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Author: Karin

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A Day with My Granddaughter—The First Week of School

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Karin

Well, one week of school under our belts and she still loves school and wants to attend! I won’t lie and tell you that every day has been peaches and cream—far from it. But I will tell you that somehow… Continue Reading →

Activities, Grandparenting Tips, Random Thoughts
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Surviving the first day of school—a grandma’s story

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Karin

Today was the first day of school for my granddaughter. Well, not the very first day ever, she had gone to headstart and preschool for the last two years. But those were only a couple of half-days a week and… Continue Reading →

Activities, Grandparenting Tips, Random Thoughts
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Best Animated Movies—For Grandparents and Their Grandchildren

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Karin

We watch a lot of movies with our granddaughter. If you’re a parent or grandparent or babysitter or basically anyone who spends time with children, you will also know that you will probably watch their favorite ones over and over… Continue Reading →

Activities, Grandparenting Tips, Product Reviews
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Books to help grandparents raising grandchildren

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Karin

With millions of grandchildren being raised by their grandparents, I honestly thought there would be a lot more books available on this topic. I was wrong. There were very few that I could find and most of them were written… Continue Reading →

Grandparenting Tips, Product Reviews
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A toy review video, sort of—by my granddaughter

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Karin
Marshall, Pup Sky and Jazzy

My granddaughter is a huge fan of YouTube toy review videos. She giggles when she watches them. It is so cute that it makes me giggle. She likes them so much, I suggested that we make her own toy video… Continue Reading →

Activities, Grandparenting Tips, Product Reviews, Random Thoughts
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A Legitimate Way to Make Money at Home—Helping Others

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Karin

If you are like my spouse and me, you are living on a relatively limited or tight budget. We don’t have much money for extra things and do a lot of thrift shopping and looking for deals online. When our… Continue Reading →

Financial, Random Thoughts
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A Day With My Granddaughter—Getting Ready for School

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Karin

I can honestly say that each day with my granddaughter is a new adventure. Our latest one is getting ready for school. She starts kindergarten this year—all day, every day. She tells me that she is “nervous about it.” I… Continue Reading →

Activities, Grandparenting Tips, Random Thoughts
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A Day With My Granddaughter—The Haircut

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Karin

One of the many “benefits” of being a grandparent raising a grandchild is you get to experience all of their developmental leaps, bounds and blunders. Last night, my granddaughter decided she wanted her hair shorter, but she neglected to mention… Continue Reading →

Activities, Grandparenting Tips, Random Thoughts
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A Day With My Granddaughter—Explaining Something Scary

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Karin

Last night we took our granddaughter to McDonald’s as a way of giving her a reward for being such a good girl all day! It was also a reward for my spouse and I because then we didn’t have to… Continue Reading →

Grandparenting Tips, Random Thoughts
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A Day With My Granddaughter—I don’t want to go to daycare

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Karin

My granddaughter normally loves going to daycare. She loves her playmates and is quite happy. But recently she has started crying and throwing a tantrum every morning when it is time to get dressed and go to daycare. I’m a… Continue Reading →

Activities, Grandparenting Tips

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