Today was a wonderful day! Amara, our little author, wrote a story so amazing that it was turned into a play. Amara has won awards for her writing before, but this was something very special. Her story was going to be a play. She was only a little disappointed that she couldn’t be in it. Read the Rest
When I first wrote about Grampy flying Amara out to the car I spoke of it as a tradition, but really it was just another one of our rituals. Grampy would fly her to the car. Grandma would buckle her in to her car seat. Grampy would give her a kiss and do “the fist Read the Rest
We really do have a lot of rituals that we go through with Amara. I’ve told you about when I leave her house and head home to Grampy, she always has to send him home hugskisspoketicklespiderbites. And when her parents drop her off at our house, well we have a ritual for that, too. Since Read the Rest
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 Read the Rest
This is another episode from Previously on Amara from March of 2008. She wasn’t quite 4 years old yet. With so much of this country waist deep in snow and with Southern California expecting a balmy 72° today, it seemed like good timing! I grew up in Michigan where the winters are very cold and Read the Rest