I'm blessed to be surrounded by family. My time as an empty nester was pretty short lived with my daughter and her family moving in a few years ago. Now our multigenerational household includes myself and my husband, my daughter, her children, her husband, and his children (with shared custody). Some times our home is quiet and peaceful, others it's boisterous and chaotic.
This week it's even more quiet than normal as my daughter and her husband have left on business and so now it's just my husband and myself and our eldest granddaughter. Of course, this means much spoiling has to occur, but it also means that I've found a bit of time to help our home recoup from the last weekend of all five children at home.
It's also been a bit of a unique experience to be in more of parenting roles with my husband. We have five kids (and ten grandchildren) between us, but all of our kids were into the adult stage of life when we met. It's a different experience being the grandparents on duty, even if it's just for one kiddo. I think we'd both agree though that we're glad for a pretty self sufficient kiddo to be taking care of.
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