Did you even know there was such a day? A recent trip to the card store enlightened me to the holiday this Sunday, September 11.
Here's the story:
Here's the story:
“Back in 1970, Marian McQuade, a West Virginia housewife, came up with the idea of a day set aside to encourage families to visit their elderly relatives. With a firm resolve to make it happen, she began lobbying policymakers. McQuade got through to her Senators, Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd, who introduced a resolution to make Grandparents Day a national holiday. It took a while to reach the White House, but finally, in 1978, the resolution declaring National Grandparents Day as the first Sunday after Labor Day, was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter.” Read more here.
I wish our children lived close enough to their grandparents to visit them for Grandparent’s Day. Since we don’t, we’ll be sending our sentiments across the miles. I imagine the kids will make some handmade cards, but here are some ideas from around the web that might be fun to add to our package.
Embroidered pillow found via One Pretty Thing
I wish our children lived close enough to their grandparents to visit them for Grandparent’s Day. Since we don’t, we’ll be sending our sentiments across the miles. I imagine the kids will make some handmade cards, but here are some ideas from around the web that might be fun to add to our package.
Embroidered pillow found via One Pretty Thing
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| image from Vickie Howell |
I love the idea of having the kids draw a picture of a favorite memory with their grandparents and then embroidering their design. If a pillow isn’t your style, this would be really cute on a tea towel.
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| image courtesy of Design Sponge |
I love this modern take on traditional silhouettes. This would be a fun alternative to a portrait of the kids.
My favorite idea of all though would be to start a new tradition to celebrate with this generation; something my children will remember for years to come. Maybe we’ll talk the grandparents through how to set up a Skype account and then set up a time to talk each week. Or maybe we’ll have each of the children pick a topic and then ask grandpa and grandma to tell them a story about when they were growing up - going to school, living on a farm, favorite family vacation, etc.
My favorite idea of all though would be to start a new tradition to celebrate with this generation; something my children will remember for years to come. Maybe we’ll talk the grandparents through how to set up a Skype account and then set up a time to talk each week. Or maybe we’ll have each of the children pick a topic and then ask grandpa and grandma to tell them a story about when they were growing up - going to school, living on a farm, favorite family vacation, etc.
Do you celebrate Grandparents’ Day? Does your family have any special traditions to honor grandparents?
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