Grandparents Handbook Give Away

With the holidays coming up I am getting excited about seeing my grand babies. Well, I guess they are not really babies anymore at 1 and 5 years old. It was fantastic to visit with them at our family reunion on Halloween. But we still have Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up.

I love any time I can have with my two dears. But I also like that I have a secret weapon when it comes to ideas to keep them entertained. And I am willing to share my secret weapon with you too. Yes, I am going to give one away! All thanks to Quirk Books for sending me one and providing a book for the winner.

The Grand Parents Handbook is filled with all kinds of ideas. It was created by 3 different people. ELIZABETH LABAN a Philadelphia-based writer, editor, and mother of two. Along with her mother and father, BARBARA TROSTLER the grandmother of two. She lives in Philadelphia, about four blocks from grandchildren Alice and Arthur. DR. MYRON LABAN is Elizabeth’s father-in-law and the grandfather of five. He hops on airplanes whenever he can to visit grandchildren Eli, Dahlia, Alice, Arthur, and Logan. So you know that they put their own personal games and ideas in here for us to learn from.

The Grandparents Handbook features dozens of activities that will guarantee hours of fun, educational quality time-from building dollhouses and catching fish to flying kites, baking bread, making your own mini golf course, creating a family newspaper, and much more. These illustrated instructions will lead grandparents down surprising paths of discovery as they teach the youngest generation about family, friendship, and the world around them. It’s the perfect gift for any grandparent and grandparent-to-be!

Check out these 5 ideas from The Grandparents Handbook. Pick your favorite and tell me about it in the comments. That is your first entry (and mandatory) to win your copy.
You can comment again with your favorite game or activity for you kids or grand kids. That is a second entry.
Additional entries can all be done with a separate comment for each for following, having my button, twittering, links on face book, sending others to the giveaway (they have to credit you) and blogging about this great giveaway. Make sure that I can contact you some how in order to let you know if your the winner.

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Showered with Gifts

My birthday was amazing. My best friend Jennifer (we have been friends for 36 yrs) sent me a Dell computer. WOW!

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My friend Mary, who has the B & B/antique store gave me a sting of pearls. Yeah! Amazed. I always wanted to be June Cleaver as the perfect housewife and mother.


My in-laws are passing down a 100+ yr old piece of original craftsman furniture that belonged to DH's great grandfather in California. Beautiful and I will treasure it so much. I feel honored that they are giving me a piece of family history. I know I am part of their family

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now.

Dear Hubby took me, College Girl and her best friend Thomas out to lunch at my fav eatery in Stephenville. (Simply Deli off the square)

My mom and friend Nessa did me a great dinner of sandwiches and snack foods that I enjoy and

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then we played games. I so want the recipe for the Cucumber Lemonade that Nessa made me! And Nessa's kids showered me with stuffed animals for gifts. Nessa and Dan bought me a fishing license and Dan took me and my pink fishing pole out fishing for a bit Friday night too!

See---a wonderful birthday all around. To tell you the truth I do not know what gift I love more as each was given to me from the heart and was just want I wanted too!

Then I had so many of my bloggy friends wish me a Happy Birthday here. On Facebook I had even more well wishes! I feel so loved and honored to have so many good people in my life. I know this is how one measures richness. In the friends and great people in their lives. THANK YOU!

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My Mom's New Blog

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FORGIVE ME....MY FEED BURNER MESSED UP AND IT BLOCKED ALL OF MY BLOGS FROM GOING TO MY FOLLOWERS. SO YOU ARE NOW HAVING ALL OF MY LATEST BLOGS AT ONE TIME.....OOOPPS!

Today is the birth of my mothers blog.

JUST GOOD HORSE SENSE

FROM AN OL' NAG

I hope that you will be willing to pop over and tell her a proper bloggy hello.

I know that y'all all know her. She has her etsy shop on my side bar. And of course her advice has been in my column many times. You know her as Grandma. Well I will have to change her name to Granny M. That is what she has chosen as her new handle. All of this is very new to her. And she is convinced that she can not do this. But Nessa and I know she can. It will just be another learning curve for her.

Well, enough from me. Go see Granny M at Just Good Horse Sense from an Ol' Nag. Make sure you become a follower. She will be one that you will want to read.

OH FOR ALL YOU BARGAIN SHOPPERS
Go to my mom's Etsy shop at Grandma's Homemade Corner
She now has FREE SHIPPING on everything.
And nothing is over $20.00 either.
How is that for a SPECIAL?