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 … [Continue reading]
The Explosion Cake With A Special Surprise To Make For or With Grandchildren
November 6, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Grandma’s Top Five Cleanliness in Public Tips For Grandchildren
October 30, 2019 By Leave a Comment
When our eldest was being toilet trained, she fixated on only using the home toilet. We had to return home for her to go or, the good news and bad … [Continue reading]
If Allowances Are A Tool To Teach About Money, How Grandparents’ “Bank” Is Perfect
October 23, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The Harris Poll recently did a survey for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants about parents’ allowances for children, reported in … [Continue reading]
Five Best Tips To Maximize and Personalize Your Group Tour or Travel to Anywhere in the World
October 16, 2019 By Leave a Comment
PopPop and I consider ourselves world travelers. After all, we have conquered all the wonders of the world on every world list, except two in … [Continue reading]
Grandparents Also need a Handy List of Questions to Ask Grandchildren That Will Get Them To Share About Their Day
October 9, 2019 By Leave a Comment
We grandparents have Face Time. We grandparents have texting. We grandparents have old fashioned telephone contact. When we ask our … [Continue reading]
The “Game Of Life” Has Changed Drastically Even For Our Early Elementary Grandchildren With More Choices Than We Boomer Grandparents Ever Imagined
October 2, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The 50th Anniversary of “The Game Of Life” is considered the classic edition. The original game came out in 1960, when this Grandma was at the end of … [Continue reading]
Remembering My Father and the Meaningfulness of How Many Years Ago He Passed
September 25, 2019 By Leave a Comment
It is the tradition of our Jewish faith to remember the anniversary of the death of our loved ones by lighting a Yahrzeit memorial candle.* September … [Continue reading]
Convincing Adults to Get the HPV Vaccine For Themselves Is a Hard Sell When Maybe It Should Not Be In Certain Circumstances
September 18, 2019 By Leave a Comment
According to the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, … [Continue reading]
A Spiritual Leader’s Recollected Life Lesson to Share with Grandchildren
September 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The Catholic Priest gave this homily* at the funeral of a dear friend recently. As he spoke, I recalled that I had heard this life lesson repeated … [Continue reading]
Our Granddaughter’s Twinning at Yad Vashem’s Special Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tour And You Can Do it For Your Teen Too, In Your Home Town, Without Going to Jerusalem, Israel
September 4, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Holocaust Education is mandated in many states and children all over the United States are taught the horrors of targeting people just because of … [Continue reading]
Our Second Outstanding Stay with Extraordinary Service at the Iconic and Exceptional King David in Jerusalem and Best Tips for Your Stay With Children and Teens
August 28, 2019 By Leave a Comment
When you stay at the King David, it is staying at a Jerusalem icon and it is an experience during which you are spoiled. As with the top hotels in the … [Continue reading]
Our Spectacular Private Guide For Our Young Teen Granddaughter’s Gift Trip to Israel, Alex Stein, Exceeded Our High Expectations in Planning and Execution
August 21, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Our granddaughter’s trip to Israel with us had to be perfect as the gift for her Bat Mitzvah. We wanted to show her Israel, but most of all to … [Continue reading]
Best Israel Itinerary for Teenage Grandchildren for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah
August 14, 2019 By Leave a Comment
PopPop and I want to take each of our grandchildren on a special trip to celebrate their thirteenth birthday and their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Our … [Continue reading]
Fast and Easy Chocolate Mug Cake to Make in the Microwave With Grandchildren
August 7, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Continue reading]
Because Everyone Has Something, There are Life Lessons to Pass on To Our Grandchildren
July 31, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Great Grandmother (GG) Frieda, My Mother, a Holocaust survivor, who was taught Kabbalah by her Father, a Rabbi in the small shtetl (town) of … [Continue reading]
Four of the Best Supplements and Medications for Boomers and Others to Discuss With Their Doctors To See If Appropriate to Your Health and For Health in and For Longevity
July 24, 2019 By Leave a Comment
After all of the television commercials that advertise medications and supplements to discuss with your doctors if and as appropriate to your health … [Continue reading]
Two For One Summer Savings for Activities and More in Fort Lauderdale So Take a Look at Vacationing Here This Summer
July 17, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Living in Fort Lauderdale is met with there is little to do and all you can get are early bird specials. Please do not knock our early bird … [Continue reading]
Where We Grandparents Can Intervene Getting Grandchildren to Eat
July 10, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Every parent worries when their child refuses to eat. We grandparents have learned that toddlers have a 36 hour food window and you have to think … [Continue reading]
Grandma’s Best Four Tips to Get Gifts and Candy to Grandchildren at Sleep Away Camps That Do Not Allow Gift Packages
July 3, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Gift packages have been banned at most sleep away camps. For crazy grandmothers, all that did was make us try to find ways to circumvent the … [Continue reading]
Feeding Grandchildren Dessert First Is Good Science For Grandma and Now A Scientific Study Confirms it is Good for All of Us
June 26, 2019 By Leave a Comment
When our eldest daughter told us she was pregnant, I attended a conference where there were many friends and acquaintances who were already … [Continue reading]
