Six Ways To Celebrate 2018 Earth Day and Earth Month With Grandchildren
On April 22 each year since 1970, we celebrate Earth Day, a day to appreciate and be aware of our environment and the Earth. Earth Day...
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Mar 30, 20183 min read
Unique Modern Art Gifts For Baby and Older Grandchildren
We grandmas are always looking for unique gifts for our grandchildren and unique decor for their rooms. I have written about books on...
Mar 20, 20183 min read
Poop Should Not Be A Toy and We Grandparents Should Say Phooey to Poop Toys
The article, “Toy Fair is Flush with Poo-inspired Games and Trinkets,” in the Washington Post February 24, 2018, by Mark Lennihan, has...
Mar 16, 20182 min read
Golden Retriever Buddies Movies Are Boomer Grandparents’ Best Home Movie Friends
We are in an era where families are having movie nights and board game nights and that is fabulous bonding time. I find that I am...
Mar 13, 20182 min read
Bugaboo Steps Aside for UPPAbaby
My favorite picture of myself as a baby has me sitting up in a huge fancy baby carriage. When I had my first child, now nearly 45 years...
Mar 2, 20183 min read
Put The Lion King on Your Radar Screen: The Large Screen, the Small Screen and On the Stage
“The Lion King” live stage musical is the most successful production of any work in any media in entertainment, and it deserves to be. ...
Feb 16, 20183 min read
Pizza For Breakfast Is Finally Getting the Respect It Deserves and This Grandma’s Case For a Breakfast Feast Grandchildren Would Want For Breakfast, Part II
If you follow this blog, you will already know that this Grandma is obsessed with the concept of “Pizza for Breakfast” as a special...
Feb 13, 20188 min read
Surprise at the Continuing Misunderstanding Regarding Joint Custody and What Grandparents Should Know About How To Handle Disputes Between the Parents of Our Grandchildren
Grandparents should only take one side in disputes between the parents of our grandchildren–the side of the grandchildren. Parental...
Feb 10, 20183 min read
What We Should Know About Science Daily, Tell the Parents of Our Grandchildren about It, and What Is Reported About when To Introduce Foods to Babies
My brother forwarded me an article about a report on when to introduce foods to babies in an online publication called “Science Daily.” ...
Feb 3, 20185 min read
The Six Best Reasons For Boomer Grandparents to Buy an iPhone X
This is the first time in this Grandma‘s life that I am finally considered the most cool by my grandchildren. Why? Because PopPop...
Jan 26, 20187 min read
What Purple, The 2018 Color of the Year, Has To Do With The Washington Post and The New York Times Rivalry And A Subliminal Political Message for The Coming Year
The Color Purple has a history in our family before the 1985 outstanding movie with Whoopi Goldberg. In 1982, our youngest daughter was...
Jan 18, 20189 min read
Best Five Tips for Experiencing Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland
In this past first year of retirement, Grandpa and I traveled several continents and finished those Wonders of the World Lists that are...
Dec 30, 20174 min read
The One Best Website for Finding the Best Children’s Books For Our Grandchildren of All Ages
From a new baby registry to holiday presents to visit presents to school required reading at all ages, books connect us with our...
Dec 13, 20175 min read
Six Tips To Remember for The Best Bargains For “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” 2018 and For Shopping
This Grandma has the life experience of remembering when “brick and mortar” stores controlled and is living through the change to...
Nov 16, 20174 min read
How to Celebrate the Month of November’s National Sandwich Day With Grandchildren
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...
Nov 3, 20174 min read
Top Four Tips For Grandparents To Conquer Sibling Rivalry
A dear grandma friend complained that her two grandsons, ages nine and seven, constantly fight. Their parents separate them by sending...
Oct 25, 20172 min read
Making the Most of Halloween 2017 and Best Tips of Halloweens Past
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...
Oct 13, 20175 min read
Top Five Tips for Planning The Perfect Travel Experiences for the First Three Years Of Retirement
This Grandma and Grandpa have a bucket list of seeing all of the wonders of the world. Just when we thought we had completed seeing all...
Oct 10, 20172 min read
Archives Must Reads For New Grandmas. 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...
Oct 6, 20172 min read
Archives Must Reads For New Grandmas: Part I Grandma Lessons and Tips
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...
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