Usually my posts on AmaraLand are about our personal adventures with Amara. I’m not sure I have ever posted anything here that was hearsay but I don’t want to ever forget this memory so I have to keep it here. Jenna, Amara’s Mommy and my awesome daughter, told me about what happened to her and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mommy’
The Nightmare
The nightmare began 17 days ago. I’ve wanted to blog about it but I was waiting until there was some kind of end to the story. Amara’s school had another skating party. This time I was going with them but I wasn’t going to skate. I just wanted the chance to spend some time with [...]
Hats off to Mommy and Daddy
Long before Amara was ever born her Mommy had some very strong opinions on how children and parents should behave in public. I like to think that I played a role in her mindset. I think she remembers the time when as a 4 or 5 year old she was physically removed from a store [...]
Amara Says the Darndest Things
I’ve been going to get this posted for days now and Susan Adcox’s great post this morning entitled “Kids say the Darndest Things, Edition Three” finally got me motivated! This is just such an Amarism! Amara’s Mommy and I were talking the other day about some homework Amara had been doing and one of the [...]
Foot surgery and an ear infection
Amara’s awesome Mommy, Jenna, had foot surgery on Friday. She is in a huge bandage and walking boot, although she isn’t up for much walking yet. Jenna doesn’t deal well being laid up. She’s not very good at putting her feet up and letting other people take care of her, by this I mean Justin. [...]
Valentine’s Day in Amara’s classroom
Today I was a lucky Grandma and got to spend Valentine’s Day with Amara and with her Mommy, 2 of my most favorite people. I love it when it is 3 generations of us together in Amara’s classroom. I’ve said it before, we are very lucky to live so close to the kids. I am [...]
Gobble, gobble, gobble
It is so much more fun to bake a pecan pie with the help of your 6-year-old granddaughter then it is to bake that pie alone! Amara spent the night with us last night and this morning was Thanksgiving project time! We had three projects planned. The first was to make the pecan pie that [...]