I hope you can get a good bonding with her kids also.
well it appears that her sons now think I'm "cool". I guess the T-shirts helped...and her oldest told the youngest that I was "cool" because I bought the flowers for their mom..I've seen all the kids at various times over the last 9 years..I've never been formally introduced to them and that may be a while down the road yet..it's good they think I'm cool..