I stumbled upon a blog by a grandmother who has great ideas! I suggest that you visit her page From Mom to Grandma for some wonderful ideas.

I am back from the conference . . . and am feeling overwhelmed with things to do to catch up from being gone so much the last 2 months. Dust, cobwebs, and dirty floors are the current vogue style at my home . . . Martha Stewart would be proud of the new look that I have developed . . . .

Don’t give up on me. I WILL get those fun songs filmed . . . sometime . . . .

Digi-Gram

Our family spent this past week-end at Bear Lake, Utah.  Had a great time!  One of my favorite activities was learning (or trying to learn) a new song to sing around the campfire with the family.

Our future daughter-in-law, Lisa, shared a song with our family that I just love!  (I can’t wait to meet her mother because it sounds like she knows TONS of those fun songs!!!)  I hope that I’ve convinced Lisa and Tyler to video tape themselves singing it so that I can post it to this site.

I’ve also remember a couple of other songs that we would sing with our children when we went camping.  When I get a moment, I will video tape those songs (they have actions) and post them here.

I’m leaving tomorrow for another conference for work and will be gone through Friday.  Then, Saturday is our niece’s wedding.  So it will probably be a whole week before I can get anything filmed.

‘Til then,
Digi-Gram

In an earlier post, I mentioned riding a zip line in Costa Rica. What a great adventure that was!!!! Here is a picture of my experience. Click on it to see a larger sized picture.

On the 4th of July, we had a family party at my sister-in-law’s home. They have all sorts of fun activities do to there — one of which is a homemade zip line. Here’s a picture of THAT experience. Not quite what it was like in Costa Rica . . . Click on the picture to see a larger version.

My left arm sure looks weird! It’s almost as if it is convoluted into an abnormal angle. . . .

I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable 4th of July (for those of my readers who reside in the United States)!

Digi-Gram

I maneuvered the skinny spatula around and around the inside of the Nutella jar. “Leave no Nutella behind” is my motto. Scrape, lick, savor. Repeat.

We discovered Nutella on our first trip to Tahiti. We went to a small local market for lunch items. Nutella caught our eye. We bought a long, skinny loaf of fresh French bread and a jar of Nutella. That was all we ate. Not exactly what a dietitian would consider healthy. But we considered it absolutely divine. When we returned home, our memories of the glittering clear turquoise ocean, the palm trees gently swaying in the breeze, the white sandy beaches were interspersed with memories of French bread heavily smeared with Nutella.

Fast forward to about a year ago. Imagine my surprise — and my mouth watering delight — at discovering Nutella on the shelves at a local grocery store. What we thought was only available in the exotic clime of Tahiti was also available in our ordinary, humdrum neighborhood. Wahoo!!!

As I carefully scraped every last possible taste of Nutella from the jar, the phrase ‘Nutella Night’ popped into my head. From there, my imagination naturally ran wild. Naturally. Nutella and grandchildren — a perfect combination.

Invite your grandchildren over to spend an evening. Nonchalantly forget to tell Mom what is on the evening’s menu. Begin your Nutella Night by serving items that you can spread Nutella on: waffles, pancakes, toast, bread, crackers, bagels, English muffins, croissants, apple wedges, celery sticks. Whatever. These food items are merely the vehicle for getting Nuetlla into your mouth!! You might want to have Cool Whip or whipped topping in a can to spray on top of your Nutella. Maybe even top it off with a cherry.

After your Nutella feast, you might want to melt Nutella, drizzle it over popcorn, and plop down to watch a movie like Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or Chocolat (with Johnny Depp).

The Nutella website explains how it came into being. If you plan long enough in advance, you could order a spreader for your Nutella Night.

I will probably get to babysit my four month old grandson, Spencer, on the 4th of July. I wonder how he will like it . . .

Mmmmm! Enjoy!!
Digi-Gram