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Dec 13, 20237 min read
Best Seven Chanukah and Christmas Holiday Gift Ideas For Grandparents and the Parents of Your Grandchildren That You Might Not Have Considered, Are Priceless, Interesting, Mostly Inexpensive, and Unus
It is always hard to get grandparents holiday gifts. All we grandparents want is time with grandchildren. In that vein, here are ideas...
Nov 28, 20233 min read
Christmas and Chanukah, Two of the Best Holiday Gift Resources for the Newest and Best Top Rated Toy
This Grandma found the Oppenheimer Toy Awards years ago. It should be the first place to look for award winning toys and games for 2023...
Nov 12, 20233 min read
Grandma Gets Ready Early for the Holidays 2023: Best Newborn and Baby Gifts for Chanukah or Christmas
A new baby in the family is a joy. This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early for newborn and baby gifts, and Chanukah starts...
Dec 18, 20226 min read
Holiday Gifts For Grandparents That Are Priceless, Interesting, and Unusual
It is always hard to get grandparents holiday gifts. All we grandparents want is time with grandchildren. In that vein, now that COVID...
Dec 12, 20215 min read
The Best 2021 Holiday Presents for Our Preteen, Teenage, and College Aged Grandchildren and What They Want As Presents for The Holidays 2021
In 2014, I wrote a post, “What Our Grandchildren Want as Presents. Then I did not have college aged grandchildren or teenaged...
Dec 4, 20213 min read
Long Distance Grandma Thinks Creatively When Celebrating the Holidays with the Top Four Tips for Making Holidays Joyful
Since the birth of the oldest grandchild, this Grandma realized that celebration of holidays was going to be a challenge being a long...
Dec 18, 20204 min read
Great Grandmother’s Famous Butter Cookies and the Best 2020 Homemade Christmas, Chanukah, and Specialty Disney and U.S. States Cookies For Games To Play and Times to Share, With the Best Ways to Mail
GG (Great Grandmother) Frieda, my mother, was a great cook and an even greater baker. Our home was overflowing with food and sweets as...
Dec 3, 20206 min read
The Best of the Best 2020 Christmas and Chanukah Gifts for Everyone and Especially Grandchildren in This Far From the Best Year for Celebration
Thanksgiving 2020 took a toll. Not only could this Grandma not cook small enough for two, nothing tasted as good as when the entire...
Nov 27, 20193 min read
Matching Books and Organic Sleepwear For Sizes Two to Ten Make the Best Holiday Gift for 2019
There are certain websites that I have signed up with, usually because they relate to something dealing with grandchildren. Hatley is...
Dec 7, 20143 min read
Long Distance Grandma Thinks Creatively When Celebrating the Holidays with the Top Four Tips for Making Holidays Joyful
Holidays with the Top Four Tips for Making Holidays JoyfulSince the birth of the oldest grandchild, this Grandma realized that...
Nov 24, 201310 min read
Grandma Gets Ready for the Holidays 2013: Best School Age Gifts for Christmas or Chanukah 2013
This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early. Searching Toy Portfolio for the best new Oppenheimer Toy Award platinum award winning...
Nov 23, 20137 min read
Grandma Gets Ready for the Holidays 2013: Best Preschool Age Gifts for Christmas or Chanukah 2013
This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early. Searching Toy Portfolio for the best new Oppenheimer Toy Award platinum award winning...
Nov 14, 20132 min read
Zoomer, the Robotic Dog, the Number One Toy for Christmas 2013
Our grandchildren each requested Zoomer, the Dog, as a present for the holidays. Zoomer is a trainable robotic dog at the “reasonable”...
Nov 12, 20139 min read
Grandma Gets Ready for the Holidays 2013: Best Baby Gifts for Christmas or Chanukah 2013
This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early. Searching Toy Portfolio for the best new Oppenheimer Toy Award platinum award winning...
Oct 30, 20132 min read
Long Distance Grandparents Combining Holidays for Double Joy: Thanksgiving and Christmas or Chanukah
A long friend lamented that she was going to see her young (fourteen months granddaughter and four month grandson—yes, her son and...
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