FReeper Canteen ~ It's A Baby Shower ~ 09 January 07

The Canteen Crew | Serving The Best Troops In The World

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

Welcome To The Canteen's Online Baby Shower
for all our Grandmothers-To-Be!

Luv W -- her son David, an active duty member of the US Air Force, and his wife are expecting baby #1

Lisa Malia - 2nd grandbaby, due in August

Mountain Flower - grandbaby due in July

Laurenmarlowe - grandbaby is due at the end of January

 

I like to walk with grandma,
Her steps are short like mine.
She doesn't say "Now hurry up",
She always takes her time.

I like to walk with grandma,
Her eyes see things like mine do -
Wee pebbles bright, a funny cloud,
Half hidden drops of dew.

Most people have to hurry,
They don't stop and see
I'm glad that God made Grandma.
Unrushed, and young like me.

~Poem by Thena Smith~  

Grandmothers

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting.
Author Unknown

There's no place like home except Grandma's.
Author Unknown

A house needs a grandma in it.
Louisa May Alcott

When a child is born, so are grandmothers.
Judith Levy

Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.
Author Unknown

It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace.
Christopher Morley

We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.
Phyllis Theroux

A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance."
Author Unknown

Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while.....but our hearts forever.
Author Unknown

If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.
Italian Proverb

A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend
Author Unknown

Perfect love sometimes does not come till the first grandchild.
Welsh Proverb

Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all.
Fanny Fern

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.
Lois Wyse

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
Proverb

A grandma's name is little less in love than is the doting title of a mother.
William Shakespeare

It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace. When a man's mother holds his child in her gladden arms he is aware of the roundness of life's cycle; of the mystic harmony of life's ways.
Christopher Morley

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
Alex Haley

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.
Pam Brown

My grandmother always used to say, “If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse?” I always remember this and it’s true. You have to start each day again—you can’t repeat what you did.
Marian Seldes

My Grandmother would say, "Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I’ve taught you to be."
Jamie Foxx

To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
Victor Hugo

Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.
Marcy DeMaree

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.
Erma Bombeck

It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother - that's why the world calls her grandmother.
Author Unknown

It took me a long time to get used to the reality that my grandmother had passed away. Wherever I was, in the house, in the garden, out on the fields, her face always appeared so clearly to me.
Huynh Quang Nhuong

When trying to determine the difference between a negative and positive force, ask yourself, "How will I feel when my mother and grandmother read about this in the front page of the newspaper?"
David DeNotaris

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.
Lois Wyse  

If you want to share any advice, ideas, or thoughts with any of our Grandmothers-To-Be, please share it on the thread.

If you want to play other games, start one and we'll all play. Thank you! Have fun everyone!

 

 

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning :) Thanks Mylife. I'm listening now in another window. I wish I could figure out why the speakers are not loud when I have them turned all the way up. I'll figure it out and then I can hear the words too. LOL


Call in sick ;) LOL

[GodBlessUSA]

So Gorgeous Meg!!
I love these little birds too.

[beachn4fun]

I can understand that.

It even happens to us hip grandmas!

[MEG33]

;o) I had just reframed that picture yesterday and you gave me the reason to post it..Thank you!

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, GodBlessUSA. How's it going?

[GrandEagle]

Good Morning GB!!
I do hope all is well in your world.

[GodBlessUSA]

Thanks! I'm doing fine. I hope you are doing well today! :)

[GodBlessUSA]

Sending Prayers for our Troops
God Bless Our Military Heroes!

[StarCMC]

HEY!! I forgot to tell you... Remember when my dad used your apple cake recipe and won the baking contest? Well, he won this really nice bakeware set. So, at Christmas, he had all the girl grandkids draw straw to see who got it -- my oldest daughter did! :-) So, thanks for that recipe! LOL

[StarCMC]

Good morning everyone!! Hope you're having a GREAT day! I hope to be around a LITTLE more than I was yesterday! *HUG*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, MM. Cold here....

[beachn4fun]

WOW

Talk about what goes around, comes around!

[ninergold3]

Hey Kathy -

Add me to the Grandma-To-Be list please! My 20 year old son and his girlfriend are blessing our family with a granddaughter in late April.

As usual - I'm very late to the thread! LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Cpl Curt, for your service to America.
Prayers for your safety and peace of mind
as you train for your next mission.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nate, for your service to our country.
Prayers for your safety and success of mission.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Proud Grumpa x3....what a cutie.

[ninergold3]

He is ADORABLE! ! !

[snugs]

In Britain it is traditional for the top tier of the wedding cake to be used as the Christening cake for the first born.

Our traditional wedding cake is a very rich fruit cake with loads of dried fruit and alcohol in it so well wrapped up it will continue to mature and keep for at least 3 or 4 years.

[beachn4fun]

Howdy, snugs

Alcohol in the cake? Won't that make the baby drunk?

Oh, you mean for the parents?

(snicker.....wink)

[MeekMom]

MountainFlower!!!
That was hilarious!!! And too cute!!!
Thanks for sharing it with us! :)

((hugs))