Hello, my name is Richard, and it’s my privilege to be married to Grandma Colleen. Together, we share 15 grandchildren. I’m working behind the scenes to help Colleen launch her GoodGrandma website (coming soon) and social media sites. We hope GoodGrandma will become a meaningful forum for sharing good principles, ideas, and practices for grandmothers—and …
It’s funny how different grandparenting and parenting can be at times, and yet so similar. Here I am in the midst of doing laundry, still in my pajamas, taking a quick pause to help heal my some cradle-cap, it’s like deja-vu.
GG Idea: Raegan’s parents have taken her to several parades in the last year. So, on a recent visit to her home, we played “parade.” I found marching band music on Youtube, we lined up her dolls and stuffed animals as fellow parade watchers, and I threw fruit snacks to her as I marched by. …
I thought I would share a few more of my favorite children’s picture books. I’ve enjoyed reading these to my babies and now I get to enjoy them all over again with my grandbabies!
Today I had the opportunity to read with, almost four-month-old, Beau. We read “Cookie’s Week”, by Cindy Ward. This book introduces the days of the week, as well as mischievousness and consequences. I think my daughter liked it as a little girl because the cat, Cookie, got into some sort of trouble each day of …
GG Idea: Our monthly family dinner happen to fall on Willow’s third birthday! So, we had a party!!! I used our Barbie toys for decorations and for a fun guessing game. We played How Many Barbie Shoes and Pin The Hair-Bow on Barbie. I didn’t spend a lot of money to make this party happen. …
GG Idea: I started buying toys for my future kids before I was even married. When I started my family, my children were expected to take care of the toys. “Everything has a place, and everything should be in its place.” – My mom. I bought plastic bins to store all of the toys. We …
When my kids were little one of my favorite things about bringing them home to visit my mom was that she would make chocolate chip cookies with her grandchildren. I am keeping this tradition alive with my own grandkids.
“A new baby is like the beginning of all things-wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.” Eda LeShan
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