Handprint poems can be a fun activity for grandparents and grandchildren together when placing their  handprints next to the poem. For the new handprint poem below, choose two colors - one for the grandparent’s prints that will be an attractive contrast to blue or pink for the grandchild’s prints.

Here are 5 Halloween poems for grandparents to share with your grandchildren. The first four Halloween poems are fun and not too scarey for young grandchildren. Caution, the fifth Halloween poem should probably be saved for older grandchildren…it is a Halloween poem that could cause your grandchildren to be hesitant about going to bed on […]

To My Beautiful Granddaughter

Born on 25th August 2008
When you came into this world, undoubtedly in no hurry
My anxious prayers were answered, no more need to worry
Daddy was a little shocked as he thought you were a “he”
Mummy couldn’t believe you weighed a healthy eight pound three!
On that warm winter Monday, sun shining with skies so blue
I […]

LULLABY FOR A GRANDSON was written by an 89 year old great-grandfather for his great grandson in 1959:

Now sleeps the angel in his bed,
His soul is bathed in rest,
No birdling ever tucked its head
More warmly in its nest.
The wide world tiptoes from his ken,
Time hushes in its race,
The shadowland of dreams steals in
And peace lights […]

When asked what it is like to be a grandparent, I explain that it is the best…there is nothing like it in this world…it is a feeling that can’t be completely expressed in words…you have to be a grandparent to understand. Loving a Grandchild poem helps to express how I feel each time I’m with Kailtin and […]

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Our grandchildren are busy this summer playing in the New Jersey sun (with sun block, of course). Kaitlin, finally decided last week it was time for her to ride a two-wheeler like her friends, and just took off one day down the sidewalk after one go around with her daddy holding on. She’ll […]