Grandparents' triple treat

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PawDad and I experienced a special moment of bliss over the weekend, holding all three of our (matching clad) grandsons in our arms at one time.

grandparents and grandsons

Truly a triple treat.

Today's question:

Speaking of triple treats — and because I'm still in the hot, hot, hot desert as of this writing — if you were treated to a triple cone today, what three flavors of ice cream would you choose?

Wherein the photo bombing begins

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The busy morning yesterday with Bubby and Mac — most of which involved playing at the community pool — soon overtook Mac. He couldn't help but give in to the exhaustion... and Gramma couldn't help but photograph the pooped-out kiddo.

photo bombing brother

And Bubby? He obviously couldn't help but photo bomb his brother.

Today's question:

Who most often plays the photo bomber in your circle of friends and family?

Devoted D-Backs duo

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Bubby and Mac love nothing more than going to Diamondbacks baseball games. And watching D-Backs games on TV.  And talking about the D-Backs — especially their fave player, Paul Goldschmidt, No. 44. And pretending to be one of the D-Backs. And collecting D-Backs cards, too.

Diamondbacks fans

It's D-Backs...

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14 reasons to smile about being a long-distance grandma

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14 reasons to smile about being a long-distance grandma

Being a long-distance grandma can be hard on a grandmother's heart at times. There are, however, several perks to having plenty of miles between Grandma and her sweeties. Here are 14 of them.

long-distance grandma

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Dates with friends or Grandpa...

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They say it's your birthday

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Bubby has been concerned for months that Jak might arrive on his birthday. He told Mom again and again how "boring" that would be to have to spend his birthday "at the hospital." (Megan and I still question where he got such a notion that he'd be at the hospital during his brother's birth no matter what the day!)

six year old boy

Thank heavens Bubby...

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FaceTime and GRAND Social link party No. 109

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FaceTime

Does this ever get old? Do long-distance grandparents ever get tired of connecting with grandkids on FaceTime? Or Skype? Or Google+ hangouts or any other high-tech ways we have of staying in touch?

FaceTime with grandchildren

I think not. Not even when...

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In celebration of Father's Day: Storybook dads

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My son-in-law is a pretty darn good dad. Not only does Preston squash scorpions, regularly take my grandsons to baseball games and ride the scary rides with Bubby at theme parks, he also reads to Bubby and Mac. As in, bedtime storybook readings.

dad reading to sons

Being the book-loving, storybook-reading grandma that...

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