Calling all fellow grandparents:

Name your favorite, free (or cheap) fall activity to do with your grandkids.

Mine is going to a local apple orchid. We pick apples, drink cidar, and check out pumpkins, etc. The one we go to here in York County, PA is Brown's Orchards & Farm Markets.

http://www.brownsorchards.com

Many have fall festivals, free music, etc. on the weekends. Check your local paper.

What's your favorite fall activity with you

Recently, I have read the series of stories entitled "100 Days of Cancer." It seems that story after story emerges telling tales of heartbreaking deaths and diagnoses. Now, it's my turn. About a month ago or so my best friend's grandmother passed away of lung cancer. Originally, the doctors only gave her about six months to live. As time elapsed and disappeared into a a huge mass of anxiety, no one had prepared themselves for what came next. Then again how could any one have ever predicted thi

The story is about a project I, as a grandparent am working on to help needy lonely abandoned children. It is about a little mouse nick-named Spacey because he was always looking out into space and wondering about things. So when he heard NASA was taking on animal volunteers for one of its first space trips, he signed up, hoping to find the way to God out there. But the spaceship lands by accident in Africa and now he must find his way home. Through his experiences with some African childre

Thinking of what helped me the most as a mother took me back 35 years. I was a first time mother of a baby boy- totally unprepared for the loss of independence- but completely in love with him and determined to keep him happy.He was awake alot, didn't seem to need much sleep, and was happiest in my arms.This worked for awhile until a) he became heavier and b)after a few months of getting very little done; life at hand needed attention.
My solution was a baby backpack which is what we

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I am a grandmother of eight soon to be nine this fall. Two of our grandsons we are raising. We have had them for two years. They are now ages five and six. The five year old has Aspergers Syndrome so that has added little more to our raising them since we now take him for therapy sessions and other doctor appointments whom also treat him for ADHD. While the older one is doing great he did have abandonment issues so he sees a psychologist along with his younger brother to deal with those issues.

Remember when you were a child...And you had to make a decision about something?...Like who would be on your dodge ball team...Or who you would ask for a sleepover?...When your mind just couldn't be made-up in any other way?...

And promises were signed...Sealed and delivered...By linking pinkies...In the everlasting bond of a "pinkie swear"...Or a "pinkie promise?"....A secret shared between you and your newest...B.F.F...?...Whispered giggles about the little boy you had a crush on..

One of the activities I have enjoyed with my grandchildren...Are walks through the neighborhood...When my older granddaughters were much younger...We spent a lot of time together...The three of us...Always looked forward to warm weather...

We would put on our..."Walking hats..."...Which were actually...Little matching black deck hats...I picked up on sale for a dollar...A two year old and a four year old...And an "olde girl"...Off to see the world...Together...Usually a few times a d

Sometimes...It may appear...I forgot to look at a map...Left my compass at home...Didn't turn the GPS system on...Couldn't find the North Star...Failed to ask for detailed directions...Perhaps I stray from the beaten path now and then...

Don't laugh...But I am even a bit on the spontaneous side...I do crazee things...And if I happen to forget what I am doing...I just keep on doing what I'm doing...Until A.)...I remember what I was doing...Or...B.)...Decide it must not have been impor