After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...

Everything seems different and chaotic in this COVID-19 coronavirus time in our lives.  Each year this Grandma buys Halloween costumes...

After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...

Never before have we had to be apart “social distancing” from our loved ones under the circumstances of a world-wide pandemic.  Many of...

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...

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...

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...

Our grandchildren, ages 7, 10 and 11 went to see the movie, Wonder, during the Thanksgiving holiday.  Our oldest grandson, age 14, had...

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...

Each year it gets harder and harder to buy gifts for today’s grandmothers and great grandmothers.  When it comes to Mother’s Day,...

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of very special greeting cards for every occasion.  There are musical cards, talking...

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...

This Grandma had never heard of Terry and Joe Graedon until I saw their column in the Sun Sentinel newspaper October 27, 2016.  Here was...

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

A dear, long (we never say old) friend called me to ask what she should get her granddaughter for her second birthday. The first words...

This Grandma’s mantra for gifts for Father’s Day is the same as Mother’s Day and such holidays. Gifts from children to parents and...

Sleep-away camps have cracked down on care packages from home during the summer. The camps do not want the campers competitive about the...