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Tag Archives: kid stories
Cherry Pie – the short cut way when cooking with kids
I love to use store bought pie crust or frozen pie dough – its easy and tastes good. This pie becomes sooooo easy when you do it this way.. and those amazing Rainer ( the yellow ones) cherries are abundant … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry pie, cooking with kids, dessert, family, food, fun, kid stories, pie, Rainer Cherries
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Blackberry Pie – heaven! A great summer dish for cooking with kids
I like using store ready pie crusts – both for the top and bottom. Cooking with kids when using store bought materials is a good idea since they can learn that there are good things that can be bought – … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberries, Blackberry, blackberry pie, cooking with kids, desserts, family, Fourth of July, grandma music, kid stories, party
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Brownies GALORE! Great for cooking with kids – they can join YOU in licking the bowls! Great for the FOURTH OF JULY!
Ten Ways to Fancy Up Your Brownies (or Other Desserts) Remember to put on MUSIC to make it fun! Try The Happy Song! Here are ten great ideas to transform your brownies into fancy desserts that will impress your friends … Continue reading
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Tagged bananas, brownies, cakes, cooking, cooking with kids, desserts, food, kid stories, lemons, recipes, snacks, strawberries, sundaes, toppings
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Make a Banana Cream Pie in 20 minutes! Great for cooking with kids! On Tasty Thursdays
How to Make a Banana Cream Pie—in as Little as 20 Minutes We nearly always have bananas around our house. We actually grow our own so in the season we have more than we can eat. Most of the time, they get … Continue reading
Chicken Thighs with a lovely lemony garlic sauce – great for cooking with kids!
Chicken Thighs with a Lovely Lemony Garlic Sauce – easy for Cooking with Kids – fairly low in calories and quick and easy. Chicken thighs are becoming more popular – before most folks went for the breasts – supposedly lower … Continue reading
Sam the broken robot made his debut at the ZIMMER childrens museum – see his video !
Sam was so nervous. Truly. But then he met all the great kids who were visiting and playing at the Zimmer Museum and he got dressed in front of them so that they were not scared of him – and … Continue reading
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Tagged childrens museum, family fun, grandma music, kid songs, kid stories, Robot, stories for families
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Pigs in a Blanket – Did your Mom make this when cooking with kids? I love them – not so healthy but yummy
Many folks in our home town used sausages with pastry when cooking with kids. Only when I traveled to the UK did I hear the term “Pigs in a blanket”. It was used even more often when I came to the USA. So … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, family style, grandma music, kid stories, pigs in blanket, pizza dough, recipes
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Cooking with kids to make Chicken Fingers – Healthy and pretty much fat free!
Our grandkids love chicken nuggets but most of those we find in restaurants are in batter and full of fat and carbohydrates that provide empty and unnecessary calories. This recipe is truly easy and lower in fat -using Panko breadcrumbs … Continue reading
A very typical scene in Africa – it makes sense in a funny sort of way – for your daily giggle!
This is one way to transport wheelbarrows when you have a two seater car.
For Boomers, Millennials, Golden Boomers and everyone else this Slide Show is all about our lives -be sure to read to the end..
Slide Show of ScreenHeros Do you remember when television came in a box on four legs? Well you will enjoy this slide show – do stay on it until the end with your speakers on – the last 2 slides are the … Continue reading
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Tagged baby boomers, heroes, kid stories, Military, millenials, movie star heroes, music, nostalgia, real life heroes, soldiers
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Zimmer Museum for kids – tomorrow SAM The broken robot makes his debut with RockinGrandmaMusic – kid songs and more
Zimmer Museum for kids – tomorrow SAM The broken robot makes his debut with RockinGrandmaMusic – kid songs and more – 6505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles – come and join us – show starts at 11am for 30 minutes of … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, dancing with kids, happy, kid music, kid songs, kid stories, Music for kids, Songs for Kids, stories
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Generation W Conference- A blog about the speech I gave there called: Reinventing Yourself – Life Lessons
Reinventing yourself -Lessons Learned – if you retweet or re-distribute pls link to http://rockingrandmamusic.com/generation-w I gave this speech at a conference in Jacksonville FLA called Generation W. Here I am with the founder of the conference, former CEO of the … Continue reading
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Tagged All American Basketball, Donna Orender, Generation W, Inspiration, kid stories, Reinventing yourself, WNBA, women
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Tasty Thursdays – Crockpot Heaven – Filet Mignon – Cooking with Kids
Here is a fabulous recipe for my very favorite approach to cooking – the crockpot. But instead of using a tough or less expensive piece of meat I am using New York steak or even Filet Mignon. Here are my … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, crockpot, filet mignon, kid stories, meat, recipes, slow cooker, steak
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Tuesday Tips – Making Blintzes! Cooking with Kids – who doesn’t love kids and blintzes?
The Easy Way to Make Strawberry, Cherry, and Other Blintzes I love blintzes—always have. I don’t know anyone who does not love blintzes. So how come we don’t make them more often? Blintzes aren’t hard but if you are making … Continue reading
Philanthropy Fridays – Rottweiler Rescue of Los Angeles -ALL VOLUNTEER – they need YOUR help. A source for my Children Bedtime Stories!
A child growing up with animals is an adult with kindness and soul. Many of the children bedtime stories that I share with my grandchildren, have to do with animals. Sam, The Broken Robot talks to animals and they talk back … Continue reading
For Dog Lovers Everywhere – The UK Top Rated Youtube Video 2011 – Tuesday Tips – have a good giggle today!
There is no doubt that Sunny our Rottweiler is front and center in our family. The children love him and he is the most gentle, tolerant, patient and loving dog in the family – he is also a rescue – … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, funny, grandma music, kid songs, kid stories, rottweiler, YouTube children songs
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Music Mondays! LET’S DANCE TO KID SONGS!!! Dancing every day is good for the mind, body and spirit!
“Dancing in My Room” is a song that is full of joy and action – and compels you to get up and MOVE! Here is a sample of Grandma Music and Kid Songs – go to Children’s Books and Music to … Continue reading
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Tagged child songs, grandma music, kid songs, kid stories, short children stories, songs of kids
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Philanthropy Fridays – KIDS ARE HEROES – Free Children Stories -an amazing organization for your support
Today we are featuring KIDS ARE HEROES – http://www.kidsareheroes.org/index.html. This organization started by a 9 year old little girl – and here is more about the organization which gives you lots of FREE children stories to inspire your kids. “Kids … Continue reading
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Tuesday Tips – Featuring CUPCAKES!!! YAY~! Perfect for Cooking with Kids while listening to Grandma Music!
Who doesn’t like cupcakes? Certainly kids love them – and I do too – sadly – since they are full of non-nutritious stuff – but once in a while – why not indulge? It’s all about moderation – in everything … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, cupcakes, frosting, grandma music, kid parties, kid stories
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Philanthropy Fridays – Featuring The Zimmer Children’s Museum in Los Angeles for FREE children stories, songs for kids…
This is one of the most fabulous children’s museums in the world – in that it is a working, practical, usable place where children can playact ( of course , this is LA!) behind the curtains of a pretend stage, … Continue reading
