This Grandma is always surprised at some national day selections and was surprised that there was a National Nutella Day. I was wrong. The celebration, this year 2020, is February 5, and the day is actually World Nutella Day. For those of you who do not know what Nutella is, even if you have noticed […]
Archives for January 2020
The Terrible Twos From This Grandma’s perspective and SEVEN TIPS THAT WORK for the Sanity of Grandma and the Safety of Our Precious “TWOISH” Grandchildren
January 22, 2020 By Leave a Comment
I nearly drowned the last visit with our youngest grandchild, nearly overwhelmed as our precious youngest grandson, 21 months old, began to exhibit “the terrible twos.” I just learned it is supposed to be called the wonderful twos, as our toddlers are learning to be people. No, our grandson is fully immersed in the terrible […]
Cookie Dough Ice Cream Bowls Made Hard . . . Or the Easy Way . . . With Grandchildren of All Ages
January 15, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Our grandchildren love raw cookie dough. It was so difficult when we first had the raw egg scare and then the uncooked flour scare. See previous 2017 post, “Safely Making Homemade Cookie Dough and Adding It to Safe Homemade Ice Cream.” That previous post included a recipe for homemade cookie dough and then adding it […]
Becoming the Matriarch of a Holocaust Survivor Family in 2020, Seventy Five Years after the Holocaust
January 8, 2020 By Leave a Comment
It is not without irony that 2020 is ushered in with the death of the last living Holocaust survivor from our family. My Mother, GG (Great Grandmother) Frieda always used to say that “everyone has something.” She said we each have that something, tsuris, Yiddish for troubles or woes or aggravation. You may think your […]
When As A Grandparent, You Are Asked If You Love The First Grandchild the Best
January 1, 2020 By Leave a Comment
When the first grandchild is born, it is a life passage event for the parents, but it is also a life passage event for the grandparents. The entire dynamics of the family change. We grandparents take second place, or might I suggest last place. We grandparents now are at the mercy of the parents of […]
