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| My Lovely Mum, Kay & Her Moonlight Bouquet from Debenhams Flowers. |
And research by the specialist over 50s insurer RIAS found that Britain's "Grandparent Army" of childcarers is now 9.1 million strong as the number of grandparent childminders has increased by 49% since 2009.
There's little doubt that parents owe them a huge debt!
I have to admit that Grandparents' Day seems to be a new annual celebration but I can see no reason why we should not take some time out to show our appreciation. It is only too easy, if grandparents live a long way away, to let contact slip, perhaps only visiting around Christmas and birthdays. Another reason, I think why an extra day to share with them is a good idea.
The relationships our children have with their grandparents are often unique. Having had to put up with my sister and I, our parents now combine many years of wisdom with a level of patience I can currently only dream of! Both share their love of painting with the kids and my father, who teaches the piano, has been giving Caitlin lessons. Ieuan will have lessons a little later on and I am hoping he will not have been too far indoctrinated by the Husband in the ways of "shouty Viking Rock" by then!
So bearing this in mind, I have been mulling over what to get them to say thank you on Grandparents' Day and flowers would seem to be an easy-to-please gift.
I was recently sent a lovely bouquet for my mum by Debenhams Flowers who have a great flower delivery service. They offer next day flowers 7 days a week across the UK with a beautiful range of seasonal bouquets. For guaranteed next day flowers you need to order before 9pm on weekdays, 4pm on Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. Next day flowers are available by courier or you can choose flowers by post which are delivered in secure packaging by Royal Mail to any UK address.
You can send your best wishes with a personalised gift message delivered alongside the bouquet you choose and add a gift, for example chocolates, fine wines or balloons.
Debenhams Flowers suggested range for Grandparents' Day can be viewed here.
The bouquet I selected for my mum was the "Moonlight" - a lovely display of lilies, roses and carnations (£30.99).
As you can see, the picture above really doesn't do the bouquet justice. It will be even more gorgeous when the lilies open.
DISCOUNT CODE FOR MY READERS
I am delighted to offer my lovely readers a discount code which entitles you to a very generous 25% off a bouquet (*Flowers By Post not included).
The code is: DFBLOG25.
Just go to www.debenhamsflowers.com. You are sure to find a bouquet that suits.
I hope you and your family get to spend some quality time for the grandparents on Sunday 4th October.
*A "Moonlight" bouquet was received for the purposes of this review.
