Because it mentioned our family’s beloved board game, Catan, in the title, I immediately went to an article in the New York Times, April...

As this Grandma said in Part I, a dear long friend, who is becoming a grandma for the first time, asked me to give her my must reads for...

It is always hard to get grandparents holiday gifts. All we grandparents want is time with grandchildren. In that vein, now that COVID...

Even our youngest four year old grandchildren crave electronics. We can give what grandchildren crave by asking them what they want in...

PopPop and I have a four year grandchild who has a “moving up” ceremony this week, moving up from the three’s to pre kindergarten.  He is...

In 2014, I wrote a post, “What Our Grandchildren Want as Presents. Then I did not have college aged grandchildren or teenaged...

After six grandchildren and many baby gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters rave and complain about baby gifts.  Of course,...

Researching for this blog post, this Grandma came across the most interesting brand new potty.  Yes, with two grandsons now over age two,...

Even our toddler grandchildren crave electronics.  Our youngest grandson, only nineteen months old, can manipulate the I Phone during...

Gift packages have been banned at most sleep away camps.  For crazy grandmothers, all that did was make us try to find ways to circumvent...

A long (we never say old) dear friend called for advice about toys for her grandson and the third child in a family.  It is always a...

Each year the Oppenheimer Toy Awards on Toy Portfolio give us guidance as to our toy purchases.  Each year, it seems, it is harder to...

Snapchat is a social media format that allows posts of pictures and photographs that can be enhanced by drawing on them and changing them...

Headphones are a great gift item for grandchildren at any time of the year.  We grandparents know how it is sitting in a car with...

Grandmas Supporting Diversity For Preschool Toys and New Thomas the Train Products. T oy companies seem to get criticized when there is...

This Grandma does not want grandchildren to spend much money on a holiday gift. Previous posts recommend a photograph of the grandchild...

This Grandma always knew puzzles are good for our grand children’s brains, but not exactly why, so I went on line, and found the...

If money were no object and a grandma did not care what anything cost, here are over the top luxurious holiday gifts grandchildren would...

After four grandchildren and many baby gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters rave and complain about baby gifts.  Of course,...