Topic: For the First Time !!
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Fri 12/04/09 01:11 PM
I'm going to be a Grandma !! My son and daughter-in-law are expecting in July !! What does a first grandma do? Are there any traditions the paternal grandma is responsible for !! OMG !! flowers

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Fri 12/04/09 03:16 PM

I'm going to be a Grandma !! My son and daughter-in-law are expecting in July !! What does a first grandma do? Are there any traditions the paternal grandma is responsible for !! OMG !! flowers
First let me say Congratulations, as for what you should do as a 1st time GM I say buy us all a round of drinksdrinker drinker

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Fri 12/04/09 04:43 PM
Congradulations!:banana: :banana:

I remember how happy I was when I found out I was going to be a grandmother the first time! My goodness, all the sewing for that child!!
Also, I have three sons, and for each of their first born, I made a wooden cradle. They passed it down to each of their children and now all cradles are in storage, awaiting their first grandchildren.

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Sun 12/06/09 02:28 PM
Thanks SMan, yes here's to the next generation drinker !! Thanks Vivian, when I was pregnant with my son my husband made a cradle and he still has it somewhere. I am sure he'll be getting it out soon. I'm not a crafts kinda person but I'm thinking I'd like to make a baby blanket. I'll keep you posted! I can't wait to see the love in my sons eyes as he looks at his own child. You know, that same way we look at them ... still.

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Sun 12/06/09 05:48 PM
Just love your grandchildren and help their parents if you are asked. But, only if asked. Dont offer too much advice on what you would do different.. Just spoil those grandchildren! That's what grandparents are for >..

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Thu 12/10/09 08:15 PM
Thanks Linny, Yes...let the spoiling begin! Funny, my son has a college education and also spent a year in Iraq, yet the look on his face...clueless!

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Thu 12/10/09 08:17 PM

I'm going to be a Grandma !! My son and daughter-in-law are expecting in July !! What does a first grandma do? Are there any traditions the paternal grandma is responsible for !! OMG !! flowers


yes

it's your duty and obligation to spoil the kid rotten

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Thu 12/10/09 08:29 PM
Oh Q, That's gonna be the most honorable duty and obligation EVER! I hope he/she will be as cute as you! (well the cute one in the pic)!

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Thu 12/10/09 08:32 PM
cookies

learn to bake sugar cookies

and cinnamon rolls

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Thu 12/10/09 08:33 PM
and fudge

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Thu 12/10/09 08:51 PM
Can do cookies & cin rolls, never made fudge but could learn. I'll be the Gma jumping in the mud puddles, finger paints, play doh, roller skating and taking him/her to their first rock concert!

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Fri 12/11/09 02:30 AM

Can do cookies & cin rolls, never made fudge but could learn. I'll be the Gma jumping in the mud puddles, finger paints, play doh, roller skating and taking him/her to their first rock concert!
I can teach you to make fudge bigsmile
My mother made quilts for all her grand kids...and there are a FEW of them :tongue:
I have a grandson that just turned 2 and he is the light of my life :heart:

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Fri 12/11/09 05:51 AM
I love making Monkey Bread. It's always a winner at work, girly coffee meetings, and the grandkids love it too. It's so easy to make. now my grandkids love to make it themselves.

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