you can't keep up and find yourself not participating because your too exhausted, you should be kicking yourself in the *kitten* and working on getting in better shape. If you watch them regularly then who needs Zumba or P90X.
Attitude - It is so important to keep the innocence of youth present in our lives. Their world is always an adventure with boundless things to explore and learn. They don't know enough to say "I can't do that" or "That's not a good idea" they just do it and amazing things happen. Sometimes they fail, but many times they learn more about themselves and the world and sometimes are surprised to find out they can do things they weren't sure about. They have boundless imagination and creativity. We shouldn't have a problem with bringing alive the child in our own personality, and having youth around us really helps keep us younger.
Bring me on some more of that, I'm ready for it!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Couldn’t agree more and we seem to be in the same boat.
Just attended my 5 yr old granddaughters dance recital this week and she has a “sleep over” scheduled with “grandma & grandpa” next weekend! She can’t wait. We will do something special. Then it will be our grandsons turn for a “special” time.
You’re right about the fitness and attitude. Our grandchildren expect us to be “participants” not just “observers or babysitters”.
Thank God – I lost all this weight – 2 yrs ago at about 400 pounds – Grandpa couldn’t do much of anything and was starting to miss out on things.
Our third grandchild is due next month!
Again – congrats on your newest blessing!
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We just heard the news that the third one is going to be a girl!
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Due late October - and yes she does!0
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Congratulations. What an exciting time in your life. I had my children a little later in life. My oldest is 25 and my youngest is 17 with one more in the middle. I am going to look forward to the time when they do have grandchildren. I can wait for the moment.0
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Due late October - and yes she does!
Ohhhh, congrats on the grandbaby! I have two so far, a boy who's 9 and a girl who's just turned 18 and graduated from high school. They moved pretty far away from us last year so that's been hard but I treasure every moment and every conversation we have. Needless to say we spend all of our vacations in Colorado now.
And my daughter's birthday is Oct 30 so enjoy all those Halloween birthday parties!
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I'm happy for you all.0
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Grand boos are the best. I only have one granddaughter and she is a handful to watch. She is one of the reasons I chose to get fit, could never have kept up with her 80 lbs ago.0
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Congrats Bill, what beautiful grandchildren you have.. And a baby granddaughter on the way.. So much to look forward too..0
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Aww! They're so cute!! What a great way to look at the benefits of losing weight! I'm not to the grandchild stage yet. It wouldn't be a great thing right now with my son still in college and my daughter living at home yet. 0
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My four. Top two are my daughter's, Last Pic are my son's. Boy and girl each.
And, my middle girl's babies...
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Farback - They are all adorable, even the furry ones!0
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Got to have the eldest over to our lake yesterday to teach him how to fish. Couldn't have found any better way to spend Father's Day, he had a blast and so did I.
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Okay, I am now overdosing on cuteness. What a gorgeous group of children. What a nice way to start the day!0
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Nothing like a bunch of old folks cooing over their grand boos.0
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So we were talking today with my oldest grandson Jordan, he's 3 and the fisherman pictured above. I asked about his new baby sister that will be arriving in October. We were discussing possible names for her and he decided what the perfect name for her would be "Jordan Jr." - too cute!0
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Oh yeah..........that's totally cute!!!0
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Congratulations BRaye! Grandgirls are the best! I had two boys, then two grandsons came along, then the granddaughter! Ummmm and yes she has me wrapped around her finger! lol we now have another granddaughter! So it's Two of each!
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since we are sharing....
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I always say my only real regret about not having had children is that I won't be having any grandchildren.0
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nikkib0103....I had four kids. They tell me all my grandkids will have 4 legs and a tail. So far...that's pretty accurate.0
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nikkib0103....I had four kids. They tell me all my grandkids will have 4 legs and a tail. So far...that's pretty accurate.
There's always hope. But before dog clicked into my brain I was thinking, hmmm, her kids are going to give her some fairly unattractive and probably poorly behaved kids.
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HA!0
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Hahaha....definitely canine so far.0
