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Nana's Play Room By NanaConnie

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We are already calling the new baby due in September ---Brody. He and my daugher-in-law are doing well. We got to see his sonogram picture and he's darling!   Jodi actually said she likes being pregnant. Does this mean I am getting a whole bunch of grandchildren? Way too early to tell.  My Kenz had another sick day today. A cold... it's probably the last of the season before summer wipes out the memory of sickness.  Hopefully. That's the hard part about being a grandma that babysits... the sick days.. the coughing and just seeing them feeling yucky. I'm  looking forward to being an RN,Nursing again, taking care of sick people, but I don't think I could do pediatrics. I don't like when kids are sick, especially kids I know. One of my aunts died on Friday. She was someone I spent alot of time with in my childhood. She had been sick for awhile, but still I didn't think she'd die just yet. I've been reflecting on her and my memories of her.  In the last segment of her life she was a day care Grandma for her granddaughter who is around seven. They lived in Alaska so I didn't get to see her for several years now.  Yesterday, I was thinking about how her lifetime has passed. She had her lifetime and now it's over. We have a package of years that we live. Her death is impressing upon me --to remember to---'be me' and live the life I am here to live, because this is my lifetime. It had a beginning and it has an end.  www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com   NanaConnie 05/06/2008 @ 09:13PM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 0

Jodi had a sonogram today and she is having a BOY! They are both so excited. My son Mike is soooo very happy. He wanted a boy. Now they can get down to the business of making a little boy's world; a nursery, toys, etc. etc. etc. This is incredible.  A Grandson. I'm so used to saying granddaughter, I will have to practice saying grandson. By the way, did you hear? We're having a grandson!   (www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com) NanaConnie 04/17/2008 @ 07:37PM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 1

Two more weeks till... we find out the gender of my new grandchild, that is if he, I mean he or she decides to cooperate. Jodi and my son think the baby is a girl, so I am starting to think... maybe they know. It's so exciting to know ...we'll know. Kenz came up with the name that the baby will have if it's a girl. She will be Alexandra, but we'll call her  Kenzie's name....Alex. A boy's name hasn't been picked yet. You see what I mean? Either way, either gender.... we get...a baby... hurray! Great News: Kenz is reading. Reading. Reading. Reading. If any of you grandparents have experience with the BOB books, you will know how fun it is to watch your grandchild sound out words. For O sounds Kenz looks like she is about to blow out  a whole bunch of birthday candles.  It's work, learning to read pho-net-i-cally, (I have to look that word up). I love watching her face light up when she gets a word off the page and out of her mouth. So cool! The Nursing Refresher is going well, so far. I was reading Gage and Max's grandma's post today 'Back to Work." She says she can't understand why her boss won't give her a nap! lol  That's one of the finer points of daycaring babies and toddlers. You can almost always count on a short nap.  When I start my clinicals next month, I will probably be in bed very early, sleeping like a baby.  (www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com) NanaConnie 04/03/2008 @ 04:59PM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 1

Accomplishing The weather was very nice today.  Kenz and her mom came over after Montessori.  For awhile we played  Kenz's version of hopscotch in the playroom, until I got a cramp in my leg from hopping on one foot. Hopping on one foot is something  we adults don't do often... try it... it will bring back kinestetic memories of being young. It was way too nice to be in the house anyway ,so we went out in the yard to initiate Spring with some water balloons.  It's so much fun to fill  little balloons with cold hose water then toss them in the sky as high as you can, ducking out of the way so they don't crash on your head.  I have been studying and reading the nurse's textbook for hours on end lately. When I am not studying, I still have that feeling that I can't let too much time pass without studying. It's a new thing for me. It  was fun to do some playing. I think I have helped facilitate(or at least contributed to) creating a--- master of play.  Kenz is a master. There is never a moment she would turn down a game, an activity, an imaginary story, a chance to pretend--- she wins the award for playing! She's alive. Playing is children's work. It's what makes them feel as if they have accomplished something. It's where they learn about the world, how it works and how they impact it. ahh... to hop on one foot and throw balloons in the sky... got to go back to my reading, I'm liking the feeling of completing homework assignments... the accomplishment . I am reminded  that children have the same sense of having gotten 'something done' when they have time, space and freedom to play. www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com   NanaConnie 03/21/2008 @ 01:02AM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 0

