The funniest thing happened over dinner the other night. We had friends over the day after Christmas and I served Amara and their little boy sparkling apple cider out of champagne glasses. Sparkling apple cider is one of those special treats I like to get for Amara. She asked why I was using different glasses. [...]
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Happy Holidays
From All of Us to All of You!
Honor Roll Four-Peat
Amara did it again! She made The Principal’s Honor Roll for the first trimester of second grade. For those of you who may have just joined us, she made the honor roll all year while she was in first grade. She gets her report card today when Mommy and Daddy go to her parents/teacher conference [...]
What would Santa think?
Last weekend when Amara was here the two of us started decorating our little Christmas Tree. It is a fake tree that Grampy and I have had since we moved in here and we like it! Like all Christmas Trees the best part of the tree is the decorations and the memories that they hold. [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Two of the things I am very thankful to have in my life.
Sharing and Other Nice Things
Amara really is a kind, generous and giving soul. She gave her trike to her friend’s little sister when she got her 2 wheeler. She gave her sandbox to her cousin when she outgrew it. She gave the little girl next door to us her old Sesame Street DVDs. She finds books she wants to [...]
Amara’s Recipe Book — Part 2
Amara’s Mommy told me that one of the perks of being Special Citizen of the Week is that Amara got to do a special show and tell. Amara took her Recipe Book to school and she showed it to the class. She told everyone about how her Aunt Sandy and Uncle Mark sent it to [...]
Special Citizen of the Week
Grampy and I have been going through withdrawals this week because we haven’t seen Amara in forever! Her Aunt was here visiting from Virginia last week and it was one of her other Grandpa’s birthdays. PLUS, I worked a lot of extra hours last week so I didn’t get to just “stop by” for any [...]