Enjoying Our Grandchildren on the otherside of the World!

We have 5 grandchildren home schooled on the other side of the world.   It is too far away to to really be involved in their lives and enjoy their activities.  Some might say - Skype helps overcome the distance, but in this case they are in a country with terrible internet continuity and Skype does not work well.  When we do video conferencing it shuts down so quickly we have to turn off our video in hopes of enjoying seeing them but that only helps a little and they have to keep calling us back when it goes down.  Last week each of the grandchildren were asked to write up a project proposal to show off one thing they've learned this year.  They then made their presentation to other students and parents in their area.  We were invited to attend via Skype.  With our video off we still had many shut downs but it was fun to watch them make their presentations and hear about some of the things they have learned.