Monday is probably the last day to order my book Grandpa Do It! I Do It, Too and get it in time for Father’s Day from Amazon.com or BookSurge Customer Service. Amazon.com and BookSurge.com only sell the soft cover copy. By calling BookSurge Customer Service, at 1-866-308-6235 Option 6, you can order a soft or hard cover copy – but the hard cover is printed-on-order and then bound into a hardcovered book. Glue drying takes time! So, it won’t be ready in time for Father’s Day. So, get a soft covered one! 🙂
Father’s Day Gift for Grandpa
June 14, 2009
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Green Hour
June 12, 2009Lots of my past blog posts support this concept – the Green Hour. Here is the Green Hour website encouraging parents to get their children playing outdoors for at least an hour a day. It is a program sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation.
Other posts with the Green Hour tag.
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Go Play Outside!
June 5, 2009The Grandparents.com website is logging the number of hours grandparents spend outside with their grandchildren this summer. For every hour logged Grandparents.com will donate to KaBOOM! to bringing play into the lives of children. Remember my blog about KABOOM!, finding Playspaces and Julianne Hough earlier? This effort to log outside activity is a fun one for grandparents to get involved in!
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Attention, Grandma! A Great Father’s Day Gift For Grandpa!
May 30, 2009Attention, Grandmas!!!
Consider getting Grandpa Do It! I Do It, Too! for Grandpa for father’s Day!
Every day experiences turn into special moments for Grandpa Ron and Grandson Austin. The book captures some of those moments. It is a picture book with Austin-like sentences to describe the pictures. Most of the pictures are from photographs when 2 and a half year old Austi spent a week with us in Reno. Others are from Seal Beach and Long Beach, CA and the Portland, OR area. I turned the photos into drawings using photo applications.
It hits on the message that we may seldom be given the opportunity to know the impact we make on another, even very young, individual. Live as though it will happen always and then cherish the memories. It demonstrates “family relationship togetherness” and little ones watching and learning from grown-ups – namely grandpa! It helps foster self-esteem and demonstrate how every day activities can be special. Just taking the time to go places, explaining things to kids and playing with the kids can be something they remember for the rest of their lives.
There are some blank pages at the end of the book for you to put your favorite family photos or memories or the kids could draw themselves with their family. When they are all grown up 20 years later it will be fun to rediscover those special pages at the end!
The story has a Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level of 1.8.
The book is printed in the USA.
I call it a children’s book. Grandpa Ron calls it a grandparent’s book. Read it and decide for yourself! The kids enjoy talking about the activities and details in the pictures. The adults remember their own special moments – either as kids with their grandparents or as grandparents with their grandkids. Oh, and moms and dads get their own flashbacks, too!
I do it, too!!
Click the Amazon link on the right hand side of this page or click here to purchase!
Resellers, Non-profits and Libraries can obtain copies at a discount from BookSurge Customer Service 1-866-308-6235 Option 6. It only takes about 10 minutes to set up an account.
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A Fighting Chance For Kids
May 22, 2009Kids whose parents lost their jobs can take martial arts classes for free in June at South Coast Fight Club in Huntington Beach, CA. As I covered in an earlier blog, we work out with Nick Rians under his FitnessWorkx sessions. For more information on South Coast Fight Club, 15132 Bolsa Chica Road, call (714) 655-3757 or visit southcoastfightclub.com.
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My Book is on Amazon!!!
May 4, 2009Woo! Hoo! Forgive my excitement! It’s my first time!! Grandpa, Do It! I Do It, Too! is now available at Amazon! The page will get more interesting as they add content to it over the next week or so.
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Earth Day Trees Planted
April 25, 2009Grandpa Ron and I just finished planting 4 trees – to replace ones that died this winter and for Earth Day. Boy, are we tired!!! They are all different sizes. I’ll again try to get some pictures!
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100,000 Playspaces in 100 Days!
April 14, 2009I heard about this on the radio this morning and found the KaBOOM! website. Julianne Hough, two-time winner of Dancing with the Stars, and Mercury Nashville recording artist, wants your help finding every playspace in America. For each valid playspace you add to database, she’ll donate $1 to your cause — and you’ll be entered to win great prizes, including a trip for four to meet Julianne!
National Causes:
YMCA
Shaping America’s Health
America’s Promise Alliance
Jumpstart
National Wildlife Federation
First Book
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Working Out with FitnessWorkx
April 8, 2009Grandpa Ron and Grandma Sue try to work out twice a week with Nick Rians at FitnessWorkx in Huntington Beach, CA so we can be fit to keep up with Grandson Austin when we are with him. FitnessWorkx has a neat exercise program on-line you can check out since most of you are probably not easily able to physically visit Huntington Beach!! They also have a blog site with healthy tidbits of information. Ok, so now you find out I’m somewhat of a health nut!
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