November 3 each year is National Sandwich Day.  There seems to be a day for everything celebrated in our country, and we can use each...

A dear grandma friend complained that her two grandsons, ages nine and seven, constantly fight. Their parents separate them by sending...

As I receive the pictures of our grandchildren’s 2017 Halloween costumes, I smile.  I remember each year.  I am waiting for Godiva’s 2017...

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...

A dear long friend, who is becoming a grandma for the first time, asked me to give her my must reads for new grandmas from my archives. I...

In order to understand this Grandma’s recommendation that grandchildren should be fed a breakfast feast grandchildren would want for...

If you subscribe to this blog, and you can on the home page where it says to “subscribe” to receive two posts per week by email, you...

Our cousins in San Francisco have always had a nanny who speaks Mandarin Chinese.  Once their eldest was ready for preschool, they...

Our dear cousin is a whiplash grandma.  She laughed when I named her that.  She has had five grandchildren born in five years.  When her...

I love watermelon.  It is the best summer treat.  I always thought it was full of calories and little else, lacking any nutrition.  As a...

This Grandma believes that electronics are grandparents’ friend.  When we are tired, or want some quiet time, or especially when we take...

The Today Show, on May 11, 2017, had a segment about an admirable new project, maternity concierge, that businesses are starting. They...

It does not matter if I am with the thirteen year old or six year old grandchildren.  Both the youngest and oldest, and the grandchildren...

I just left my dentist’s office after looking at the video screen gross slide of all of the various kinds of living and moving micro...

This Grandma is always viewing television segments on the Today Show with an eye on how to use what they teach with grandchildren.  You...

Yes, the parents of our grandchildren are anti sugar everything, unless it is they who are rewarding our grandchildren with candy.  This...

Good boy! Good girl! We used to say that to our children for a job well done. Now it is preserved for our animals. WebMD has a great...

This Grandma recently spent time with Grandpa and her younger brother, during which the younger brother bemoaned playing Monopoly with...

We grandmas are always looking for special things to mail grandchildren for holidays.  The grandchildren love getting presents in the...

French toast is a treat the grandchildren ask for immediately when this Grandma visits.  Who else would make it for them on a school day...