‘Good Old Fashioned Gaming’

We have been having a fun time playing some board games with our grandkids. Until lately it was the usual children’s games of Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land and a few others that leave this grandmother not too challenged. Sometimes kids need to learn about being a good loser and gracious winner, while playing games. I don’t think this is very natural and takes patience and maturity on the child’s part for that to happen. But one way is to help teach is to play games with them and also to talk about it.
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A Splashing Good Time

This month for a fun thing to do, I took my grandchildren swimming. We checked out two swimming pools, one close – the Longview YMCA, and one about 45 minutes away – the Astoria Aquatic Center.
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Art Field Trip

Art Field Trip: My grandchildren are home schooled and I’m their art teacher. Usually they come over on Tuesday mornings at 8:30 and we do artful things until about 11:30.  My art studio is in a converted garage and is heated with a wood stove. The room has lots of windows and wonderful light. A couple of weeks ago it was so cold that I didn’t think the wood stove would get it heated enough to have the kids out there for 3 hours so I decided to take them on a field trip.
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Breakfast with Santa

Tickets will sell out quick for the annual Breakfast with Santa on Sat, Dec. 5 at the Red Lion Hotel. You may choose from meal times at 8:30 am (#84795) or 10:45 am (#84796). This great family event includes breakfast, crafts, entertainment, prizes, and gift for only $8 per person. Photos with Santa are available. There are no tickets sold at the door so register now online at www.mylongview.com/reconline or call 442-5400.

A Christmas Tea

Last year I was looking in my cupboard of good china that my husband’s mother and grandmother had passed down to me. I noticed the beautiful tea cups that his Grandma Hicks had collected in the 1940s and 50s on her visits to Vancouver BC. I just never seemed to use those tea cups. So I had a thought – why not have a Christmas Tea Party with my 7 year old granddaughter, Molly. I asked her if she would like to have a couple of friends over for Tea and she was very enthusiastic about it. Read more

Fireside chat with Santa!

My grandchildren were dressed in their Christmas finest. They looked so cute and they were excited as they came up the driveway. They knew they would be talking to Santa and telling him their wishes for Christmas. We greeted them at the photography studio door and took their coats. They were talking a mile a minute and wanted to know if Santa was there. Read more

Our “Forest Hike”

I was thinking of my next adventure to share with you, so I asked my grandkids what they would like to do. They said they would like to go for a hike in a forest.
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Train Robbery on the 5:00

Cost: $14 for adults, $13 for seniors, and $10 for children 4 to 16

Last week I took my three grandchildren, their parents, my hubby and my father on a Chehalis-Centrailia Steam Train ride. Three generations – everyone wanted a ride on a steam train. Read more

Spray Park Fun

By Jeanette Mahoney aka Grandma Blue

You will need: a warm day, swimming suits, waterproof shoes, sun screen and giggles.

Cost: $0

Enjoyment: Priceless

The other day the temperature was close to 90 degrees. I called the grand kids and said “Let’s go to the spray park”, which was greeted with a lot of enthusiasm. A couple of years ago a public swimming pool had gotten old and in need of repairs. The city decided to fill it in and with the help of Kelso Rotary, Read more

Afternoon of Art

You will need: Items to paint, paints, small brush, old plastic table cloth, old t-shirt to protect clothing, paper cup and paper plate.
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