Grandparents

I love my grandparents. In fact, I think I'd go so far as to say I have the best grandparents ever!

Today I went to see Nana and Taid (my mum's parents) in Flint.
My Taid tells the best stories ever!
From a young (fat) child I've loved nothing more than cwtching up with him in his chair or sitting on his knee to be told a story.
Granted, most of the stories are utter rubbish (on several occasions Taid has been known to claim to have killed Hitler) but they are always entertaining.
As for Nana, her lemon drizzle cake and apple slices are legendary nationwide (sort of). When she knows we're coming, she stocks up the sweet cupboard and bakes. What a woman!Nana and Taid have taken me and the family on my two favourite ever holidays, both to Disneyland Paris. It was Taid who first coaxed me onto my first ever rollercoaster (with unfulfilled promises of candyfloss if I remember rightly). He even replaced my Mickey Mouse hat that I lost on said rollercoaster. As for Nana, she once saved me from choking to death on a cheesestring.

Unarguably, two amazing OAPs.

My favourite way to spend a Wednesday is with my Nana and Grampa (my dad's parents) in Ruabon watching Downton Abbey. I love their house. As a young child I thought it vaguely resembled a castle. An ideal location for a cheeky game of blockey or hide and seek, it has an innumerable amount of hiding places inside an out, not to mention a great apple tree for climbing!
My Grampa has the best beard ever.He's pretty much famous for it. Always in a trimmed condition, never has it been spotted with a crumb of food in! It was also Grampa who has entertained us for years with games such as Yahtzee, Scrabble and Pass the Pigs - games all renowned for Grampa's utterance of 'shambles' as he would lose yet again, though I'm sure that he'd agree it was simply to boost the confidence of his grandchildren.
Nana is yet another amazing cook, her chocolate chip cookies and welsh cakes are to die for! Whenever I go to their house, Nana makes my favourite Leek and Potato soup (made with leeks and potatoes from Grampa's garden) and we sit down to watch Downton Abbey or do sudokus. Nana and Grampa are both ridiculously talented people. They speak a couple of dead languages, including ancient Greek, which I'm always impressed by!

I've never had a problem that my grandparents can't solve with a cup of tea, a homemade cake and a cuddle. They give the best cuddles. Perhaps there's a mandatory grandparent cuddle class.
It is with my grandparents that I can truly be myself and unleash my inner OAP. From garden centre visits to doing sudoku by the fire, every moment is a joy.

In conclusion, my grandparents are the best, most thoughtful and talented grandparents ever. And I am so fortunate to have been blessed with them.