For Thanksgivings past, the preschool grandchildren came home with Thanksgiving decorations that I have kept and still adorn our Thanksgiving table. Years past, I did arts and crafts and made leaf place cards or let the young grandchildren make place cards of their own creativity. As much as I could for holidays, I tried to […]
No Bake Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies and Place Cards to Make With Grandchildren
Easy Vanilla or Chocolate Pudding Dirt Cake Recipe Especially With Grandchildren Who Love to Play in the Dirt
Our youngest grandchild has the largest sandbox at home created by his handy father. Nevertheless, he took his wagon, favorite excavator (he has many as he loves this construction vehicle), shovel, and went right for the dirt where his father was planting. He is always more interested in playing in the dirt. It does not […]
It Cannot Get Easier than A Fourth of July Red, White, and Blue Cake Made In Minutes For 2021 Celebration Finally With Family and Friends
Even President Biden says it is time to celebrate! This Fourth of July 2021 is most special as many of us have not enjoyed the company of family and friends for much too long. Yes, we are all planning on barbeques, or those of us most fortunate have been invited to one where we do […]
Spring and Summer Dessert Pizza Recipes after Pizza for Breakfast
It is hard for this Grandma to realize that I have been sharing “grandma lessons” since September 2011, almost ten years. What is harder to believe is that the impetus for this blog, the birth of my first grandchild, my oldest grandson, is heading off for college! When his mother, our oldest daughter, told us […]
Rainbow Bread to Enjoy On Our Way to Reach “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
Times are hard right now for all of us. There is a perfect song for this time,“Somewhere over the Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz. If you have not introduced the movie with the great Judy Garland to your grandchildren, Common Sense Media, my go to review website for movies, books and more, says it is […]
For A Sweet Relief From Seriousness of the Pandemic, Ice Cream Bread To Try Out For Yourself With The Leftover Rainbow Sprinkles You Cannot Now Share With Your Grandchildren or Zoom Make it With Them And More No Bake Ideas
Pandemic Pounds. That is what I call the extra weight I am carrying around due to a sweet tooth and being home all the time to overdo. Yes, we add bakery items to our Instacart Publix shopping list. As an aside, we may never go into a supermarket again as we are getting used to […]
Introducing Salad to Grandchildren Putting Fruits and Vegetables On A Pedestal First and Other Art Installation Projects
Honoring fruits and vegetables by putting them on a pedestal never occurred to this Grandmother. It took an artist exhibiting at the Whitney Museum in New York to creatively come up with this idea. Darren Bader’s work stands alone in the gallery. “Fresh fruits and vegetables—“nature’s impeccable sculpture,” according to Bader—are presented as formal objects […]
The Explosion Cake With A Special Surprise To Make For or With Grandchildren
This Grandma makes reservations. As a working mother, I rarely cooked and never baked. My Mother, GG Frieda, was an outstanding cook and even more outstanding baker. She made all holiday meals and baked fresh bread and cakes for them until just before she died. I watched her for hours at a time, but never […]
Fast and Easy Chocolate Mug Cake to Make in the Microwave With Grandchildren
According to the recipe for Chocolate Mug Cake reprinted in the New York Times, March 28, 2019, “if you google ‘mug cake,’ you’ll get more than 100 million results.” Amazing that google can connect with that many results in one search—and for mug cake! This Grandma loves fast and easy for any recipe to make […]
Feeding Grandchildren Dessert First Is Good Science For Grandma and Now A Scientific Study Confirms it is Good for All of Us
When our eldest daughter told us she was pregnant, I attended a conference where there were many friends and acquaintances who were already grandparents. I asked each for what I called “grandma lessons.” Once of the first and best was to feed grandchildren dessert first. After all, spoiling grandchildren is a requirement for being a […]
July Is Ice Cream Month and What is New to Celebrate With Grandchildren Of All Ages
If you had to choose a month of the year to be Ice Cream Month, July would be it. National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in July. The celebrations were signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 9, 1984 with Presidential Proclamation, according to Wikipedia. Wikipedia also tells us […]
Two Best Baked Apple Recipes With No Added Sugar For Toddlers To Adults
We know sugar is our enemy. As a post menopausal woman, I was advised that my body could not process sugar but could process fat, and that I should cut sugar from my diet for weight maintenance. I now do not worry as much about how much fat is in a food, but I monitor […]
Pizza For Breakfast Is Finally Getting the Respect It Deserves and This Grandma’s Case For a Breakfast Feast Grandchildren Would Want For Breakfast, Part II
If you follow this blog, you will already know that this Grandma is obsessed with the concept of “Pizza for Breakfast” as a special grandma treat when with grandchildren. That was one of the first “Grandma Lessons” I received from a very experienced grandma at a conference I was attending. I proceeded to write several […]