A HEART-Y BREAKFAST--(GET IT?)-NANA STYLE with a TUTORIAL

 I thought I would post this for some of my readers

that didn't know me--BACK WHEN~

I came across this in my "to post" list

and I don't think I ever posted it.

IF I did forgive me.

This seems like yesterday but must be

SEVERAL YEARS OLD.

sigh

This is a long post for me-

so grab your coffee, tea, or

drink of choice.

Anyway--Here you go-

How To Be A Good Nana!

1. The first thing you must do

is get some grandchildren.

If you haven't any of your own

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE

will surely be willing to let

you buy theirs...er..I mean

borrow theirs for a day.

We rustled these up and

hauled them home..one

slipped off and went home

with mom and dad though..

Yep--the littlest one escaped

THIS TIME.

2. The second thing you must do,

after bathing the little suckers,

is read them a bedtime story.

This has become a favorite.

If you don't have it-

you MUST buy it..

You CANNOT be a

GOOD NANA

without this book.3. It MUST have pop up pages.

That way it takes twice as long to

read because

SOMEONE must poke

their finger in every hole

in the pop-up and ask

WHUT'S IN THERE?

Yes-Pop ups are a must!

Notice what she is eating?

It has become fondly known

at this house..as..

The Three Bears Cereal!All too soon

6AM rolls around because

THEY find you.

THEY hunt you down

because

THEY know

WHERE you sleep!

Ah~ Yes! They thought the

hour would never arrive..

It is

BREAKFAST TIME.

Time for what?

Are you paying attention here?

It is time for???

Yes..That's it!

Three Bears Cereal

First (I think I have lost

track of the number of steps

it takes to be a good Nana..

Never mind...read on)

First-You must have

a big pot of boiling water.

I got this out of the sewer..

Oh wait! No! I didn't~

It is BROWN because it has

a pinch of salt and

CINNAMON in it..

You might think that

CINNAMON is the

magic ingredient

but it is NOT!

We will get to that

LATER.

Ok- Pot...boiling water..

DUMP the Oatmeal in!

How much? Seriously?

I dunno- I never measure..

I just dump til it looks

somewhere between mucus

and cement. Works for us.Stir for about ONE MINUTE

(providing you are using

One minute Oatmeal-got it?)

THEN you add the secret

ingredient...it is....READY?

Vanilla...GOOD Vanilla..

None of that cheap all-alcohol

vanilla - I drink that but don't use

it for cooking. Kidding...just kidding..

I drink the almond flavor.Boil a few seconds more..Slap 3 Princess dishes on the counter.

If the boys were here you would also

see Thomas The Train bowls!

Oh-yeah...there's a second

MAGIC INGREDIENT too.

It is butter...Real honest-to-goodness

WISCONSIN BUTTER.

All those chubby people you

see when you are shopping?

Yep...all eating Wisconsin butter..

(I resemble that remark)Just one little pat will do ya.

Next up...sugar...good raw sugar..

brown..and wonderful..and?? C'mon~

Sugar is ? Sweet...Yep..Sugar is sweet..

and so are you...

Wait-I am getting sidetracked here.

Make it into a nice heart shape..

To match the heart shaped bowls..

Get it? (that is SweetCheeks new

byline...GET IT?

Yep..I GOT IT!

And then...and then...

To make it

OH SO CUTE..

You take a heart-shaped

cookie cutter..AND

you stamp a heart in the

center of it.
Now, I ask you..

Is that CUTE..or what?A word of caution to the

New Nanas..

DO NOT ADD MILK

It wrecks the

hearts and makes the kids cry.

Trust me on this.

On Saturday mornings..

they eat on their own little tables..

First is Lulu...someone has colored

on her table and she is not too

happy about that fact...but she is

a hearty eater and decides to

forego complaining to work on

the task at hand.Ria very daintly picks at hers.

SweetCheeks immediately eats

the sugar off hers and tells me

that YOU FURHGOTT THE SHUGHAR

on hers.

REALLY..

Yes..Seriously..Nana..Yoah DID!

(Liar, liar..pants on fire)

I didn't forget but I will get you

a LITTLE more sugar.

Sigh...big sigh..OHKAY THEN!Now comes

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART

OF THE TUTORIAL..

You must PACK THEM UP..

and take them home!

Any questions?

Look for more tutorials in

the future.

Next up we will discuss

spit painting on the

breakfast nook window.

Doesn't THAT sound like fun?

And...thank ya for stopping by~

WHAT VALENTINE'S DAY IS REALLY LIKE-A BLAST FROM THE PAST

 If you have been following for a while 

you will have read this before.

If not-grab your coffee and breakfast

because it is a long post!

Oh! To relive those days!

First you must hang a

banner INSIDE..

So that the

GRANDKIDS

will know

which Holiday

they are celebrating.

Just a word of caution..

If you hang one

that looks like

the one below..

SOMEONE

(who shall remain nameless)

will be sure to ask..

Is he

NAKED?

Your reply should be

Absolutely..

That is why he is

carrying an envelope.

This is sure to produce

a giggle from at

least 2 or the 3 grandkids..

The third one doesn't giggle.

She doesn't giggle

because she doesn't "get it".

She is trying to figure out where

HE got that BHIG of an envelope.

Secondly..

You must lay out supplies.

These will cost somewhere

in the neighborhood

of $459.00...and..

after you buy

ALL THAT STUFF,

you will realize that you have

forgotten at least one or

two crucial supplies..

Like...

Elmer's WASHABLE glue.

Lord help you

if you buy the

REGULAR ELMER'S GLUE

because it will NOT

be pretty.

