...CHATTING WITH GRANDMA...

Some of my happiest memories are the times spent with my grandparents. I was lucky enough to live within 15-20 minutes of each set growing up. We saw my mom's parents a lot more often as she was the baby of her family, but we saw both sets regularly.

I wish my kids could have the same type of memories, but distance makes it a bit more difficult. We live an hour away from each of our parents and though we try to see my husband's mom a few times a month, I'm not great at just visiting my parents. However, my kids have seemed to forge their own relationships with each grandparent as they've seen fit.

My baby girl has formed an incredible bond with my mother-in-law. I'm not sure when it happened, but I'm glad it did. There are times, lately, where she'll be a little more open with grandma than with mom or dad, so I'm glad she has someone to talk to.

We were visiting my mother-in-law one day while my husband had a cousin come in from out of town. I happened to glance over and I noticed my daughter and mother-in-law conversing. I didn't think much of it, but when I looked back 10 or so minutes later, they were still having a good chat, so I grabbed my phone and took some photos.

Then when Karen Shulz posted some wordart she was hoping to release for Grandparent's Day, I knew I had to use these photos. Karen asked us to use a certain kit with the wordart, and I'm pretty happy with the end result.

SUPPLY LIST

TEMPLATE: #2022 January by Connie Prince

KIT: Life After 50 by Karen Schulz

Word Art: Grandparent Word Art by Karen Schulz FONTS: Friendly Smiley (Journaling) and Give it Your Heart (Date)