grandkids

Fie, Fi, Fo, Fum, Grandma and Grandpa Are Here!

by Karen Robbins May 8, 2011
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This past Christmas we took our biannual holiday cruise and planned it so that we could visit a bit with our Florida grands before the trip and visit with our Seattle grands after the cruise. Everything was going well until our cruise ship was delayed in disembarking passengers in San Diego and we missed our [...]

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Grandma, I’m Pinkalicious!

by Karen Robbins November 5, 2010
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Each week my daughter-in-law, Leah, sends us an email full of pictures from the kids’ adventures for the week. A couple weeks ago, there was a picture of three-year-old Annalise who had dressed herself in a pink shirt, pink pants, and pink socks and announced, “I’m pinkalicious!” I thought she was just being clever with [...]

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Grandma, What’s There To Do?

by Karen Robbins July 2, 2010

Vacation stays at Grandma’s can often wear down quickly if you’re not prepared. I have a friend whose grands come for a week’s stay every summer and she is always prepared. This year, the visit was early and I saw the fruits of her labors, or rather her plans, modeled by her grandchildren. She bought [...]

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The Family Tree

by Karen Robbins January 15, 2010
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Many of us were blessed to be able to spend time with close family and even some extended family this past holiday season. When we don’t get together often, it gets more difficult to explain to grandchildren how all these people are related to them. While kids generally are more interested in just playing with [...]

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Over the River And Through The Woods

by Karen Robbins December 9, 2009

This year instead of spending Thanksgiving with my husband’s family’s annual gathering of around 30 people, we found ourselves out in Seattle welcoming our newest granddaughter. Since it was a small gathering of four adults and three kids (one who was only going to “taste” what Mommy consumed) we got a small turkey and stuffed [...]

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My Face and Spacebook?

by Karen Robbins November 7, 2008
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Recently we were on a cruise. It was our fortieth anniversary and my sweet husband took me to the Mediterranean. The ship had a much older crowd aboard—even older than we are! It is always a great opportunity to learn from others’ life experiences and we met many interesting people, like a couple who have [...]

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Institutions of Higher Yearning

by Karen Robbins September 10, 2008
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Yearning rather than learning may be the actual reason our grandchildren are off to college this fall. They yearn to be independent. They yearn for those dream jobs to come. They yearn to meet that someone special. As with anything in life, expectations can exceed reality. This year some of the younger friends we have [...]

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The Writing (and Art) on the Wall!

by Karen Robbins August 15, 2008
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Decades ago, literally, I purchased a large corkboard and divided it as evenly as I could with a black marker between five children. Each one had a space where their best drawings, writing, and/or exceptional test papers could be proudly displayed for family and visitors to see. It was a great place to stand and [...]

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The Sky is Falling!

by Karen Robbins July 2, 2008
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While Chicken Little feared the sky was falling on his head, there are some children today where a falling sky is literally true. Recent flooding in the Midwest has torn houses from foundations. Tornadoes have ravaged many areas of the country. In the West, fires burn out of control, destroying homes and interrupting lives. The [...]

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Educating the Grands

by Karen Robbins June 4, 2008
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Long before homeschooling was even a word, I remember my grandfather sitting down with me at the kitchen table in his old farmhouse and helping me learn simple math. Grandpa would tear off a sheet of white paper used to line the drawers and write upon it simple addition and subtraction problems. How I glowed [...]

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Monkey Meltdowns

by Karen Robbins December 14, 2007

Last week we had a visit from my four-year-old granddaughter, Danielle. She took a few ballet lessons so we thought that the Nutcracker would be a special night out for her. Grandpa bought us great tickets and she arrived with a new dress and shoes for the occasion. On the long drive back from picking [...]

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