The wife talked the kids into moving here. It is definatly a job for her, I told them up front not to count on me to babysit, I’ll do it accationally, just don’t plan on it. We have a 5 year old grandson who is in kinderguarden, so he is taken care of. The granddaughter just turned 3, my wife watches her on MWF, the other days she goes to pre school.
We also told them they have to have a backup as we take a lot of trips that may mean we won’t be there all the time. Of coarse it’s not a problem, but the day care places charge. Grandma is free day care, free food, free transportation, and also buys a bunch of stuff if they want it.
We are both happy that we get to see them a lot. We have another grandson in Chicago, we visit and take him on vacations a few times a year. That also is fine.