How to Say Thank You - Milford,CT

Wow...what a heartwarming "problem" to have!!! I can tell you from personal experience that what your parents want more than anything in the world is just to continue the warm and loving relationship with you and your family that they have had over the past months and years. I don't know how far you have moved away from them but I hope you are still close enough -geographically speaking- to let them continue to be a presence in your lives.
Our middle daughter came home a few months before she gave birth to her son who is now 6 months old. She lived with us until her son was 12 weeks old and then moved half way across the country to try and work things out with her sons Father. I cannot begin to tell you how my heart ached as she pulled out of the driveway with the precious little boy in the car!!! It is so unbelievably hard to go from seeing and loving on your grandbaby every single day to only being able to talk to him on a video call on your computer!!
As to what you can do to tell them thank you, they know that you are in a tight financial situation and they probably would be unhappy with you if you spent money that you don't have to buy something for them!!! I would think that the best thing you can do is just verbally let them know, how very much you appreciate their love and sacrifice for your family!! Let the children continue to have lots of contact...let them make a "thank you card" to send to their grandparents...get something that they can make handprints with and write little notes around the handprints that say how much they love their grandparents and how much they miss seeing them everyday.
You must already have a fabulous relationship with your parents...and they with you...that is the biggest "Thank you" that all of you could possibly have!!!
If you are close enough, how about setting up a weekly, bimonthly...whatever works for you...an extended family night and have them over to the house for dinner? Do everything you can to continue to involve them in your life and let them have lots and lots of contacts with those precious grandchildren of theirs!!!

I think you should make a collage of pictures you have taken there over the last few years and put it in a nice frame so they can hang somewhere in the house. Get a Thank You card that is blank inside and write a personal message, then make a family dinner and give them the card and pictures at dinner.
I'm sure you will, but make sure to continue the relationship your kids have with your parents. :)

Do they use the computer a lot? My son set something up so I can have the computer go into slide show mode when I leave it for 15 minutes or so. It will go through the folder and show the pictures randomly. If they are close, do the family night. Make sure you leave the house clean and spotless and tell them over and over how amazing it was that they did this for you. Perhaps you and your husband can help them do projects that they could use help with at their house. Invite them for dinner once a week or to have some one on one time with you or anything they'd like. They are amazing. I'm not sure I would have been so enthusiastic about that arrangement. Wow.

Whenever I want to say a big thank you to my parents, we fix them an amazing dinner, surf and turf, expensive wine, etc.

Another thought, how about a collage of pictures of them with the kids to hang on the wall?

i saw someone buy a really big picture frame... in the middle.. they bought a beautiful card with a great poem.. about love and thanks.. or you can write your own.. and then put a bunch of pictures of the kids and your parents.. all around the sides.. it came out beautiful... have the kids help make it too.. you can even add a handprint of the kids too...

Get a huge picture frame and a poster board. Put the kids foot prints on the poster board with their names and dates prints were taken in their favorite colors. Add picture memories of your times there with key phrases and sayings. The costs would be less than $30.00 but the impact would be awesome.

I love to eat so I love the idea of dinner for them. Also if they love cookies, bake cookies with the kids and put them in a jar with a note of thanks.

What ever you do, your parents will appreciate it but they are going to have to learn how to live life without you guys and in the quiet. Perhaps some microwave popcorn along with the favorite family move or a bunch of movies they like that may be sold at a discount. I just found the Lord of the Rings trilogy for $6.00 each.

Write a letter or a poem and put together a picture album or collage. Invite them over often.

I honestly don't think you need to spend a lot of money. Appreciation, in my opinion, is most genuine when it's not expensive but truly heart-felt.

Since we live 600 miles from my family and 300 miles from my husband's, our kids almost never get to see their grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins. We usually take a picture, mount it, frame it, include a painted handprint and the date, and ship it off. Perhaps having your twins make something that they can frame and have as a small remembrance each day would be enough.

I'd also think that inviting them to dinner when you get settled for a nice meal, presentation of a small gift (inspiring book), etc. would be really well-received.

Good luck in readjusting to your new life.