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To quote my senior mom's favorite news weatherman, "Get ready for some up and down temperatures (mostly DOWN)!" That's pretty much been the weather for the last few weeks and it definitely makes fun and physical activities for grandparents and grandchildren a bit more of a challenge.
But jump ropes for fun physical activity,
chess and checkers games to exercise our brains,
(can you believe he beats me most of the time!)
and, of course, Webkinz stuffed animals games and Wii sports games like tennis and bowling for both mental AND physical health,
are doing a great job of keeping us SNOW busy and active!
P.S. My easy to use digital camera coupled with fun special effects like Boost and HDR-ish using Picnik.com just added to our Sandwich Generation family fun, along with saving our sweet memories to savor. If you'd like more fun photos and special effect ideas, just pop over to Sweet Shot Tuesday. 🙂
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Fun photos! I really miss our family activities growing up and I can’t wait to create those fun times for our son!
Thanks for your visit. I’ve dreamed of planting a sunflower house for my grandkids and I will be a 1st time grandma in May. Do you have a post about how to plant one? What a great resource your blog is. blessings on your day!
great ideas for young and old, alike. thank
you for being such an inspiration to us!
Hi Karen, Thank you so much. And yes, I’ve had so much fun writing about the Sunflower House several times this year including:
Summer Fun Activities for Grandparents and Their Grandchildren: The Sunflower House – Our plans with some tips
The Sunflower House Activities Update for Grandparents and Their Grandchildren – This describes planting it at their house AFTER I had broken a bone in my foot (my infamous fifth metatarsal fracture!). It did not do that great. But we then did the same thing at our house with my awesome senior mom overseeing it daily with her other gardening projects and that was the one that flourished. 🙂
Senior, Boomer, and Grand-Kid Fitness Fun in the Garden – Growing Rosemary Plants – which includes the suggestion of how to grow a roof on it.
The Sunflower House and Grandchildren Build Sweet Family Memories
Besides the book mentioned in the above articles, Sharon Lovejoy, author of Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars, has also written a great book, Sunflower Houses – A Book for Children and Their Grownups. If you’d like to check it out, just click here. 🙂
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I love wii bowling!!!
Hi Mommarocks – isn’t it fun! 🙂 🙂 🙂