A new baby in the family is a joy. This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early for newborn and baby gifts, and Chanukah starts...

Because it mentioned our family’s beloved board game, Catan, in the title, I immediately went to an article in the New York Times, April...

As this Grandma said in Part I, a dear long friend, who is becoming a grandma for the first time, asked me to give her my must reads for...

Even our youngest four year old grandchildren crave electronics. We can give what grandchildren crave by asking them what they want in...

PopPop and I have a four year grandchild who has a “moving up” ceremony this week, moving up from the three’s to pre kindergarten.  He is...

This Grandma immediately goes to one of three sources for personalized gifts, especially new baby gifts, Chad and Jake, Pottery Barn...

Eight years ago, January 27, 2013, I wrote a blog post about thank you notes from grandchildren which was then a topic on the Today Show...

In 2014, I wrote a post, “What Our Grandchildren Want as Presents. Then I did not have college aged grandchildren or teenaged...

After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...

After six grandchildren and many baby gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters rave and complain about baby gifts.  Of course,...

After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...

Researching for this blog post, this Grandma came across the most interesting brand new potty.  Yes, with two grandsons now over age two,...

Even our toddler grandchildren crave electronics.  Our youngest grandson, only nineteen months old, can manipulate the I Phone during...

There are certain websites that I have signed up with, usually because they relate to something dealing with grandchildren.  Hatley is...

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...

A long (we never say old) dear friend called for advice about toys for her grandson and the third child in a family.  It is always a...

Each year the Oppenheimer Toy Awards on Toy Portfolio give us guidance as to our toy purchases.  Each year, it seems, it is harder to...

Each year it seems that toys and games make up less and less of grandchildren’s birthday and holiday lists and electronics and apps make...

Snapchat is a social media format that allows posts of pictures and photographs that can be enhanced by drawing on them and changing them...

Headphones are a great gift item for grandchildren at any time of the year.  We grandparents know how it is sitting in a car with...