Posts Tagged ‘Grampy’
Talk to the Hand Grampy
I was scanning a document for Grampy Sunday while Amara watched. I explained what I was doing and she thought it would be really cool to scan her hand. Why not? She stood with her hand on the scanner bed as she babbled away and I scanned her hand. She moved! Big deal! We just [...]
Multipurpose Helmet
A few months ago Amara, Jenna and I went shopping to find Amara a new bike helmet for our house. Amara has her old bike here but she didn’t have a helmet here, which meant if she didn’t remember to bring it she couldn’t ride! There had already been some tears when the girls across [...]
Frog legs! Frog legs! Frog legs!
I think one of the reasons that children and grandchildren, especially grandpas, get along so well is because they both like telling the same stories and jokes over and over again! Is there a grandma out there who hasn’t heard the knock, knock, banana joke a hundred times? Or the famous grandpa line “Have I [...]
More Everyday Moments
Not every visit with Amara is a big event. One of the advantages of living so close is that we see her a lot and we love it. We get to be involved in all of the little things and sometimes it is those few hours on a Wednesday afternoon, which are the biggest things! [...]
Now This is How We have Fun
This was the kind of visit with Amara that we love. We had fun last weekend but our attempt at making Cinderella’s Pumpkin Carriage wasn’t our most successful bonding and crafting experience. Well, we more than made up for it this weekend. Amara came with movie and recipe book in hand and Grampy had decided [...]
Counting Ladybugs: The First Tradition
I have always loved ladybugs. I have mentioned before that I even went so far as to have them on our wedding cake. My bathroom is covered with ladybugs. I no longer have a ladybug shower curtain but there are soap and candle shaped ladybugs all over the walls! At one of my old jobs [...]