Seven is such a fun age! Amara was here last weekend and the three of us watched the Little Princess together. It was another great movie night and another great movie. However, the real fun was Sunday morning. My cousin had sent me a recipe for Sweet Cinnamon Biscuits and she thought Amara and I [...]
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Amara Meets Curly Top
Sometimes the old classics truly are the best! I have been seeing a lot of commercials recently for the new Shirley Temple “Little Darling DVD Collection”. I used to love all the Shirley Temple movies when I was a little girl and I got to wondering what Amara would think of them. Amara loves to [...]
Smarter than the Average Bear
Movie nights with Amara are always fun but some are even better than others. They are always great because it is time that the 3 of us spend together and always includes lots of hugging and cuddling and sometime ice cream. This weekend’s movie night was even better than most! Amara had brought Yogi Bear, [...]
Not your ordinary Christmas caroling
Amara spent the night with us last night. I was thinking that we hadn’t really done anything blog worthy until I sat here tonight with Grampy and looked at the pictures. I know I’ve said before that I love living in the digital age but it’s true. When Amara’s Mommy was little I would have [...]
Amaraisms
It was another wonderful visit from Amara, filled with lots of Amaraisms*. We had planned for her to spend the night with us Saturday night. Amara had reminded me about the laundry earlier in the week but that’s a story I will get into another time. Instead of having her parents drop her off I [...]
Poison Apples
Cartoons change with each generation. There is always a new cast of characters. I had no idea who Sponge Bob or Dora were before Amara came along. Jenna had watched Sesame Street. Amara loved Little Einsteins. The games have changed, too. Lots of them are computer games like Leapster – very educational but kids need [...]