I was thinking about ideas of things I could do for my kids on the days I am away. I have set up skype and taught my 8 yo daughter how to call me on it with her tablet so they will have video calls to me but I was wondering if anyone left little daily gifts for their kids and how their kids handled you being away for 5 days?

My kids ages are 17, 8 and 4.

Edited February 4, 201412 yr by BrandNewBrandy

For my 8 and 6 yr. old, I laid out their school clothes for every day I would be gone. This was comforting to them and me, since Daddy has no idea about kindergarten and second grade fashion! Lunch box love notes are good too. (For Dad to hand out.)Good luck!

My 14 year-old son stayed with his grandparents, so he was getting spoiled by them! :-)

I found the biggest thing for him was he wanted to talk to me. He wanted to ask questions about the surgery, my recovery, other people that had surgery that day, the doctor. I was fascinated at the questions he asked.

It's great you set up skype - they'll be able to see you and see that you're doing well.