I love new babies, don’t you? Now I can combine my love of new babies with my love of internet and search to my heart’s content. What do you search for when you learn of a new baby in your circle of friends? Gifts, parties, showers, sharing of ideas? Let us know and we will add to this story!
Are you familiar with Pinterest ? It is an online scrap booking application and is so much fun! I used to spend hours thumbing through magazines looking for interesting articles but only really taking time to view the gorgeous images and dream about what might be. Pinterst is like that only better because you can find other friends or interesting people and follow their ideas too.
It is through Pinterest that I have found some great ideas for Memory Makers and my grandchildren this Christmas. Here are some of my favorites:
The things children wish for, especially when very young are often very touching or funny. This is a great way to capture those thoughts and make them a fun family tradition for years to come. Plus, they are simply cute!
Who can resist the hand prints or foot prints of little children and how much fun they have spreading their messy joy all over the place! These are great ideas and if you can get your little ones to ‘work within the lines’ then you are better than me! But oh did we have fun trying. (After Christmas I will show you my results but, for now it is best to look at the desired outcome!)
These are also great ideas for teachers and classes to take home to mommy as Christmas present…says me who cannot manage one little person!
Sock Reindeer
The Sock Monkey has had its day – Its time for the Sock Reindeer! If you can sew, you can make this cute little guy and the kids will love it! Send me pictures if you complete it because I can’t sew and would love to see the results!
Do you have any special memory makers that you have made with your Grandchildren or that you want to make with your grandchildren? If so, please share them and add comments below!
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Pinning everyone! Let me know if you need an invite!
Stringing decorations for Great grandparents
My father is almost 94 and my mother is 85. They live together nearby with the help of only once a week cleaning service. We try to make sure they have meals prepared and available in case they don’t feel like cooking but don’t always manage.
They grew up during the depression and the effect that has had on them is evident even today. My mother suffered more because her father also died in the midst of the depression leaving my grandmother with 7 children to raise. Both of my parents are deeply religious.
My mother has always loved Christmas and reflects a rather childlike wonder but more importantly a depth of love about the holidays that few people can match. Anyway, my husband likes to make sure they have a little Christmas cheer in their surroundings so he 
bought a small Norfolk island pine tree.
The grandchildren were over for the day and we went down to my parents – their great grandparent’s house to decorate the little tree. First we had to pop the popcorn – a minor task compared to the days of cooking over the stove not to mention the open fire. Then we had to get four separate – yet equal – needles and thread for the four grandchildren (you know how that goes) and give some instructions. The stringing of popcorn and cranberries made a bit of a mess but also a lovely decoration for the tree. The children have a fun memory of doing something that brought joy to their great grandparents and it will also be good for the birds after the holidays – waste not, want not – as my mother would say.
What have you done to share holiday joy?
Children gain a much broader sense of the world, how it was in the past and how it has evolved, when they have meaningful connection with their grandparents.
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