I am a stepmother to 4 daughters although we try not to put the 'step' in between us as much as possible.  BM is pretty much entirely out of the picture.  My husband is 12 years older then me and so I am a 30 year old grandmother of a beautiful little girl who will be 3 in July 2009.   She is under my kids since there is no grandkids spot available.  I have never raised anyone under 7 and I babysit a lot so I will be on here looking for toddler advice.  I am a proffessional chef and I love my job.  Our family loves camping and taking vacations ....and buffallo wings! :)  Everyone else in my family loves to whitewater raft and this year all my kids are old enough to go so they are stoked!