Today is Make a Hat Day - So Let's Make Shark Hats!

Today is Make a Hat Day, so I thought I'd share with you today about the shark hats I made several years ago for my grandsons for Christmas. I thought they looked like a fun hat for them to wear - and they were!

Do NOT Open This Book!

A few years ago Scholastic Books sent me a book for review - and it has become one of my personal favorites - it is, Do NOT Open This Book! How fun of a title for a book is this! My grandsons enjoyed the book a lot, too, so I want to share it with you today - the children you love will enjoy it as well.

Keep The Most important in Focus

I have been truly blessed with three fantastic boys as my grandsons! I love everything  about being their grandma and there are many things I do with and want my grandsons to know, but among all these things, it is very important for me to keep my focus on the most important thing of all . . . passing on a heritage of confident faith to these three boys.

"Thank You, God, for our World, so we do not Float Away!"

Today I am remembering a number of years ago when I was getting my then five year old grandson into bed he wanted to pray to thank God for his day. He said, "Thank You God for Caleb, Shane, Mom, Dad, Poppa, and Grandma and thank You for loving us! Amen."

It is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

As they wrote on daysoftheyear.com, "There is one thing in the world all of us can agree shouldn’t exist, and this is the Child Oncology Ward in any hospital, anywhere. But living with cancer is a reality faced by thousands of children all over the US. National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month reminds us this is an ever-growing epidemic, and with the combined efforts of us all, there is something which can be done to prevent this horrible disease." 

2023 Great Cycle Challenge

My son loves riding his bike and he uses this activity to help others. One way he does this is by participating in the Great Cycle Challenge to Kick Cancer's Butt and fight children's cancer. Today I'm asking you to consider giving money to help him reach his goal - even a small amount is helpful - especially today as every gift is doubled today! This is what my son has to say about it - 

just for fun - Kids Take Over the Kitchen and Peanut Day!

Today - September 13th - is Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day and Peanut Day, so it seems like a great day to grab the children you love and make peanut butter chocolate chip cookie with them!

Today is International Chocolate Day!

Today is International Chocolate Day - while we certainly do not need a special day to celebrate and enjoy chocolate - as any day is a great day to do so - since there is an "International Chocolate Day", why not celebrate and enjoy it! I found some information about this tasty day and chocolate on line and thought I'd share some of it with you . . .  

Duck! - Book Review

 

There are many excellent storybooks available for children to enjoy - the one I'm "re-sharing" with you today was sent to me a few years ago by Candlewick Press and I am extremely happy to to remind you of it again today! It is absolutely a book you will want to have in your own library - and give to your grandchildren as well.

Platypus Hats

Ten years ago my grandsons were huge fans of a certain  turquoise blue platypus in a brown fedora! Did I say, "huge"? I should have said, "HUGE!!!" :-) So, as I thought about the hats I wanted to make for them for Christmas, it was pretty obvious I needed to make them platypus in a fedora hats. I found a pattern on line which got me started, then "tweaked" it a bit, added a "bill" and changed the eyes from being angry - almost scary - to having a "classic" "Perry" look!

The Little Ginormous, Humongous, Hairy, One-Eyed Monster Boys Adventures!

 

Recently I shared how when my grandsons were young and at my house for a sleepover, we typically made up stories at bedtime. They almost always had monsters or dinosaurs in them. One night when my oldest grandson was six, my middle grandson was three, and my youngest grandson was one, we were getting them into bed when my oldest grandson said he saw a monster under his brother's bed! This was not what my middle grandson wanted to hear, so I said there could not be any monsters under his bed because the monsters were at their poppa's and grandma's house getting ready for bed on their sleepover. My grandsons found this idea very interesting, so of course, our bedtime story for the night had to have little, ginormous, humongous, hairy, one-eyed monster boys getting ready for bed and being scared because they thought they saw, teeny, tiny, itty, bitty, not-so-hairy, two-eyed people boys under their beds! 

September is Chicken Month!

Yes, there is such a thing as Chicken Month and September is the month for celebrating chickens! So, let's share some fun facts about chickens from daysoftheyear.com with friends and family during National Chicken Month, such as:

grandma's cookbook - Apple-Cinnamon Pull-Apart Loaf

  

I live in West Michigan - in the heart of apple country. There are apple orchards all around this area - one is just down the street from where I live. So it is no wonder we tend to enjoy apples around here!

Happy Grandparents Day!

Today is Grandparents Day, so happy Grandparents Day! If you live near your grandchildren, make time to spend time together. If you live far, or are not able to get together, then connect using tech. Grandchildren are a gift, so be thankful for them today, and every day.