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Buy A Boy Doll for your Grandson. . . and Your Granddaughter and Mix It Up More
When our eldest grandson was a toddler, this Grandma immediately bought him a boy doll and a stroller, in blue of course. It was hard to...
Sep 28, 20164 min read
Making Ice Cream and Icy Treats With Grandchildren Has Never Been Easier and May Lead to A Learning Lesson in Shopping Too
This Grandma’s cooking expertise is making reservations. For desserts, when the grandchildren come, there are always M & M cookie ice...
Aug 2, 20163 min read
No More Scraping The Bowl When and If Baking With Grandchildren and Throw Away Your Flour
Grandchildren love scraping the bowl of cookie dough or the like. They love it more than cleaning the bowl at the sink, although they...
Jul 19, 20163 min read
Yoga For Grandchildren Should Start Young With Benefits Forever
This Grandma is a twenty year yogi. The mind, body, and spirit is all combined in a package that has kept me forever young, strong, and...
Apr 12, 20164 min read
Postscript and More Ideas After Documenting Baby’s Growth Month By Month During the First Year With Onesies, Belly Stickers and Huge Stuffed Animals
A dear long (we never say old) grandma friend just celebrated her youngest granddaughter’s first birthday. During the baby’s first year,...
Apr 5, 20162 min read
Getting Ready for Frozen, THE MUSICAL, Coming Spring 2017 Somewhere in the United States and to Broadway in Spring 2018 and Frozen, the Movie Sequel
This is a big deal for every grandparent. In 2013 and 2014, Frozen, the Disney movie, was amazing for all of our grandchildren and for us...
Mar 10, 20163 min read
Every Day is A Good Day For a Sugarwish Especially When We Need Something to Send to a Grandchild IMMEDIATELY
This Grandma is always looking for something new and something special for grandchildren. But sometimes we need something at the last...
Feb 26, 20162 min read
When Grandchildren Can Communicate Grandma Life Becomes Even Better
This week, Grandpa spoke to a friend, a new grandpa, who was very excited to have a new baby granddaughter. Grandpa said, “just wait. You...
Feb 20, 20163 min read
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Mini Dessert Sandwiches From a Famous Chef Add to Grandma’s Collection of Decedent Unhealthy But Delicious Treats With Which To Spoil Grandchildren
This Grandma always looks for decedent unhealthy but delicious treats with which to spoil grandchildren. Who would have thought I would...
Feb 6, 20162 min read
Our Faces and Voices Are Still the Best “Traditional” Toys for Our Grandchildren, the App Generation or Generation Z, as They Are Called
When my first born was a toddler, this Grandma took gourmet cooking lessons. I can still remember repeating and play acting making duck...
Jan 20, 20163 min read
Grandchildren May Learn A Lot By Their Introduction to Frank Sinatra On His Centennial And We May Have A Great Holiday Gift for The Great Grandparents
Frank Sinatra would be 100 years old December 12, 2015. He is not really of our era, but of the GG (great grandparent) era as a singer. I...
Dec 27, 20154 min read
Starting School Later and Prolonging Preschool Play Helps Our Grandchildren Mentally Which Is Why It Helps Them Academically
A new study from Stamford University is great news for the parents of our grandchildren. Increasingly both public and private schools...
Dec 11, 20154 min read
Documenting Baby’s Growth Month By Month During the First Year With Onesies, Belly Stickers and Huge Stuffed Animals Makes For Wonderful Baby Gifts From Grandma For Holidays or As a Wonderful Baby Sho
A dear long (we never say old) grandma friend sends me a picture of her youngest granddaughter each month. The adorable baby girl is...
Nov 29, 20152 min read
To This Day, Play Dough Does Not Appear in Grandma’s House But Learning its History and How To Make It At Home Led to The Best Website For Instructions To Homemade Anything
The youngest grandson, age four, loves Play Dough. And his mother actually allows it in her home. It may be because she was deprived as a...
Oct 14, 20152 min read
Rubik’s Cube Fun For Grandchildren
Visiting the oldest grandchild, I found him playing unusually with a low tech toy–a Rubik’s Cube. He said he and his twelve year old...
Aug 28, 20152 min read
Disney Princesses Precede Grandma’s High Heels, Jewelry and Makeup As a Treat For A Granddaughter
Spring cleaning season has passed so now it is time to have the guilt work so much that this Grandma gets into her closets and drawers....
Jul 2, 20152 min read
Scrabble With Grandma Starting At Age Three to A Perfect Decorative Scrabble Game Cabinet as a Beautiful and “Playful” Addition to a Home
We forget how smart our grandchildren are. In preschool early, they learn their letters and can put together words by age three. There...
Apr 23, 20153 min read
The Millennials Could Learn the Top Four Beauty Products From This Grandma To Keep Them Looking Young and Fabulous
This Grandma just could not understand Sephora and Ulta. My youngest daughter, in her late thirties, loves Ulta. She asks for gift cards...
Mar 25, 20155 min read
Social Media is Changing the Grandparenting Landscape but Not As Much as the Parenting Landscape
My eleven year old grandson had just arrived for Thanksgiving. He was sitting on the couch smiling and burst into laughter. This Grandma...
Dec 29, 20143 min read
This Grandma Laments Parents’ Responsibility Regarding Crime Watch Tips for Sending Grandchildren Back to School
Okay. This Grandma is doing what her parents did, talking about the “good old days.” Not remembering how much things cost back when,...
Sep 9, 20143 min read
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