Posts Tagged ‘Amara’
A Popsicle Party
The phone rang the other morning and it was Jenna. It is usually Jenna and I do consider myself lucky that my daughter want to call me all the time. It wasn’t always that way. “Do you want to go to a Popsicle Party with Amara’s class?” Well of course, I want to go. Who [...]
Saved by Google
Amara’s school has a music program for 3rd graders now. They all started by learning to play the recorder this year. Next year they get to pick an instrument! This was their first concert and it was nothing short of amazing. 150+ 3rd graders on stage playing together and they sounded very good! They had [...]
Wordless Wednesday True Grit
As an FYI, the book True Grit was written by Grampy’s cousin — Charles Portis.
Grandma Scores Again
I love surprises! I love presents and I love taunting Amara! I really am a big tease! Friday Amara got sick in the morning so her Mommy kept her home from school. Thing was Mommy had to go to the school that day at 1 PM to give out the prizes for the recent Jog-a-thon. [...]
Wordless Wednesday Determination
Under Grampy’s careful supervision.
Turning Nine Part Two
Amara’s slumber party celebrating her 9th birthday had taken place on Friday night. I knew that her parents had worked their tails off to get ready for it and wouldn’t get much, if any sleep, so we invited Amara to spend the night with us on Saturday night. This also meant she would wake up [...]
Club 9
This is the first birthday since Amara’s very first birthday that the party didn’t happen at our house. A little part of me was saddened that I wasn’t going to be there to soak up every minute of the celebration but Amara wanted this slumber party to be at her house where she could share [...]