Years That Answer

Yesterday  I hung out with our grandson, N. We went downtown and looked at books, games, and clever Halloween thingies. Then we bought an un...

Today I'm going to Epcot with my daughter and granddaughter. We all own annual passes for Florida residents. They were expensive enough ...

My grandson, N, starts 7th grade today. Yeah, I don't know how that happened, either. It really does seem like yesterday that he was a 3...

I took my daughter and two grandchildren to see Kung Fu Panda 4. Grandpa Tom and MV (our son-in-law) opted not to come.  The story was predi...

I bought a pumpkin, but I can't put it outside or the Florida heat will make it rot.  So it is sitting in my dining room until Halloween...

Our grandson N is in middle school now.  He's rarely silly anymore, darn it.  A couple months ago he stopped hugging me hello or goodbye...

I had a beautiful day yesterday.  It was cold enough that I could stay in bed with a quilt on top of me. That's a lovely way to wake up,...

When I wrote this (before the holiday), my granddaughter E was in the air making her way home for Thanksgiving.  It was the first time she f...

I offered to buy new school shoes for grandson, N.  I struggle figuring out things like the right size, what's cool, what's appropri...

So often when you lose someone to an untimely death you ask why? Right now I'm screaming it from the mountain top. Tom and I lost one of...

My husband became a great-grandpa again. His granddaughter S had a baby boy. He's a beauty, just like his 2 year old sister, CH. I claim...

I went to Tampa last week to serve as a chaperone for granddaughter E's high school theater troupe at the 2022 Florida Thespian Festival...

Granddaughter E is an actress. Anything related to the  theatre is her passion, as natural to her as breathing. Her specialty is comedy, but...

This month our grandson N turns 10 years old. I started this blog 10 years ago while I was babysitting for his older sister while their pare...

Granddaughter E is 18. I invited her over to make paella. Cooking is a way to spend time alone with her; a way to lure this great beauty ove...

My daughter delivered four wild 9-year old boys with McDonalds Happy Meals at 1:30 p.m the other day.  We had two craft options. After loudl...

We picked our grandson up on the last day of school at the end of May. He was quiet. I assumed he was sad about school ending. Later he told...

We had visitors last weekend! Tom's daughter, R, her daughter (our granddaughter) S, and our great-granddaughter C. She is 18 months old...

We had a visit from grandson, N, the other day. Since COVID, N and his sister, E, do virtual school and his Dad works from home. His Mom is ...

He is such a glorious goofball.  Notice the pile of whoopie cushions next to him.  I miss him.