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Grandma's Briefs is for grandmothers and others. Bits on the good, bad, humorous and heartwarming of being a baby boomer, grandparent, parent to adult children, wife and writer. Features include lifestyle articles, reviews, recipes, grandma profiles, and more.

January 16, 2020

Weekly pic: Morning Joe

January 16, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

I’ve been spending several hours with Benjamin on Wednesdays to give Brianna a bit of a break from her boy and me a bit of playtime with him. When Brianna dropped him off at my house last week, she brought him in his pajamas so I could see his adorable Christmas jammies, robe and all.

I naturally took several photos of the …

September 07, 2015

Kitchen assistant, plus GRAND Social No. 171 link party for grandparents

September 07, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

Kitchen assistant

My daughter Megan has a new kitchen assistant. His name is Jak:

toddler in kitchen

Jak has many talents related to kitchen duty, including...

April 26, 2013

What I learned this week: How to eat angry birds

April 26, 2013/ Lisa Carpenter

One of my favorite lessons this past week was unwittingly provided by Mac, on how to eat angry birds... of the graham cracker variety (hold your cursor over each photo for instruction):

angry bird crackers

angry bird graham crackers

angry bird crackers

angry bird graham crackers

Not really a lesson I needed to learn, but a valuable one just the same.

Today's question:

What did you learn this week?

October 03, 2012

One-word Wednesday: Captivated

October 03, 2012/ Lisa Carpenter

Mac — August 2012

Today's question:

Whom or what has recently captivated you?

Grandma's Briefs

Grandma's Briefs is for grandmothers and others. Bits on life's second act and the empty nest: the good, bad, humorous and heartwarming of being a baby boomer, grandparent, parent to adult children, wife and writer. Features include lifestyle articles, movie reviews, recipes, product reviews, auto test drives, grandma profiles, and more.