Happy 9th Birthday Amara!
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Creative Pancakes
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 [...]
Watching Amara Grow
First just watch the picture and then I will explain. Isn’t that the cutest thing ever? A few weeks ago I did a post about the Art of Yoinking and there were a lot of comments about how much big girl Amara and baby Amara look alike. Grampy and I comment on that all the [...]
Another Tradition Passed Down
Growing up I hated all condiments except ketchup. If something had mustard on it I would starve before I would eat it. I was almost as bad about stuff with mayonnaise on or in it. Just the thought of relish made my skin crawl. I was in my mid twenties before I would eat anything [...]
Cinderella’s Carriage
I was thinking the other day of a question Grandma Lisa used to ask when she hosted Grilled Grandmas. What is one thing you wish you had learned earlier as a grandparent? I had answered “That the housework will wait“. Well, I have definitely learned something new and I wanted to share it. Lesson Learned: [...]
But Grandma!
Amara has said some of the silliest and sweetest things lately. Sometimes it is the little things that are the best so I thought I would share. Yesterday I ran over to the kids’ house to drop off something for her Mommy who was hard at work making apple turnovers! I had warned Jenna before [...]
Amara’s Slumber Party – Saturday Morning Part Two
There were just too many memories made at Amara’s 8th Birthday and Slumber Party to capture all in one post so I decided to split them up. You can find Friday Night posted here and Part One of Saturday posted here. I hope you enjoy her party as much as we did. The Justin Games [...]
Amara Says the Sweetest Things
Amara says a lot of silly things. One of my favorites was the time she patted me on the back and said “Its OK Grandma, you try.” Yesterday Amara’s Mommy and I were discussing taking Shebee to the vet on Friday. Shebee is a beautiful, black, long haired cat that has adopted us. We I [...]