Tag: raisingkids
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Three generations in the house. ❤️
There’s a new little 5# baby in our home, but really there are 5 generations in her line! My mom is 94, I’m 72, our youngest son is 39, ( Can you say first time Grandpa Doug?) the new mom is 20 and baby Aria is 6 days old. Aria is # 55 of my…
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Teens, 20s & 30 somethings
I’ve been VERY busy the past few weeks, but it’s mostly fulfilling! We, along with excellent party planner daughter visiting from Cal hosted a baby shower for the 20 year old. It’s getting exciting! July will be a very busy month. She’s due July 8 but I thought it would be awesome to have a…
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Food, food & more food.
Soo, as I have mentioned, our two resident teen granddaughters love to be in the kitchen cooking up innovative dishes. But now they both work two part time jobs involving, you guessed it, food! One has the coffee hut gig, which has many food options, then at night she is a server at a brand…
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Live in chefs!
Oh my. In my 50 years of being an adult, I’ve never had 2 awesome chefs in residence but that’s what happens when you are blessed to have sweet granddaughters living with you! I have loved cooking and baking and all things related to being a homemaker, and have cooked every cuisine you can imagine,…
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Oops, the turkey thawed!
Living in Alaska means that every November I put the frozen Thanksgiving turkey on the deck, because, as you can guess, it’s COLD out there! BUT, this year, after 2 weeks, I realized that it had been thawing for 3-4 days because we had a “Heat wave” of 34-37 degrees F.. Sooo, Monday I put…
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Grandma, Do you have a job?
Oh boy! Where did I start? Well, first I told the 8 year old granddaughter that my mission right now, my job, is taxi driver. I’m blessed to drive the 17 year old back & forth 4 x a day to 3 different schools for classes & Volleyball & the 19 year old to her…
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Insecurities
Way back when in 1969 when I was a Senior in High school, one day in a class we were supposed to be ready to say what we wanted to be in the future. Even back then, I felt pressure to say something awesome like get a college degree, but even though I was the…
Raising teens again! 