Amara was only a few months old when her Grandpa made some joke about AmaraLand — we had seen some special about the Hollywood Land Sign. It was about this same time that I decided to take a Dreamweaver class so I purchased the domain name Amaraland.com. I built that first site in her honor and I have updated it 3 times since then.
But AmaraLand also came to have another meaning. When Amara was about 6 months old her Grandpa and I decided 5 miles away was just to far away. So we found a great house exactly one mile from “The Kids”. The house came complete with a great backyard and a swingset. We christened it AmaraLand. She shares it with the cats and we have spent many hours in AmaraLand playing and having fun.
Her swingset was replaced with a new on her 3rd birthday.
The wooden fence was replaced with a nice brick one in time for her 4th birthday — the wooden one had fallen over in a wind storm.
AmaraLand is the perfect size — big enough for playing Star Wars, big enough for a bouncy house and all her friends for all the birthday parties, big enough for her ladybug tent, big enough for fun with the sprinklers…. 
AmaraLand is a pretty wonderful place — especially when Princess Amara is back there reigning over her kingdom.
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Tags: birthday, cats, games, Star Wars, swingset
Amaraland sounds like a magical place indeed! I don’t think Princess Amara is the only thing that makes it so magical. It is the love of her grandparents that create the magic.
Looking forward to reading about the adventures in AmaraLand!
Anita
KC what a special thing you have done for your grand daughter. Your right about memories, I also have special memories of my grandmother.
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Amaraland sounds wonderful! This was a lovely post. Thank you for sharing!
Terri
Stopping by from Grand Social!
Sweet post! Stopping by from the Grand Social at Grandma’s Briefs.
Angela
You are my kind of Grandma! I always think about what the kids want and not us! If it’s good for grandkids then it’s good for us!
Amaraland seems such a magical place, for both Amara and you. A magical memory maker, for sure. You are indeed an A++ grandma!
Thank you for linking up to GRAND Social!