Now that you have

your supplies home

and have signed

the bank loan

to cover the expense..

you must lay out the goodies...

Lay them out nice and neatly..

Sigh over the paper-Oh So Sweet

Next---

Hang a flag outside your door..

A cute little cherub flag

to greet them with a smile.

Isn't it perfect?

Love Mary Englebriet's flags.

Then they arrive...

bringing presents.

Bringing PRESENTS?

PRESENTS

For ME?

Yep-these are for Nana..

and they made them

all by themselves..

Inside are beautiful little

hearts made with love..

One from Ria.

Two from Lulu...

and one from SweetCheeks.

Of course I must put them all on..

I pick up SweetCheeks...

What does this say, SweetCheeks?

That's jus' sumbuddy ehlse's name

on there...Doan't pay eny

attenshun to the name...

just putt it on..

Whereupon I am informed

by Lulu that

"I told SweetCheeks

NOT to give you that one".

Whereupon SweetCheeks says

NOAH.YOHU.DIDN'T.LULU

an' I dohn't care cuz I am ghiving

it to her enyway. Hmmmf.

I start the legal paperwork

to change my name to Allison.

Great.. We are off

to a nice, calm start...

Now where were we?

Okay..girls..

Let's get started...

Who wants to make a

Valentine?

Everyone's hand shoots into the air.

In short order everything

 looks like this.....

All three girls are

Busy-Busy-Busy

Lulu makes this-

 Ria loved the self-stick hearts...

And SweetCheeks has now changed into her third Princess Outfit...

and has busied herself

making th...........

Oh, Dear Lord In Heaven...

Pray tell WHO left HER alone

with the glitter?

There is glitter glitter everywhere..

On the floor and on the chair..

In her mouth and on her hair....

I could go on and on with the

rhyming thingy but I'm afraid

the Dr. Suess police will get me.

An especially nice touch? 

The globs of

glue that dropped here and there

and shine brightly up

from the chair...and the table...

and the floor...and the countertop...

Did I say floor? Ah..yes...

and back to the glitter...

Nothing like glitter on the floor

that can be tracked from

room to room..

Leave NO ROOM untouched

seems to have been the motto

of the day.

I decide I need a bathroom break

to dispose of the 3 gallons of coffee

that I have downed in an effort

to keep up with this

CRAFT DAY WITH THE KIDS.

Lo and behold,

in the small reading nook

(where the old steps used to be)

I see

THIS...

How did all these books get off

the shelf and on the floor?

I ask ever-so-sweetly

between slightly gritted teeth.

Uh-oh---Here it comes...

Welllll...says SweetCheeks..

Ria toohk a few books off

the shellf and then I helped her

and took the rest offf..and

we jus' put 'em there for now.

Yeah? Where do you think

you're gonna put them later?

Wellll...It was Ria's idea.

I dunno how they gonna

get bahck on the shelfs.

Hmmmm...I dunno where YOU'RE

gonna go either if you guys don't put

these books back.

All too soon

hahahahahahahaha

the day ends and we clean up the

mess and they get ready to go home.

As you can plainly see 

SOMEONE has been so overworked

she has collapsed in a heap

using her sisters as pillows.

The pictures and story above are from a few years ago.

But the fun continued for the weekend

Guess what!

This weekend we get to do it all

over again.

If you don't see me by Monday

I will be glued to a seat somewhere

in the house.

I hope it is in a chair in front of

the computer.

Edited @ 6:55 am to add:
MyHero reads my blog and says:
 You SPENT $459 ON THIS STUFF?
(Sheeez...don't ya know a joke when you read one?;>)

TAKING A BREAK BUT I WILL RETURN!!!!

I have a lot on my plate

right now so I am following

my daughter's lead 

and taking a media break.

     I am going to curtail my visits on

Instagram, Facebook & Blogger

for at least the rest of the month.

As many of you know, John is not well

and I need time to deal with things there.

ALSO-

I have new books to read,

an upstairs full of 'stuff' to purge,

things to finish up in the condo,

and I have a plan to do something 

NEW & EXCITING 

(at least for me)

come February.

 I PINKY PROMISE 

I WILL RETURN!

I just need a break.

Thank you all for always being

so faithful and following along

with all my nonsense.

You are

THE BEST!

 

JANUARY-LEARNING TO USE MY MAC-WHAT THE WHAT?!

Well....
There you have it..
I am TRYING to get back into posting
even though I have 
NOT figured out this
STUPID computer yet.

I still don't know what I am doing----

as if I ever did!

However-
I am going to figure this
stupid thing out!
Yes.I.Am.
As you can see, I have already
figured out how to do the
cross-out thingy.

My motto is~

Sometimes all we have to do
is believe in ourselves, right?
Well, I might need a little
God-help with this one.

I did get Christmas packed away
in between saying bad word 
under my breath about the
computer refusing to do what 
I wanted it to do....

So onward I go into
JANUARY-
I think I might need a few 
cute little snowmen to 
see me through January.

 

Instead of making Christmas candy

I might just make our

Little Miss Bright Eyes

a sweet skirt

like this one.

I won't be making one of those

for myself-

thank you very much--

I am HIPPY ENOUGH already

and I don't mean like this....

Just call me Ms January-

as I spend the month

bundled up and 

trying to figure things out.

Meanwhile--

the REAL Ms. January

looks like this....

I should not have shared that

picture with MyHero...

Look at what happened

to the cookie he was holding!

Oh great!

Now I have to bake again, too!

It is gonna be quite a month!

Have a great week- 

I hope to have this all figured

out in a day or two.

Yeah--right..