7. Write the whole entire alphabet in sidewalk chalk
on your driveway or sidewalk. Then hop from letter to
letter in the correct order to "spell" your name!

6. Read a book about your favorite animal.

5. Make a paper plate aquarium

4. Question of the day
I hope you don't mind if I tell you all about our
European cruise bit by bit during this summer . . .
 

Aa is for Atlantic Ocean

We began our trip crossing this big blue ocean called the Atlantic. How long do you think it took us to go from the beginning (in Flordia) to our first spot of land (near Portugal)?
A. Five minutes
B. Five hours
C. Five days
D. Five weeks

3. Brainstorm with your family about what you'd like to do all season and write a summer fun list!

2. Sing a song of summer . . . you can find words and music to a fun summer song here or you find pictures to a the same fun summer song here.

Ss is for Summer Fun

May is mostly over . . . school will soon be out . . . summer is coming! It's time for . . .

I'm giving you an alpha bucket challenge to find, make and/or do something for every letter of the alphabet between now and Labor Day which is 101 days away. All between the ages of 1-11 can participate. You can earn one ticket for each letter of the alphabet to spend in Grandma's Alpha-Store which will reopen in September. Check back here whenever you need a an idea or alittle inspiration this summer . . .

Happy Summer bit of fun #1!

Love, Grandma

P.S. Buckets coming soon.

Tt is for Twelve

May 12

(a little late)

During May Grandpa and I went on an Atlantic adventure in a big boat cruising to delightful destinations in Europe. We got home on May 12 (just 12 days ago) so I thought I would show you 12 pictures of our "home away from home" during our long vacation.

1. This is the place where pizza was baked all day long every day--one of Grandpa's favorite snack stops.
2. This is the place just outside our cabin (the balcony) where we could read or watch the scenery.
3. This is the place where we could shower and brush our teeth. Grandpa is actually standing in the shower to take this picture!
4. This is the place where you could check out books and board games. You probably didn't know that ships have libraries in them.
5. This is the place where we could eat. The Horizon Court was just one of many places we could eat!
6. This is the place where we entered our cabin and where we picked up our "mail". Our address was Caribe 614 and every day we got a newsletter called the "Princess Patter".
7. This is the place where we would find two chocolates each night before we went to bed. Who put them there? Why our cabin steward, of course. He also made our bed and cleaned our room every day!
8. This is the place--called the Internet Cafe-- where we could read and send emails to all of you.
9. This is the place where we could get a sandwich, salad, cookie, pastry treat or gelato any time we wanted since it was open 24 hours a day!
10. This is the place where you could swim if you wanted, but where we went in the evening, sat on the deck chairs with a cozy blanket and watched "movies under the stars".
11. This is the place--the promenade deck-- where you could go for walks around the entire ship.
12. And this is the place where all the 11 previous pictures were taken--the Emerald Princess. If you look in the lower right corner you might also be able to see the place (the gangway) where we exited the ship whenever it reached a port of call.

We're happy to be back to our real "home sweet home" now though.
Happy 12 on the 12th day after the 12th of May!
Love, Grandma

Mm is for Mother

May 13 is Mother's Day
Mother Goose isn't the only mother to remember in May.

Make your Mommy happy today!
 Make her bed (and make your bed) . . .
make her a card . . . do nice things all day for her
and most definitely give your Mom a hug today!

Happy Mother's Day!
Love, Grandma

 

Ss is for Smile

May is Smile Month!
Can you see your smile in this collage?
Do you see any other smiles you recognize?
Well then it's time to sing:
"If you chance to meet a frown, do not let it stay.
Quickly turn it upside down
and smile that frown away!

Happy Smiling!
Love, Grandma

Mm is for Mother Goose

May 1 is Mother Goose Day
Today is a great day to pull out a Mother Goose book
and read all about Little Bo Peep . . . or Little Miss Muffet
. . . or Jack and Jill . . . or Old King Cole . . . or Simple Simon

 . . . or Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater . . . or Humpty Dumpty.

You could also read or recite rhymes about black sheep
 . . . or cows jumping over the moon . . . or an old woman who
lived in a shoe . . . or three blind mice . . . or three men in a tub.
Or sing some Mother Goose verses
  like ring around the rosies . . . or rock-a-bye, baby

 . . . or row, row, row your boat.

Happy Mother Goose Day!
Love, Grandma