Baby Names

So yesterday my daughter posted on Facebook that she and her husband were having a problem agreeing on baby names. (Baby #2 is due on March 9th) As a rabid genealogist,I immediately went into my family tree and looked for family names. They’re first child was given a Danish name and my father’s name . . . →Read More:Baby Names

Baby Therapy

A while back my friend Marilyn had driven up Vancouver Island to attend a funeral of a close friend. On the way back to Victoria where she lives,she stopped at my daughter’s house when I was visiting. She and her husband were delighted to meet Mathias,my grandson,and she said it was “Baby . . . →Read More:Baby Therapy

Songs

I have a long list of songs to sing to children in my head from my childhood but am always looking for new ones and found a long list of them here.

A New Year’s Resolution

I make the same resolution every year. “This year,I will learn something new”. Recently I was surfing the net and I discovered a site which lists podcasts in various categories and after listening to some,I found one called “Stuff You Missed in History Class“. It’s put on by the website “How Stuff Works” . . . →Read More:A New Year’s Resolution

A Christmas Reunion

On Christmas Day,I travelled across the mainland (Surrey to Aldergrove) to spend the rest of Christmas with some of my oldest friends who my daughter and I had lived with about half a lifetime ago. Several other old friends were in attendance and it was a really happy Christmas with so much laughter,good . . . →Read More:A Christmas Reunion

A Danish Christmas Eve

Once again I find myself travelling at Christmas. Not far but enough to remind me of the yearly travails to my family years ago. This year (for the second year in a row) I was invited to my son in law’s family’s home to celebrate a Danish Christmas Yes,those are real candles on the . . . →Read More:A Danish Christmas Eve

Grannyhood

Growing up,I never had a grandmother close. One was in Germany and the other was in Scotland. I was in Canada.

So not having a role model,it's all completely new to me and I LOVE IT. It's so much fun having these lovely little babies to play with. Still learning what being a Granny is all about.