Izzy laughed along with her even as she eyed a top she thought Rachel might like. "It's both strange and, well, normal anymore, what with so many of them here now. I enjoy being a grandmother, though the idea that I have children older than I am pretty weird. It's awkward sometimes, since they have a lifetime of memories with Tom and myself as their parents but we're just meeting them for the first time when they get here."
She shook her head. "I feel cheated sometimes. I want to get to know them the natural way from when they're born, not when they suddenly appear fully grown."