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Mar 17, 20143 min read
Best Ride On and Ride In Toys for Grandchildren
Spring is coming. Yes, this Grandma realizes that the weather patterns are crazy right now, but living in Florida makes me think spring...
Nov 24, 201310 min read
Grandma Gets Ready for the Holidays 2013: Best School Age Gifts for Christmas or Chanukah 2013
This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early. Searching Toy Portfolio for the best new Oppenheimer Toy Award platinum award winning...
Nov 23, 20137 min read
Grandma Gets Ready for the Holidays 2013: Best Preschool Age Gifts for Christmas or Chanukah 2013
This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early. Searching Toy Portfolio for the best new Oppenheimer Toy Award platinum award winning...
Nov 14, 20132 min read
Zoomer, the Robotic Dog, the Number One Toy for Christmas 2013
Our grandchildren each requested Zoomer, the Dog, as a present for the holidays. Zoomer is a trainable robotic dog at the “reasonable”...
Nov 12, 20139 min read
Grandma Gets Ready for the Holidays 2013: Best Baby Gifts for Christmas or Chanukah 2013
This Grandma gets ready for the holidays early. Searching Toy Portfolio for the best new Oppenheimer Toy Award platinum award winning...
Oct 13, 20134 min read
”Tooth Fairy Inflation” Helps Grandma Give Gifts that Teach Finance
The funniest story in our family about the tooth fairy is when our daughter did not have a bill less than $20 the night our grandchild...
Sep 18, 20133 min read
Halloween Costumes are a Great Grandma Gift
Being a long distance grandma, this Grandma looks for ways to be there in person for significant times in the grandchildren’s lives. ...
Sep 7, 20131 min read
The Toy Craze of Summer 2013
This Grandma saw the “Rainbow Loom” at Learning Express when buying holiday presents. At that time, there were parents and children...
Jun 23, 20133 min read
Grandma’s Best Camp Package for 2013. . . .Or Best Anytime Gifts for Grandchildren
For the second year of summer camp, my grandchild has become more selective as to his camp package. He actually requested items that...
Jun 11, 20132 min read
Apps for Babies Brought to Us by Fisher Price
In the New York Times, May 2, 2013, in the Gadgetwise column, “Baby Toys Get an App Extension,” author Warren Buckleitner reviews a new...
May 17, 20135 min read
Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst New Baby Gifts
After four grandchildren and many baby gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters rave and complain about baby gifts. Of course,...
Dec 9, 20126 min read
Grandma Gift Guide for Babies
As with infants, time is the greatest gift. Time to sleep. Time to be able to leave the house for a simple errand or just to leave the...
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