http://grandmaideas.com Grandparents having fun with grandchildren Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:02:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In just a little while, my husband and I will be leaving for our annual fun-in-the-sun get-away.  We're going to Fiji!  Wahoo!!! This past week has been blustery, snowy, cold.  Which makes it all the nicer for me -- I'll exchange the snow for sun, sand, and sea. I shan't be posting ... http://grandmaideas.com/au-revoir Top o' the morning to ye!  Here's a smattering of ideas for St. Patrick's Day that you can do (or share) with your grandchildren. Oriental Trading Company. If you hurry and order today, you just might get some fun things from the Oriental Trading Company in time for St. Patrick's Day.  ... http://grandmaideas.com/st-patricks-day-ideas-for-grandchildren Here it is folks!  I  have soap carving patterns for you on Thursday instead of Friday like I said I would do.  (So what if it's going to be Friday in 30 minutes?  I'm 30 minutes early!) It's been quite the convoluted process to get these patterns into a pdf file.  ... http://grandmaideas.com/soap-carving-patterns-for-grandchildren-2 The other day, I saw a website that did a 'Mailbox Monday' post.  I thought that was a clever catchy title.  I wanted to share that little phrase with you, my Dear Reader.  Maybe you haven't heard of it before, like I hadn't. You can dub your Mondays as Mailbox Monday ... http://grandmaideas.com/mailbox-monday