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Hi, my name is Joy and I blog at xoxo Grandma. I’m a mom to four adult children and a grandmother to five with a few more on the way. My closest child lives precisely 1,342 miles away from us. The furthest, my son’s family, lives 19+ hours away via a few plane flights. Someday, we hope to...
source I’d like to start today’s post with a story long ago from my past. When I was in college I went on a date with a girl…let’s call her Collie. Collie was a nice girl, but she had one glaring flaw. She kissed like a lizard. I know you’re all thinking, “Okay, so she...
I have to apologize again for not posting last week. I started watching the first date with Brooks and LITERALLY fell asleep! This wasn’t one of those nice soft doze-offs either, I’m talking a fully-open-mouth- snore kind of a sleep. I did stir partway through the episode and woke-up to see some of the past...
I know when you woke up last Tuesday morning you went straight to www.thesolsticesisters.com (aka www.mymommystyle.com) and found nothing. “Where the FREAK is my bachelorette recap post!” I have to apologize profusely for not posting last week, but I was away for good reason. I’ve decided that I owe it to my 256 readers (that...
Mr. Bachelorette Competition Photo source As many of you read in my prior two posts (see post 1 here and post 2 here – shameless plug…), by night I’m an edgy Bachelorette columnist (too much?) but by day I’m an accountant. That’s right, a boring ol accountant. You know the “numbers guy”, “bean counter”, “number...
I know today isn’t officially my turn to blog, but I’ve been in Hawaii for the past 8 days. It was a beautiful trip, and I will post pictures later – but today I wanted to share a quick thought. I have a friend named Craig Manning. He is affiliated with “Griffin Hill” a training...
I want to start out this week’s post by giving a huge shout out to my boy Paul Walker. He was finally toppled at the box office this last weekend, after two weeks on top. Fast n Furious 6 has got to be the only 6th sequel to do this well. Having the name...
There is one conversation that happen’s over and over again in our home. It goes something like this: “Janae, your phone is already dead? It’s only 8:00 a.m.!” “Yes, well (so and so, we are not naming any names) needed a charger, and so they came and borrowed mine, so I couldn’t charge my phone.”...
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Found you from xoxo grandma. I love these tips. I’ll be recommending them to others.
Great idea! My children enjoyed pop-up books as well. Some of my favorite memories with my children are from holding them for hours in the rocking chair and reading. I kept a handful of books in the van as well, and anytime we went somewhere, especially to grandpa’s house which was an hour away, they pulled out books and read out loud to us. That also sparked some good discussions. Sometimes we read books backwards with dramatic expression….so funny! They learned to love reading. We literally wore out some of their favorite books. I don’t have grandchildren yet but I think I will add one or two of your suggested books to my bookcase in preparation 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.
I have found that the best way to iChat, etc. with the grandkids is to do it while they’re at the table eating..…….captive audience. It really works.
Is the book pictured abov the 1st edition of KnckKnack Paddy Whack? I’ve found 2 by Paul Zelinsky on EBay. Nowhere can I find something indicating which one is 1st edition. The other book has a boy petting a dog with a bone. Thanks.
Thank you! I fixed it! 🙂
I’m so happy when I stumble over a great site like yours. Pleased to meet you.
What a lovely thing to say! Thank you for stopping by we hope you’ll stick around!
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I’m please to see your site. I’m a retired special needs teacher that tutors online. I have extended that to reading and listening to my grandchildren read on line using google and an online library. Your site is the closest to what I’m trying to encourage that I have found. I’ve started a new website and although I’m passionate about the interaction between family no matter the distance, getting the message across is the new part to me. I look forward to getting to know your site better. Barbara @ #thefamilyreadingbench on facebook