My fil has asked if my sil (his daughter) can take my kids to his place for the weekend. It would be Friday to Sunday I presume. His wife would also be there. Its 4 hours away.
My kids are 4 & not quite 2. The nearly 2 year old still wakes in the night but just for someone to find her dummy. Sometimes no wakenings sometimes a good few times.
My kids stay with my mum every other week 2/3 nights so that I can work. They stay with sil (the one who would be taking them) & mil occasionally for a night. This has caused problems in the past as they want to have them more than I am prepared for them to. Equally they don't stay with my mum very often unless its for me to work.
Sil drives long distances a lot for her work & is a safe driver, although the particular road (A9) isnt the safest.
They would be well looked after, although my sil can act like a bit of a dick especially with my 4 year old (think old school mistress type talking to her).
My almost 2 year old doesn't know fil & his wife really. We only see them for a few hours every so many months. She won't go to them when we meet up & we aren't around them long enough for her to warm up.
I originally said that 4 year old could go but she got upset when i said it would just be her so in think it would be both or none.
I want to say no but don't want to come across as unreasonable.....
So would you let your kids go? I think its the sheer distance that's mainly putting me off