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Chocolate Chip Pizza Cookie

By Lorraine

Easy recipe for a super fun, giant cookie that kids love! A chocolate chip pizza cookie is an easy back-to-school or birthday dessert and less work than making individual cookies.How quickly those milestones occur in the lives of our children. They are born and in what seems like a blink, they are heading off to school. One of many big steps to come. Celebrating those new steps is a special part of the experience. What better way to celebrate than with a special treat. A big, giant, chocolate chip pizza cookie treat.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Cookies & Bars, Recipes, Sweet Treats Tagged With: chocolate, Cookies, Grandchildren, Keri, Noah

A Boy and A Frog

By Lorraine

What is the fascination boys have with frogs
???
After supper we went to Strawbridge Lake to enjoy the lovely evening
and search for frogs.
Well, Jared and Pop-Pop searched for frogs…


I wandered about snapping pictures of the
abundant and varied plants growing along the bank.



Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

New York Babies Heading Home

By Lorraine

Ryan was a little disappointed I didn’t have any new Boy hats that he could model, but I promised I’d have some when they visit at Christmas!

Brenna could have posed all day…
Shae was a tad mischievous 😉
♥ love you guys! See you in December ♥

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Brenna, Crafts, Crochet, Crocheting, Grandchildren, Ryan, shaela

Six Years Old & a How-to Re-purposed Frame Chalkboard

By Lorraine

We’re celebration someone’s birthday today! Our sweet Keri Jill is turning SIX!

Recycled and re-purposed garage sale framed mirror becomes a chalkboard birthday gift for a little girl turning six years old. Easy DIY project.

Keri likes twirling and singing and being creative. Drawing, painting and poetry too. And, girly things. So, I made her a pretty chalkboard for her bedroom. A recycled and re-purposed garage sale framed mirror became a chalkboard birthday gift for this little girl turning six years old. It is an easy DIY project.

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Filed Under: Crafts, More Crafts Tagged With: Crafts, DIY, Grandchildren, Keri

’cause you got PERSONALITY

By Lorraine

’cause you got personality,
Walk, personality
Talk, Personality
Smile, Personality
Charm, personality
Love, personality
And of cause you´ve got
A great big heart

(song by Lloyd Price, 1959 “Personality” (#1 R&B/#2 Pop, UK #9) (certified Gold)

Shaela Jamie & Aunt Abbey “hacking around”

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Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Abbey, Grandchildren, shaela

A Little Hug

By Lorraine

A 2 year old little girl isn’t the first choice in buddies for a 12 year old boy, but he was kind and thoughtful, even enduring a little hug 🙂




Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

Nite-Nite, Precious One

By Lorraine


Peeking in before bed last night, this is what I saw ~ what could be sweeter?

~*~
This dear little one has come to spend the week at
Mom-Mom & Pop-Pop’s house.
~*~
Are we in for some special moments!

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

Little People that Warm My Heart! A Visit to NY to see Grandchildren

By Lorraine


smudged faces and happy smiles


sleepy heads


pleasant dreams


role playing


new dress


smelling roses


sharing stories


warm my heart


Little People

by: CJ Heck

Footsteps on the staircase
handprints on the walls
tiny fingers dripping things
up and down the halls.
~~~
Voices all in unison
calling out my name
arguing and pointing
and saying who’s to blame.
~~~
Dishes in the sink
couch cushions on the floor
clean and dust, then fall in bed
tomorrow will bring more.
~~~
Those times are etched in memory
the children now are grown
but I’ll gladly have it all again
when the grandkids all come home.

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

A Softer Side of Hard Rock by an Eleven Year Old

By Lorraine

He has…
the determination
the guitar
the dyed hair with splotches of cherry red
the skullcap
the name (Toxic Union)
the stance…


and he also has…
a baby face
a sweet heart
a gentle disposition
a kind spirit
a thoughtful demeaner

… the newest piece in his Repertoire …

Aura Lee…

yep, followed by When the Saints go Marchin’ In
There you go for typical rock music.
I wonder if that’s where Eric Clapton began 😉

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

Springtime and T-Ball with Ryan

By Lorraine

This is Ryan. And, this is his very first game ever feeling very excited!

We love you, Ryan! Wish we could have been there to cheer you on!

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

Happy 3rd Birthday, Silas Joshus

By Lorraine

Happy Birthday, Silas Joshua!

He is our 6th grandchild

sweet and soft, fair and gentle

Love, Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

All Together with Visiting Grandchildren

By Lorraine

Oh the special times when all of the grandchildren are together. This Easter we celebrated together  and here are a few highlights.
Ryan and Mom-Mom made Easter Bread together.


All the grand kids except sleeping Shae…

Dying the eggs

French Braids for Brenna

and Pig-Tails for Shaela

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

Happy Birthday, Baby!

By Lorraine

Happy Birthday Wishes to My Beloved
The Love of My Life!

Happy Birthday baby! Sweet gathering of daughters and grandchildren to celebrate a special guy. Why I Love my PopPop list from grandson.Happy Birthday baby! Sweet gathering of daughters and grandchildren to celebrate a special guy. And a sweet, “Why I Love my PopPop” list from his oldest grandson.Continue Reading

Filed Under: Family, Family & Friends Tagged With: Abbey, Birthday Family, Erin, Grandchildren, Jamie, Jared, Jill, John

Barrington Babies

By Lorraine

Pop-Pop John and Caleb John
Keri Jill and Mom-MomNoah making peanut butter blossomsDear SilasCaleb John being very cute

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

New York Grandbabies

By Lorraine

This weekend was spent enjoying our New York grandchildren. We met Jill and Brad in Clark Summit on Thursday evening where we loaded our backseat with three little cuties and then headed back home. Among other things, we visited cousins, looked at the decorations at G-Boys, watched the Muppet’s Christmas Carol while munching popcorn and walked through the Living Nativity at our church. The scene where ‘Jesus Calms the Storm’ was a favorite as were the cookies and hot chocolate afterward.

Much time was spent watching the train circling the little village under our Christmas tree.

Sunday, after church, we made the trip back to Clarks Summit where the children were transferred back to their Daddy’s van and continued their trip back to NY. We turned around and headed back home tired but very happy for the opportunity to spend time with these delightful children.

Shaela Jamie Ryan loving the train where they spent much time
Keri and cousin Brenna
G-Boy’s visit (Aunt Abbey thinks this is Shaela’s smile for when she becomes President)

A cozy time by the fireplace with Pop-Pop reading a story

Brenna watching the German Carousel

Filed Under: Family, Grandchildren Tagged With: Grandchildren

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