NEW My daughter and granddaughter are coming over for a visit tonite. I haven't seen Kenz in two days and it seems like a week. The last time I saw her she looked like she grew 2 inches.  She's at that age (5) where the subtle changes make a big difference, making her look "older."   My son called me today to report that he and Jody went to the gynecologist and "heard the heart beat!" He said he recorded it on his phone. That was a new one for me.  Recording the heart beat on the phone...what will they think of next? He was so excited. "It was the actual heart beat, Mom." "I know Mike, what did you think it was going to be?"   "I don't know, it was just so neat to hear it." Jody is due in September. What a thrill it's going to  be to watch her and my son so excited about each new development of the pregnancy. What a special time. For Nana it's Everything old is new again.   NanaConnie 02/27/2008 @ 08:09PM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 0

Boy or girl? Girl or Boy? We are getting a new grandchild in September.  Every couple of days my five-year old granddaughter Kenz and I--- think of names for the new baby. She likes Keely, Teresa, Hannah and  Alex if it's a girl.  I can't think of her boy names right now, because she's mentioned only---a few. Mike and Jody will know by sonogram the gender, I think in about a month. I feel like it's a boy. When I was pregnant with my son, I knew he was a boy and I didn't have a sonogram, I just knew. I have that feeling again. Mike and Jody think it's a girl.  None of us knows ... but part of the fun of finding out will be to find out whose hunch was right.  It doesn't matter ...boy or girl.... we are going  to love love love  a boy or girl, girl or boy..... either way. Cmon Kenz, think of some boy names. www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com NanaConnie 02/22/2008 @ 12:17AM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 1

Blogging and Time Hi all, GP is blooming in bloggers. I wonder where Gmaw has been, the grandma on the farm, the busy lady taking care of her diabetic brother and all those animals plus quilting. Her posts were like walking into a country kitchen and having a biscuit with tea.  I hope she comes back.  No doubt about it, blogging is a time eater. Sometimes I will write a post for my blogspot blog, then rewrite it, then publish it, then revise it, publish it and  rewrite it the next day. It's therapy for me, brain practice.  I think it's my favorite thing to do. My brain however, has convinced me that it wants to do something else. It wants to renew my RN license. I wonder if it knows it's going have to switch gears, read the textbooks, do the math. I haven't done Nursing for ten years.  The refresher progam takes six months. The good thing is that I can do the curriculum online before the clinicals which of course, I have to do 'live.' When I 'become' a nurse again, I plan on working PRN. That means only when I want to. I want to update my license now, while I'm in my early 50's and before my second grandchild arrives in Sept.  I want to renew to be able to sign my professional designation for article writing. I have never been good at staying on a strict schedule, but for the next six months I am going to have to be very careful with my time. I had somebody help me chart out how to do this. She divided up the hours in the day, designated them for this and that.  I'm off schedule right now. See what I mean about blogging? Blogging, I have heard is the new stress producer. Kenz is sick, staying home from school. I'm going over to my daughter's house to spend the day with her and ---play. I have to pack up now. Time is a running.... Other GP's and GP bloggers...... What 's your experience with blogging? Do you work and try to see your grandchildren almost daily? Do you have a lot to do?   Nana Connie www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com         NanaConnie 02/11/2008 @ 09:55AM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 0

