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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Grandma’
If Mommy Likes It
I had another Grandma victory! Amara was here the other evening and decided she was hungry. I was out of all my go to foods that she likes so I suggested I make her a grilled cheese. She gave me “the look”. The look that says, “I am eight and I still don’t like to [...]
Another Christmas Victory
The day could not have been more perfect! We had been having wet, gray, cold weather all week but Friday it was 65°, the air was cool and crisp and the sky was a very bright blue. Amara’s excitement meter was at 9.85. For Christmas Grampy and I bought her an American Girl gift certificate. [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
Grandma is going to Michigan
Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, September 26 th, 2012 I am off to Michigan for six wonderful days with family! I haven’t seen my sister Sandy, who comments here often and has been the subject of many posts, since June of 2009 when she and Mark rode their Harley Davidsons from Michigan to California. A lot of [...]
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 [...]
Our Trip to the Farm
Amara and I have been having fun together this summer. A few weeks ago we went with some of our friends and their moms to one of the local farms to take the strawberry tour. Jenna had an appointment that day and since I had grown up on a farm they thought it would be [...]