Amara and I have started video chatting lately on Gmail. It is wonderful to have her call me when she gets home from school. Because Amara lives so close by we have never spent a lot of time on the phone or anything and video chatting has added a whole new dimension to our relationship. [...]
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Energy Alert!
It is funny how kids can behave so differently at home then they behave other places, like at Grandma’s house or at a friend’s. I can remember when I was a little girl I would gladly help my aunts or one of the neighbor moms with any housework they were doing. I would not offer [...]
Sharing with Amara
A few weeks ago Lisa over at Grandma’s Briefs introduced me to a great website called Open Source. Not only do I really enjoy it but they often post things (videos) that I can share with Amara. When Amara got her new computer for Christmas her Daddy set her up with a Gmail account so [...]
Mini Pizza Monkey Breads and The Smurfs
Grampy and I were really looking forward to Amara spending the night with us Saturday. I was lucky and got to see Amara a couple of times last week, even thought it wasn’t for very long. Grampy hadn’t been so lucky and he was really missing his girl. Amara and I had made big plans [...]
Teaching Grandma Kc a Craft
November 15, 2011 —I stopped by Amara’s house this evening. It’s always wonderful to just stop by for a visit — and to get my dog fix! They have 2 dogs and it is so much fun to get love from Bogey and Newt. Amara was busy going at about 100 mph telling me everything. [...]
Amara’s Haunted House
Amara spent the night with us Saturday night and as always we had a blast. This week’s movie was Bright Eyes with Shirley Temple and while I don’t think it was Amara’s favorite, Grampy and I really enjoyed it! Seeing southern California, especially the Valley and the Burbank Airport in the mid thirties was kind [...]
Making Monkey Bread
Last weekend was wonderful! It had been 2 very long weeks since Amara spent the night and we did our best to stuff it full of memories! We read books, we played on the swings and she even practiced her typing while I cooked dinner. Her elementary school has an awesome website and a link [...]