GIFTS AND HOLIDAYS

Dec 13, 20237 min read

Best Seven Chanukah and Christmas Holiday Gift Ideas For Grandparents and the Parents of Your Grandchildren That You Might Not Have Considered, Are Priceless, Interesting, Mostly Inexpensive, and Unus

It is always hard to get grandparents holiday gifts. All we grandparents want is time with grandchildren. In that vein, here are ideas...

Ten of the Best Creative and Useful Gifts From Grandparents For New Parents Up To Parents of Toddler

May 27, 20235 min read

GIFTS AND HOLIDAYS

Ten of the Best Creative and Useful Gifts From Grandparents For New Parents Up To Parents of Toddler

This Grandma always says that when I was a mother it was really the dark ages, we knew little and had little access to information other...

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

May 12, 20234 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

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...

Archives Must Reads For New Grandparents. Part II What To Buy, From Equipment to Toys and Gifts

Mar 26, 20231 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

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...

Holiday Gifts For Grandparents That Are Priceless, Interesting, and Unusual

Dec 18, 20226 min read

TOYS AND GIFTS

Holiday Gifts For Grandparents That Are Priceless, Interesting, and Unusual

It is always hard to get grandparents holiday gifts. All we grandparents want is time with grandchildren. In that vein, now that COVID...

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

Dec 11, 20224 min read

TOYS AND GIFTS

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...

Father’s Day 2022 Curated List of Best Gift Ideas of Everything and Anything At any Price For Every Kind of Father and Grandfather

Jun 15, 20224 min read

GIFTS AND HOLIDAYS

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...

Best Gifts for Graduations From Preschool to Graduate School 2022

May 29, 20223 min read

GIFTS AND HOLIDAYS

Best Gifts for Graduations From Preschool to Graduate School 2022

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...

The Best New Source For Artistic, Colorful, Modern Customized and Personalized Gifts for Every Occasion and Purpose is Kicks By Sammy

Apr 22, 20223 min read

GIFTS AND HOLIDAYS

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...

Best Mother’s Day 2022 Gifts Are To Create Memories and More

Apr 15, 20223 min read

GIFTS AND HOLIDAYS

Best Mother’s Day 2022 Gifts Are To Create Memories and More

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

The Best 2021 Holiday Presents for Our Preteen, Teenage, and College Aged Grandchildren and What They Want As Presents for The Holidays 2021

Dec 12, 20215 min read

GIFTS AND HOLIDAYS

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...

Long Distance Grandma Thinks Creatively When Celebrating the Holidays with the Top Four Tips for Making Holidays Joyful

Dec 4, 20213 min read

TRAVEL

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...

Four 2021 Best Inexpensive Gadgets For Feeding Toddlers and Preschoolers That Are Perfect Baby Shower, First Birthday, and Visit Gifts That Parents Will Appreciate

May 13, 20213 min read

BOOMER

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...

The 2021 Best Mother’s Day Gift For Grandmas Is Also The Most Important

Apr 25, 20214 min read

Gifts for Grandparents

The 2021 Best Mother’s Day Gift For Grandmas Is Also The Most Important

Mother’s Day 2021 is Sunday, May 9. The 2021 Best Mother’s Day gift is also the most important. If you add up the days, minutes or hours...

Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst New Baby Gifts

Jan 16, 20215 min read

TOYS AND GIFTS

Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst New Baby Gifts

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

Halloween Celebration and Decorating in the Age of COVID-19 Coronavirus

Oct 7, 20204 min read

GRANDMA TIPS

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...

Taking A Virtual Zoom Baby Shower to the Next Level With the Best Four Tips

Sep 23, 20204 min read

GRANDMA TIPS

Taking A Virtual Zoom Baby Shower to the Next Level With the Best Four Tips

Yesterday, I participated in a Zoom baby shower given by one of my long (we never say old) dear friends for her son and daughter-in-law. ...

Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst Toddler Toys and Gifts

Jun 10, 20205 min read

GRANDMA TIPS

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...

Father’s Day 2020 is a Father’s Day Like No Other and Consider Gifts Like No Other Year

Jun 3, 20203 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

Father’s Day 2020 is a Father’s Day Like No Other and Consider Gifts Like No Other Year

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...

Best 2020 Baby, Toddler, and Young Grandchild Gifts for Quarantined Parents and Parents-to-be

Apr 15, 20205 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

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,...