The Five Best Website Resources 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...
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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...
Nov 28, 20233 min read
Christmas and Chanukah, Two of the Best Holiday Gift Resources for the Newest and Best Top Rated Toy
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...
Nov 12, 20233 min read
Grandma Gets Ready Early for the Holidays 2023: Best Newborn and Baby Gifts for Chanukah or Christma
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...
Jul 23, 20233 min read
There is One Summer Pool and Beach Toy for 2013 That Is Addictive To Children Age Three and Up
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...
May 12, 20234 min read
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...
Mar 26, 20231 min read
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...
Jan 15, 20234 min read
New Technology gives us a Self Driving Stroller If You Want To Spend As Much as We Boomers Spent on Our First Cars and After A Serious Look Arguably is Justified in 2023
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...
Dec 18, 20226 min read
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...
Dec 11, 20224 min read
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...
May 29, 20223 min read
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...
Apr 22, 20223 min read
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...
Apr 15, 20223 min read
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...
Dec 18, 20215 min read
The Best Acknowledgments From Grandchildren When Grandparents Give Them Gifts and 2021 Ideas For Charitable Giving By Grandchildren
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...
Nov 21, 20213 min read
Cars, Trucks, Construction Vehicles and Toys and Books Galore For Holiday Gifts 2021
Having five grandsons means learning a lot about cars, trucks and construction vehicles. Our youngest grandson, age three, has a girl...
Jan 23, 20215 min read
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...
Jan 16, 20215 min read
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,...
Dec 10, 20204 min read
Having The Best Selection of 2020 Holiday Gifts in One Article For Anyone in the World is the Best R
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...
Oct 29, 20204 min read
Board Games Are Selling Out in the Pandemic So Buy Early to Get The Best For Everyone in the Family
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...
Dec 18, 20194 min read
New York Magazine’s Top Rated Family Board Games on Amazon Make Winners For This Holiday Season and
When the holidays are coming, this Grandma is looking for alternatives to electronics for the grandchildren that they will be interested...
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