Turning a corner When January ends, I feel like I'm turning a corner and finally walking into a new year.  Today, I made an  appointment to get my teeth cleaned, something I have been dragging my feet to do.  I also made a good pork chop dinner, a recipe out of a cookbook I bought in January entitled French Women Don't Get Fat by Mirelle Guilian. I bought it off Amazon and downloaded it on my Kindle. Do you know what a Kindle is?  If you don't, you have got to get a steppin'. It 's the best grown-up-toy I have ever had, except for my computer and--  oh, my cell phone and I can't forgot about my IPod.  To learn more about the Kindle go to Amazon.com and look around for info on the Kindle.  For starters, it's an electronic book. Anyway, the pork chops were great. Easy. Cooked in the oven with white wine. Since it's apple season, this is the time to make the recipe which calls for sauteing apples and celery in butter. Wouldn't it be so cool if the French could say this about us? Those American woman don't get fat. I wonder what there secret is.  . The amazing thing is that the French women love food, they love to eat. (The paradox) I think it boils down to portions and no fast food, but I am learning some new secrets from the book. I didn't see Kenz  today. Her mom kept her home from school and took her to the office with her. She must have had a good day, coloring and doing office work.  I wonder if her mom got anything done.  Tommorrow is the big day. We got our tickets! We are going to the movie... in 3D... we are going to see Hannah Montana. I hope I can sit through it. Who knows, maybe I will enjoy it? There's a slight chance, because I do like her music.  We'll be starting February off, according to Kenz anyhow, on the right foot.  (www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com) NanaConnie 01/31/2008 @ 10:14PM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 1

Snappin' Up Some Fun C:\Documents and Settings\Connie\My Docu   Back in the day, those photo machines in the mall were a quarter.  Now, the strip of four photos costs three dollars!  If you get them taken with your grandchild it's worth it. A few days ago, I bought a nice lamp at Kirkland's for my bedroom dresser. It also had a nice price ($19.99).  I liked it so much I had to go back and get another one, before the sale ended.   The mall is a hop skip and a jump from Montessori, so after picking Kenz up and listening to two songs in my car from her new High School Musical 2 CD, we bopped into the mall to complete the lamp set. Even with the sniffles, my five-year old granddaughter was in a good mood. Plus, she wanted to hold my hand and I love it when she wants to hold my hand. First thing we did was head over to the smoothie counter to order a Blueberry Blitz (or something like that).  Splitting a regular works perfect for us. I tell them to leave out the sherbert and add a little extra yogurt. This helps it to not taste like a sugar ball. Today as we slurped and walked, Kenz spotted the bright blue photo box, suddenly excited about getting some pictures. Only on two other ocassions (that I remember) have me and her used the cramped camera box. Otherwise,we have walked by hundreds of times without noticing them.  Did you know they take credit cards?  Or, they are supposed to. I tried to  slip my Visa in the slot. No luck. We ran to get change, then ran back. (She didn't want anyone to get our place.)  Kenz put in the dollars. It sucked them up like straw and a recorded voice came out of a speaker telling us to select a background. We decided on Love, pressed the button and  the countdown began.  "OK Nana, do this." Kenz had two fingers over my head in the peace sign or the devil sign, I'm not sure what she thinks it is.  Snap.  "Next time,stick out your tongue Nana." Snap. "Too late Nana, you missed it." "OK for three, stick it out . " Snap. "For four Nana, quick,do the I love you sign." "The what sign, Kenz?" "The I love you sign. I can't show  you now cuz..."  Snap.  I  think I got one finger right. I didn't know she knew an I love you sign. (She is practicing in the third picture.) Can you imagine all the fun we had for just three dollars? And not to mention--- my learning experience. We got two strips of pics. Kenz tells me they're Valentine's presents for Mommy and Daba  "It's a little early for Valentines Day." "That's OK., Nana, We'll come back and get them gift certificates too." (Personally, I think they'll like the pictures better.) Nana Connie (www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com) NanaConnie 01/18/2008 @ 09:12PM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 0

I have big news I am going to be................ A Nana Again second time around grandma an experienced granny a been there grandmother. Kenz will be getting a new cousin a little friend a playmate We both are getting excited!!!!! It won't be till the Fall, but it's not too early to ponder how our lives are going to change. I'm going be a Nana Again. See how I found out  on my Jan. 11th post at  www.playwitmenana.blogspot.com NanaConnie 01/14/2008 @ 03:09PM | Permalink | Flag as inappropriate 1

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