Empty Nest Enthusiasts Gifts

"I see the empty nest as a place where an apartment can finally grow up."

"I'm all for pushing them out of the nest, but maybe next time we could wait till they hatch."

'Think about it guys: We're fed and sheltered, why would we ever think about leaving the nest?'

"Your mother and I think it's time you got a place of your own. We'd like a little time alone before we die."

"No, I want to know the meaning of never calling your mother."

"We've waited twenty-five years to make this trip, and we're certainly not interested in getting there in any six and a half hours."

'It may well be nesting J.T but damn it, you've got a company to turn.'

"We used to entertain a great deal."

"The house doesn't seem big because the kids are gone - it seems big because we've shrunk so much."

'Honey...you're spoiling that child.'

I think it's time he left home.'

The kids called. They'll be home in five. Our week alone flashed by. It was like getting to know you all over again. I'm starving! Anyone call? I need the computer! Where's the remote? What's your name again?

Empty Nester Apple Picking - "Not THAT one, you idiot!"

"The nest may be empty, but our drinks are full."

The doctor says if it doesn't come out soon, she'll have to induce.

"Well that's the last of our offspring gone - let battle commence."

"I'm so sorry that I screamed...I had a terrible dream: the kids had to leave college and live with us again...Oh, Ed, it was horrible!"

I'm here to update your census form. Since you mailed the form in, have any of your children moved back in with you?

"No need to push, Mother—I'm going."

"Remember, son, no matter what happens to you, we intend to always keep your room at home exactly as it is right now...empty."

"I didn't think you'd still be here at thirty."

Bird at desk has eggs in-tray and hatched eggs out-tray.

'Now that you have a job, Tom, Dad and I are turning your room into a condo!'

'You let me out. What I do when I'm out is my business.'

"The joy of the house to myself"

'Something tells me I shouldn't have had these around Easter.'

"They grow up so fast."

"He insists he can't leave until he has a full-time job."

"Congratulations, it looks like half a dozen."

'Do you think Mum and Dad are trying to keep an eye on us, by enroling on the same university course as us, Colin?'

"Since he retired, he hasn't quite figured out what to do with himself!"

'We could easily share this nest: You would use it during the day and I would use it at night...'

'By the time I was your age , I'd already run away from home TWICE!'

The Old Woman in the shoe questions her decision to spend her empty-nest years in a condo at a ski resort.'

"Kids in college? Well, won't it be nice to have them home?"