Showing posts with label generations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label generations. Show all posts

Monday, 13 February 2012

Family Fun: Across the Generations


Welcome to week 3 of the Family Fun blog hop. For more details please read the launch page. In the words of a classic 1970s children's TV programme this is about switching off the television and doing something more useful instead!


This week we are looking at the fun you have had with more than 2 generations of your family together. Whether its something with your children's grandparents or its you with your grandchildren. Come in and share (you can grab the code here get the InLinkz code).


I am very lucky that having moved to Cumbria we have 4 generations of the family close by. This means that we are often doing things with at least 3 generations together. This Sunday we had great granny around too and tried to make sure she felt involved with the little ones. Obviously this is harder than it used to be but we had fun doing a magnetic jigsaw together:



There was also a highly competitive game of Super Scrabble. Even my 5 year old joined in and even if he only knows words like C-A-T it means we can all play together.


Obviously when its just 3 generations we can be a bit more active and regularly go hiking or something outdoors. You can see quite a few of these on my blog. If you have done some family fun activities with lots of your family than please join in the blog hop:



Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Generations

I feel so lucky that I still have 2 of my grandmothers alive and kicking. So many of my friends have lost their parents and my children only have 1 generation above them on their dad's side. This makes for a skewed family but its fantastic for my children to know the older generation and interact with them. I only vaguely remember my last great granny who died when I was 5, as someone in a rather smelly old people's home!


My Kendal Granny is still active and living in her own home despite turning 98 yesterday. Yes she is a lot slower and maybe the little grey cells aren't as good as they were but she is still an important part of our lives:



Yesterday I posted a photograph of all four generations of ladies. Long may my Granny continue to brighten up our lives.

Monday, 15 November 2010

The Gallery: Then and now





A good challenge from Tara for Week 35 of the Gallery we have to recreate a favourite photograph from the past and post both together! Luckily for me I had a chance to do this today...


Eight years ago today we began a major weekend of celebrations to combine my grandmother's 90th birthday and my wedding. My favourite photograph from that weekend is one that has appeared on here a few times but I love it so much:




Three generations of happy ladies - Granny, me and my mother.