Home Remedies That Make Our Lives Easier — Part II –And How We Must Preserve Our Own Fam
In Part I of home remedies that make our grandchildren’s lives easier, I concentrated on Terry and Joe Graedon and their home remedies....
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Nov 29, 20164 min read
Home Remedies That Make Our Grandchildren’s Lives Easier – Part I The Experts As a Holiday Gif
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...
Nov 25, 20162 min read
Banana Everything Cookies Means They Are Vegan and Healthy. . .Sort Of
Lately, banana is a key ingredient in recipes this Grandma has found. Of course, fruit in a cookie makes it healthy, according to...
Nov 22, 20166 min read
National Toy Hall of Fame Winners and Runners Up Add to the Best Holiday Presents 2016 for All Ages
There is an actual National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York. Each year, since1998, “toys that have inspired creative play and...
Nov 9, 20163 min read
Why and How to Introduce Art Masterpieces and Famous Artists to Grandchildren Through Children’s Books
This Grandma has written about Brad Meltzer and his series of children’s books, including one on Leonardo da Vinci.* His series of...
Nov 4, 20164 min read
Sometimes Double Proof is Better to Show Grandpa that “Happy Wife, Happy Life” Is Always the Way to
Sometimes this Grandma holds on to a post idea about a study for years. Sometimes, the post idea about a study eventually seems...
Nov 2, 20163 min read
The History of Pizza and 101 Best Pizzas in the United States at Our Fingertips
The Sunday travel news in our local South Florida newspaper, the Sun Sentinel, had an article about how to find two of the best pizzas in...
Oct 18, 20164 min read
Grandmas Getting Grandchildren To Eat Vegetables and Healthy Means Hide Them, Flaunt Them, or Repeat Them
When it comes to getting grandchildren to eat vegetables, this Grandma reminds grandmas everywhere of our mantra: grandparenting is all...
Oct 11, 20162 min read
Picking A Perfect Pumpkin and What to Do and Eat Afterwards
This Grandma did not realize there was an art to selecting the best pumpkin. If you are with me, then the internet is a treasure trove...
Oct 7, 20164 min read
Halloween 2016: Continuing Rituals and Traditions and New Rages
One of this Grandma’s mantras is to create rituals and traditions with grandchildren because that is what they will remember from their...
Oct 4, 20163 min read
That Intelligence Comes From the Mother’s Side Is New Science But We Grandparents Can Contribute With Encouragement, Stimulation and Nourishment in the Grandchildren’s Environment
Both of our son-in-laws have jokingly commented at different points in time that they selected the mothers of their children, our...
Sep 28, 20164 min read
Buy A Boy Doll for your Grandson. . . and Your Granddaughter and Mix It Up More
When our eldest grandson was a toddler, this Grandma immediately bought him a boy doll and a stroller, in blue of course. It was hard to...
Sep 15, 20163 min read
Nutella and Bananas or Apples Combine to Make A Tasty and Healthy After School Snack or Maybe Even a
The first time this Grandma heard of Nutella, a chocolate hazelnut spread similar in texture to a peanut butter spread, was in 1988. Our...
Aug 18, 20164 min read
Dirt, Nuts, Bad Hygiene and Habits Such As Nail Biting and Thumb Sucking May Have A Benefit After All
Whenever a parent of a grandchild is worried about something the grandchild is or is not doing, such as sleeping through the night, or...
Aug 13, 20163 min read
Table Tennis at the Rio Olympics Gets Our Grandchildren and Us Moving and Away From Electronics for Holiday Gifts 2016
This Grandma is not athletic, but when Grandpa and I bought our children an outdoor ping pong table for our screened porch when they...
Aug 2, 20163 min read
Making Ice Cream and Icy Treats With Grandchildren Has Never Been Easier and May Lead to A Learning Lesson in Shopping Too
This Grandma’s cooking expertise is making reservations. For desserts, when the grandchildren come, there are always M & M cookie ice...
Jul 23, 20164 min read
Is the Thesaurus A Book About Dinosaurs or A Dinosaur to Our Grandchildren from Preschool to High School
Grandpa and I just saw a fabulous musical on Broadway, Bright Star, which is closing like some other fabulous musicals this season,...
Jul 19, 20163 min read
No More Scraping The Bowl When and If Baking With Grandchildren and Throw Away Your Flour
Grandchildren love scraping the bowl of cookie dough or the like. They love it more than cleaning the bowl at the sink, although they...
Jul 14, 20162 min read
Pillsbury and the Girl Scouts Make and Give Us Grandmas A Sweet Deal
This past week Grandpa and I visited the grandchildren before they left for sleep away camp. Their parents have become obsessed with...
Jul 12, 20163 min read
Summer Camp Mail For Those Grandchildren At Sleep Away Camp and Those Not
We experienced grandmas know we cannot expect mail from our summer campers, but they expect much mail from us. The grandchildren at...
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