Grandparents have the sweetest routine with granddaughter

Heartwarming footage captures the daily routine of two devoted grandparents who wave to their granddaughter as she passes them on the way to work.

Loving grandparents Valerie and Wilson Ovenstone stand outside their house in Methil, Scotland, each day waiting Rio Smith’s bus to drive by, waving as it goes.

Rio, 17, posted a video of the sweet moment on her Twitter account yesterday, which quickly went viral.

 

Heartwarming footage captures the daily routine of two devoted grandparents who wave to their granddaughter every day as she passes them on the bus going to work, in Methil, Scotland

Loving grandparents Valerie and Wilson Ovenstone stand outside their house in Methil, Scotland, each day and wave to Rio Smith, 17

Loving grandparents Valerie and Wilson Ovenstone stand outside their house in Methil, Scotland, each day and wave to Rio Smith, 17

The footage is made all the sweeter as Wilson can only be seen for a brief moment, waving from his garden, before the bus passes by other houses.

Rio, an admin worker for Fife Council, posted the short clip on Twitter, writing: ‘Every morning my Gran or Granddad stand outside and wave to me when am on the bus to work (sic).’

Her tweet received more than 150,000 likes and 35,000 retweets – attracting hundreds of comments.

Rio said she has a very close relationship with her grandparents and said normally they’d both wave, but Valerie was busy that morning. 

Social media users flocked to comment on the cuteness of the clip, with one person, Elain D commenting: ‘That’s adorable. I want to be that kind of grandparent. Awwwww,’ while Rab wrote: ‘This is too cute.’

Twitter user Danielle added: ‘This is the cutest thing I’ve seen in my life. Grandparents are so so precious.’

Rio responded to the comments, telling The Sun: ‘I posted the video just because I thought it was sweet.

‘I was so shocked when everyone was replying with such lovely comments towards my grandparents.’

Social media users flocked to comment on the cuteness of the clip

Social media users flocked to comment on the cuteness of the clip

Twitter user Danielle added: 'This is the cutest thing I've seen in my life. Grandparents are so so precious.'

Twitter user Danielle added: ‘This is the cutest thing I’ve seen in my life. Grandparents are so so precious.’

Rio told how her the couple do it for moral support and ‘honestly melt my heart,’ adding that she ‘cherishes’ them both.

She told Metro: ‘I’d say that they are the most genuine, caring and loving people you’ll ever meet.

‘They aren’t like normal grandparents, they are fun and act so much younger than what they are, which is so funny at times.’

The sweet gesture prompted other people to share their own heartwarming family tales. 

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