Matching Books and Organic Sleepwear For Sizes Two to Ten Make the Best Holiday Gift for 2019
There are certain websites that I have signed up with, usually because they relate to something dealing with grandchildren. Hatley is...
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Nov 20, 20194 min read
If You Have A Toddler Grandchild, Baby Shark Has Already Invaded Your Brain, and Will Add To Your Ho
On our last visit to our youngest grandchild, a toddler, his eight year old brother was humming a tune we grandparents were not familiar...
Jan 24, 20196 min read
The Best New Teethers and Pacifiers and New Study That Parents SHOULD Suck on Them To Clean Them
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...
Nov 28, 20182 min read
Oppenheimer Toy Awards for 2018 Provide A Wealth of Award Winning Toys That Are Tested On Children f
This Grandma found the Oppenheimer Toy Awards years ago. The website, a few years ago, was redesigned and hard to navigate. Looking for...
Nov 22, 20183 min read
PRIMARY and MONICA AND ANDY New Organic Baby Clothes Are Winners For Our Precious Grandchildren and Now Just in Time for Holiday Shopping
Everything with the two newest baby grandchildren is about organic. Of course, organic clothing is the new rage and there are new...
Oct 25, 20183 min read
Quality and Reasonably Priced Plastic American Made Toys Are A Hit To Buy And Put Away For Special Gifts and Holiday Presents
A long (we never say old) dear friend called for advice about toys for her grandson and the third child in a family. It is always a...
May 23, 20185 min read
Award Winning Outdoor Toys For 2018 Spring and Summer Fun
Each year the Oppenheimer Toy Awards on Toy Portfolio give us guidance as to our toy purchases. Each year, it seems, it is harder to...
Dec 26, 20173 min read
Have Fidget Spinners Quickly Gone the Way of Hula Hoops and Pet Rocks And Should They?
If you have a grandchild old enough to say the word, he or she has a fidget spinner in their hand. My son-in-law credits me with being...
Nov 25, 20173 min read
Are Toys and Board Games Dead and Should We Grandparents Keep Them Alive This Holiday Season
Each year it seems that toys and games make up less and less of grandchildren’s birthday and holiday lists and electronics and apps make...
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 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...
Dec 26, 20164 min read
Disney Princesses Come With Controversy Before the Holidays 2016
Disney princesses are young children’s favorites. This holiday there is a new princess. The animated Disney movie, “Moana,” was number...
Nov 19, 20163 min read
Rubik’s Cube Still Going Strong at Near Half a Century And Gift Ideas from Baby and Up For Great 2016 Holiday Presents
At our last visit with our younger grandchildren, this Grandma was surprised to see our nine year old grandson playing with a Rubik’s...
Oct 13, 20164 min read
Winnie the Pooh is “Young Old” and New Again at Age 90 and It’sTime to Introduce him to Our Grandc
This Grandma has decided that we of the Boomer generation will remain “young old,” vibrant and active, at age 90. Our parents’...
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,...
Jun 21, 20163 min read
Summer 2016 Bubble Fun For All Ages
This Grandma loves watching babies watch bubbles. This Grandma loves watching toddlers try to catch bubbles. This Grandma loves when...
Apr 2, 20164 min read
Grandmas Supporting Diversity For Preschool Toys and New Thomas the Train Products
Grandmas Supporting Diversity For Preschool Toys and New Thomas the Train Products. T oy companies seem to get criticized when there is...
Mar 3, 20164 min read
Etch A Sketch and Doodle Art is Part of Our Past But Is It Also Part of Our Grandchildren’s Future
Etch a Sketch was created by a French inventor in 1955, according to a business “Briefing” in the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, February...
Nov 27, 20153 min read
Crayons From Star Wars to Body to Books To Creativity Are A Forever Hit With Grandchildren Beginning With Toddlers to Older Grandchildren Especially At the Holidays 2015
The New York Times best seller list has two picture books, number two and three, by Drew Daywalt, from his series on crayons for children...
Nov 14, 20157 min read
Get Your Grandchild, Even Your Toddler and Preschool Grandchild, An iPad or iPad Mini For A Birthday Present or the Holidays With The Following Indispensable Accessories and Tips To Go With It
A dear, long (we never say old) friend called me to ask what she should get her granddaughter for her second birthday. The first words...
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