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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Frequent visitor and commenter to Granny's House, Pam Ogren, recently sent me a copy of her book, Creating Happy Memories: 100+ Ways to Start and Strengthen Family Traditions. Pam is a "granny" too, and this little book is full of great ideas for making memories with children and grandchildren. Throughout her book are contributions from celebrities and "household" names (Kathie Lee Gifford, Regis Philbin), as well as a few names you'd probably only recognize if you were a Notre Dame fan (Digger Phelps, Father Hesburgh).One of my favorite entries:
Forbidden Food
When my daughter Ranee was growing up I was very strict about what was "good" for her breakfast. I never thought that cereal was an appropriate choice. As she got older it became sort of a joke and she would say "Just you wait...when I go away to college I'm going to eat cereal three meals a day!" Well the day my dad and I moved her four hours from home to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, I bought several boxes of the variety packs of cereal and wrapped them in gift paper topped with a ribbon. Just before we left her at her new apartment, I gave her the "gift" with a note that simply said "ENJOY", Love, Mom. We both laughed! Oh, yes.....I do let my grandchildren eat cereal for breakfast.
If you need some fresh ideas, take a look at Pam's book!
Thank you, Pam!
Labels: Books, Children, Fun, Grandparenting, Memories, Mothering
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