This Grandma just got off the telephone with our oldest grandson, age 16, a junior in high school. It is March 16, 2020 at the end of the workday. He … [Continue reading]
Seven Positives From Coronavirus Virus Outbreak For Boomers and Those The CDC Has Told to Stay Home
March 11, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Since the Coronovirus has reached our shores, it is we Boomers who have most negatives in relation to the outbreak. We are over the age of 60. I … [Continue reading]
IMPORTANT FLU AND CORONAVIRUS PREPARATION AND INFORMATION TO PASS ALONG: Boomers at Great Risk
March 4, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Hopefully, one day we Boomers will look at this time of lack of information, lack of testing available, and lack of consistent knowledge and breathe a … [Continue reading]
The Wuhan Coronavirus has Arrived in the United States: LINKS FOR UPDATES With What We Grandparents and Our Grandchildren Can Expect or Do About It and What Does Climate Change Have To Do With Super Viruses
February 26, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Being Boomers, we grandparents have many generations to worry about with the flu and viruses. PopPop’s mother is 96 years old. Our siblings are … [Continue reading]
Blue Colors Are So Different To Learn and Paint with Grandchildren and A Special Blue is Pantone’s Color of the Year 2020
February 19, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Every year this Grandma loves learning about the Pantone choice of “Color of the Year.” This year, Pantone’s newly created blue, called “Classic … [Continue reading]
Valentine’s Day 2020With GG’s (Great Grandmother) Cookie Recipe or David’s Cookies
February 12, 2020 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma realized several years ago that greeting cards and stamps for mailing are getting so expensive that it is not much more to send … [Continue reading]
Introducing Salad to Grandchildren Putting Fruits and Vegetables On A Pedestal First and Other Art Installation Projects
February 5, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Honoring fruits and vegetables by putting them on a pedestal never occurred to this Grandmother. It took an artist exhibiting at the Whitney Museum … [Continue reading]
February 5, 2020 is World Nutella Day with Secrets and Nutella Recipes Galore to Share With Grandchildren
January 29, 2020 By Leave a Comment
This Grandma is always surprised at some national day selections and was surprised that there was a National Nutella Day. I was wrong. The … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
The Three Best Tips on How to Introduce Our Grandchildren to Sesame Streets’ Breakthroughs, As Relevant Today As They Were Fifty Years Ago
December 25, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Sesame Street is 50 years old! For us Boomer grandparents, that means that our children were the first to experience Sesame Street. The concept was … [Continue reading]
New York Magazine’s Top Rated Family Board Games on Amazon Make Winners For This Holiday Season and Beyond
December 18, 2019 By Leave a Comment
When the holidays are coming, this Grandma is looking for alternatives to electronics for the grandchildren that they will be interested in enough to … [Continue reading]
How To Select the Best Award Winning Toys For All Ages For Holidays 2019
December 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Even our toddler grandchildren crave electronics. Our youngest grandson, only nineteen months old, can manipulate the I Phone during Face Time and … [Continue reading]
Missing Thanksgiving Magic – Cookie Bars — and Significant Family Presence
December 4, 2019 By Leave a Comment
This Thanksgiving our youngest daughter, our son-in-law, and their three of our precious grandchildren did not make it to Florida. Our grandson, their … [Continue reading]
Matching Books and Organic Sleepwear For Sizes Two to Ten Make the Best Holiday Gift for 2019
November 27, 2019 By Leave a Comment
There are certain websites that I have signed up with, usually because they relate to something dealing with grandchildren. Hatley is one of them. … [Continue reading]
If You Have A Toddler Grandchild, Baby Shark Has Already Invaded Your Brain, and Will Add To Your Holiday Shopping List
November 20, 2019 By Leave a Comment
On our last visit to our youngest grandchild, a toddler, his eight year old brother was humming a tune we grandparents were not familiar with. We … [Continue reading]
Fake Food Now Extends to Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese When the Real Thing is Grandchildren’s Favorite
November 13, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Grandpa and I just returned from Sicily and Malta, where farm to table is the norm. The food was natural and fresh with no preservatives, not like … [Continue reading]
The Explosion Cake With A Special Surprise To Make For or With Grandchildren
November 6, 2019 By Leave a Comment
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]
