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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...
May 12, 20234 min read
You and Those You Love Playing Games With Will Be “Transformed” by Catan, an Award Winning Board Game Created By Klaus Teuber and Played Around the World
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...
Mar 26, 20231 min read
Archives Must Reads For New Grandparents. Part II What To Buy, From Equipment to Toys and Gifts
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...
Dec 11, 20224 min read
For Holiday Gifts 2022, Select the Best Award Winning Toys For Grandchildren and the Coolest Tech Gadgets for All Ages Recommended by my Eleven Year Old Grandson
Even our youngest four year old grandchildren crave electronics. We can give what grandchildren crave by asking them what they want in...
Jun 15, 20224 min read
Father’s Day 2022 Curated List of Best Gift Ideas of Everything and Anything At any Price For Every Kind of Father and Grandfather
This Grandma collects articles for research for blogs. When collecting for Father’s Day, I found I had collected forty-one articles from...
Apr 22, 20223 min read
The Best New Source For Artistic, Colorful, Modern Customized and Personalized Gifts for Every Occasion and Purpose is Kicks By Sammy
This Grandma immediately goes to one of three sources for personalized gifts, especially new baby gifts, Chad and Jake, Pottery Barn...
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...
May 13, 20213 min read
Four 2021 Best Inexpensive Gadgets For Feeding Toddlers and Preschoolers That Are Perfect Baby Shower, First Birthday, and Visit Gifts That Parents Will Appreciate
We grandparents, (AV) after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, are planning multiple trips to visit grandchildren. We Florida grandparents...
Oct 7, 20204 min read
Halloween Celebration and Decorating in the Age of COVID-19 Coronavirus
Everything seems different and chaotic in this COVID-19 coronavirus time in our lives. Each year this Grandma buys Halloween costumes...
Jun 10, 20205 min read
Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst Toddler Toys and Gifts
After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...
Apr 15, 20205 min read
Best 2020 Baby, Toddler, and Young Grandchild Gifts for Quarantined Parents and Parents-to-be
Researching for this blog post, this Grandma came across the most interesting brand new potty. Yes, with two grandsons now over age two,...
Dec 11, 20194 min read
How To Select the Best Award Winning Toys For All Ages For Holidays 2019
Even our toddler grandchildren crave electronics. Our youngest grandson, only nineteen months old, can manipulate the I Phone during...
Jul 3, 20194 min read
Grandma’s Best Four Tips to Get Gifts and Candy to Grandchildren at Sleep Away Camps That Do Not All
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...
Apr 3, 20195 min read
Curated List of 309 Best Mother’s Day Gifts To Choose From or Craft For Every Kind of Mother and Grandmother At Every Price Point for Mother’s Day 2019
This Grandma is hooked on the apps that give you options to select a topic and read dozens and dozens of articles from any source, and...
May 23, 20185 min read
Award Winning Outdoor Toys For 2018 Spring and Summer Fun
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...
Dec 16, 20174 min read
Finally An Excellent Holiday Movie That Appeals To All Generations
Our grandchildren, ages 7, 10 and 11 went to see the movie, Wonder, during the Thanksgiving holiday. Our oldest grandson, age 14, had...
Nov 25, 20173 min read
Are Toys and Board Games Dead and Should We Grandparents Keep Them Alive This Holiday Season
Each year it seems that toys and games make up less and less of grandchildren’s birthday and holiday lists and electronics and apps make...
Jun 6, 20176 min read
Best Father’s Day Gender Neutral Gifts For Grandfathers and Great Grandfathers And Using this Holiday
Each year, before this Grandma writes posts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, I scour the newspapers, magazines, and internet for...
Jan 31, 20173 min read
When Valentine’s Day Gifts Are Cheaper Than Valentine’s Day Greeting Cards, This Grandma Knows What
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of very special greeting cards for every occasion. There are musical cards, talking...
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