This Grandma found the Oppenheimer Toy Awards years ago. It should be the first place to look for award winning toys and games for 2023...

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...

This Grandma looks for summer pool and beach toys every year, trying to find a true winner. The first place I look is the Oppenheimer Toy...

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...

When my father used to tell my brother and me that he bought a loaf of rye bread for a nickel, and we had to buy a loaf of rye bread for...

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...

2022 is a year where memories are especially important. Covid has made us realize that time and time together is precious. We want the...

Eight years ago, January 27, 2013, I wrote a blog post about thank you notes from grandchildren which was then a topic on the Today Show...

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

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

This Grandma, for this blog, keeps folders of different topics on my Ipad. Whenever I read something I want to keep, I put it in a...

Now that we all are spending more time at home, the news today included that we may have another run on toilet paper as the coronavirus...

We are in the midst of once in a century and half century traumatic events. There are protests in the street after the murder of George...

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

When the holidays are coming, this Grandma is looking for alternatives to electronics for the grandchildren that they will be interested...

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

One of the worst parts of the baby using teethers or pacifiers is when they land on the floor and there is nothing handy but one’s mouth...

This Grandma found the Oppenheimer Toy Awards years ago.  The website, a few years ago, was redesigned and hard to navigate.  Looking for...