Amara didn’t spend the night with us this weekend. Twursula was very happy. She had Amara’s room all to herself, just the way she likes it. I found her lounging in Amara’s Princess chair. I also found her sleeping in a basket of laundry that somehow never got put away this weekend. It’s been a [...]
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Let’s go to Pretend City
If I ask Amara what she wants to do tomorrow you can almost be sure the answer will be “Go to Pretend City”! So we had made plans to meet Celia and Miss Monique there this weekend. Pretend City is an amazing kids’ museum, rated the 2010 Editors Choice award by Orange County Parenting. Here [...]
Giving Life to a Scarecrow
Friday was an amazing day! Jenna and I got to spend time in Amara’s first grade classroom helping with a scarecrow as part of their fall project. 3 generations of us girls all in the same classroom. Did I mention it was wonderful? Amara’s teacher had asked for volunteers and there were 6 of us, [...]
Amara’s first day of 1st Grade
How exciting! Yesterday I got to go with Amara and her Mommy to the first day of 1st grade. We were 3 generations of excitement! These are the magical moments that make up being a Grandma! I got to Amara’s house a little bit early and Mommy was still combing the tangles out of that [...]
Amara starts 1st Grade
It’s hard to believe that Amara will be starting 1st grade on Monday. 1st grade! How did we get here so quickly. I was reading Grandma Shelley’s blog the other day and she was talking about the many first we grandparents get to experience. A couple of years ago I was taking a HTML class [...]
Glasses make me look studious, Grandma
It was inevitable that sooner or later Amara would end up needing to wear glasses. With the exception of her Dad, she comes from a long line of eyeglass wearers! Her Mommy started wearing them when she was about 4 so she wasn’t surprised when the doctor told her Amara needed them, too. It’s her [...]
The Sandbox
It was Christmas 2005 that we got Amara her sandbox. She was 20 months old and even though it was December AmaraLand is in sunny southern California and the weather was wonderful. Amara loved playing in the sand at the beach and she loved playing in the sand at the park, we knew it would [...]