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Grandparents Day was this past Sunday, September 8th but my blog wasn't up and running for me to post yet, so here goes. Two of my kids celebrated today at what they
call Grandparents Chapel at school. Each
class prepared something special, a song, skit, poem, etc. It was quite cute but isn't that what all mom’s
and grandparents say when there little ones are involved.
My post is
to encourage you to call your grandparents if you haven’t already, maybe you didn't know it was grandparent’s day or maybe you meant to get around to it but
never did. As grown adults if you still have grandparents
that are living, cherish that. It’s
never too late to foster a relationship with them. It’s nice to be thought of on your birthday
or special days and sometimes for no particular reason at all. Share a memory with them from your younger years or just a simple call to say hello and how are
you doing. I lived near my grandparents
in Colorado till I was about 3 or 4, then we moved to Arizona. When I was about 5 or 6 I had the privilege
of flying back and spending the summer with my grandparents, after my
younger years, we only went back to visit every few years for family reunions. So I remind my children often how blessed
they are that they have both sets of grandparents near them. I have great memories of the many calls I
received from my grandparents, my mom’s parents who only spoke Spanish always
intrigued me because I didn't learn to speak Spanish until I was around 13 and
then even more so in high school when I took Spanish classes. I remember being so excited when I learned to
read and write Spanish to write my mom’s side of the family in Spanish. My dad’s parents would send things in the
mail that I looked forward to receiving.
It’s nice to get special packages and I would send things to them which
was always fun. Near or far celebrate
your grandparents!
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| Pictured Above with my Grandparents in Colorado 2008 |
Have your
children call or send a note to their grandparents and schedule a reminder
e-mail to yourself about next year’s Grandparents Day so you can plan something
special.
My children have both sets of
grandparents that live very close and they see each of them on a weekly
basis. Often though we can take for
granted what we have, my children made a card for their grandparents and were
able to see them on Grandparents Day. It’s
nice to see my oldest 2nd grader write his own note of appreciation
on his card all on his own, my kindergartner is enjoying coloring and staying
in the lines and writing his name and my 3 year old well he created a coloring
masterpiece of course ;-).
Depending on
the age of your children and budget you may be able to do a variety of
different things. Don’t only limit
yourself to the actual Grandparents Day, but schedule out some days in the near
future where you will call, write a note of appreciation or have them over for
dinner. I know with this fast paced life
we live in sometimes we just don’t take the time to tell our loved ones how
special they are to us. Don’t take them
for granted, value the gift they are in your life and your children’s lives.
Things to do for Grandparents Day:
- Write a note, card, or letter of appreciation.
- Make a phone call!
- Send a text picture or post on their Facebook! Now days many grandparents are tech savvy, my mom loves receiving random text pictures of the boys.
- Send flowers.
- Send a care package of their favorite things.
- Have them over for dinner.
- Schedule more days on the calendar to call, write or spend time together.
- Create a craft or personalized gift for them….visit Pinterest for ideas!
- Save the date Grandparents Day, Sunday, September 13, 2015!
Below are two pictures of my boys with their grandparents.
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| (Top Photo-with my parents. We recently took Family Pictures, if you are in need of a photographer check out Tee Sandi Photography she did an awesome job you can find her on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/TeeSandiPhotography/info or on-line here www.photosbya3.com.) |
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| (Bottom Photo-with my husbands parents at this past Memorial Day Parade, my father-in-law makes some of the best pancakes every year at this local parade.) VISIT MY WEBSITE |
This is an awesome blog cousin its realy cool that your doing this blog. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading and commenting Erica I appreciate it!
DeleteI love learning about your childhood :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading Colleen and sharing on your Facebook. Since you are the older wiser sister I might have you do a guest blog post on parenting or children from a director of a pre-school perspective, or something else you'd like to offer ;-)
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