lucky

our kids are so lucky. so lucky that my parents think enough of them and want to see them, even though they live far away. we are lucky that their other grandma will come and watch them when we need her to. we are lucky that their aunts and uncles love them and want to know how they are doing. we are lucky to have skype, and that my parents can watch their granchildren reach milestones that they wouldn't get to see through photographs.

we are lucky that they get phone calls and have people that want to hear their little voices...jack's fast chatter and claire's little rasp. claire even dials the phone and says "hi" when she hears one of my friends on the other line :)

when my parents were here, gdoing the grandparent thing, my mom taught her to put her arms up when you say "claire, how big are you?" it was cute. my mom would curl up and read with jack, she always chooses the best books for them.

marc's mom always brings jack a box full of donut holes, all chocolate, his favorite. and she spoils that baby...holds her the whole time. claire's favorite thing.

even though we don't get to see them all the time, our kids know that they are important. and that's good enough for me!