We've started a new *thing*, we all get together on Tuesday nights, one week at my nephews' and one week at my mother's house for dinner. We had the first one, dinner at my nephew's house, he cooked chicken on the grill and we played BINGO, the kid version as he has two kids. It was fun! Doing it has many benefits: the kids see us and we see them on a regular basis. I know it's kind of cheesy to quote the line, but "it takes a village". If they need a sitter, it makes it easier if they're used to us, being used to coming to one house or another. And it's good for Mom to keep up relations with her grandson, and great grand kids.
So the next week, it was dinner at my Mom's. I headed over after work. She was cooking up spaghetti, her grandson's favorite meal when he was a kid. We never heard from them, time passed. At 5pm, she finally texted them, and OH! They forgot!
Since it's only 5 minutes' drive, they hopped in the truck and headed over and we all had dinner. Dessert was Valentine cookies! Always a hit with kids if there is sparkly sugar on a cookie!
Family traditions. People sometimes laugh about them, but they work, they're good for kids.
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