“This is an exciting day. These are one of the days when you wake up in the morning and you know you are going to have a great day because we get to celebrate. We are celebrating CSTs from last year…” Amara’s Principal This week they had the awards ceremony to recognize Read the Rest
I love this picture. I created it in Photoshop back in 2007 and I have always really loved it. Amara does have the most gorgeous blue eyes and beautiful long lashes that she inherited from her Daddy. I love this picture. For Christmas Sandy, my wonderful baby sister that I talk about all the time, Read the Rest
Amara and I are both very excited! AmaraLand (the blog) was selected as one of five finalists in the category of Favorite Grandparenting Blog in the Readers’ Choice Awards on About.com! Three years ago when I started her blog I never thought that anyone other than family would read it. So being a finalist is Read the Rest
Amara and I really enjoy making breakfast together. She told me the other day that she was glad that she had one Grandma that liked to cook with her and one Grandma that liked to sew with her. I am so glad her other Grandma is doing the sewing thing. I used to love to Read the Rest
It had been over three weeks since Grampy and I had hugged Amara. I don’t think we have ever gone that long before but we had gone to a convention and come home with Monster Bugs and we didn’t want to expose her. Not only was I missing Amara, I was going crazy missing her Read the Rest
I think one of the reasons that children and grandchildren, especially grandpas, get along so well is because they both like telling the same stories and jokes over and over again! Is there a grandma out there who hasn’t heard the knock, knock, banana joke a hundred times? Or the famous grandpa line “Have I Read the Rest