Easter Memories with Grandchildren What does a grandma do with the Easter candy that the grandkids didn’t take home? Eat the leftover candy, of course. Jelly Beans. M&M’s. Fruit snacks. Smarties. Rice Krispies Treats. It’s all good – and full of SUGAR. Ten small jelly beans have eight grams of sugar. Milk chocolate M&M’s, fun size, have ten grams sugar. Welch’s Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks, one pouch, have seven grams sugar, and Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats snack has only four grams. Kellogg’s is the lowest at four grams of sugar. You can count Easter-egg hunt day being full of hyperactivity with all that sugar. TheRead More →

Take Time Out for a Picnic Summer is speeding by – one reason for a picnic. It’s August 23rd already. Like lightning, July and August days have flashed by for me, so much that I took a hiatus from blogging. But that didn’t stop this Grandmother Grummy from fun creativity, summer picnic with the grands included. Inspirational hospitality ideas pop up sometimes from the most unexpected ways – like planning an impromptu picnic indoors on a hot, humid day. More about picnic food later. But for the moment, let me assure you that if life has interrupted your blogging routineRead More →