Our girls are fortunate to have three sets of great-grandparents still around. They are all super sweet and adoring, but…Grandpa Sheaffer, in particular, dotes on them. He always says that they are the prettiest and the smartest girls around (along with their cousin Ava, who is both pretty + smart).
If he doesn’t see them for a week, he always calls to make sure that we know about it. He likes to hold the baby and to buy fruit smoothies for our 3-year-old. And he always asks for pictures.
For the longest time, I wasn’t very good about that. I took hundreds of pictures, but rarely got around to…you know…actually printing them.
Then, I started The Grandparents Project and it’s been a huge hit.
Most recently, however, we gifted Grandpa Sheaffer with a CEIVA Digital Photo Frame. He opened it and said. “thank you,” but it was obvious he didn’t quite know what to make of it.
After we explained and set it up, he was thoroughly delighted. He now has a steady stream of recent photos that display in slide show fashion all throughout the day.
AND we can send pictures to the frame from absolutely anywhere – even from our phones. How cool is that?
The PicturePlan Photo Delivery Service is easy-to-use, efficient, and fast. It’s nice to be able to remotely send new pictures to the frame…and the recipient doesn’t even need to have an Internet service! The frame can connect via Wi-Fi, but it also works over the phone line.
CEIVA frames are sure to be one of the most-talked about and memorable gifts of the season. It truly is the gift that keeps on giving!
WIN IT! One winner will receive a CEIVAshare with WiFi adaptor (~$150). To enter, leave any topic-related comment on this post prior to Tuesday, December 8th at 11:59 p.m. (Don’t forget to follow the rules…all generic comments like “Enter me!,” “Love it,” and “Cool stuff!” will be disqualified.).
FOR A SECOND ENTRY: Blog or Tweet about my Christmas Gift Guide (or about this giveaway)…and leave a second comment telling me that you did.
*UPDATE* The winner is #34 Angie. Congratulations!
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Take Thanksgiving morning, for example. We were rushing around. I was attempting to make sweet potato casserole (for the first time in my life); Tim was attempting to get ready for his upcoming dirt biking trip to the dunes. Our 8-month-old decided she wanted to be part of the action and cried a most sorrowful cry if we put her down for even half a millisecond so one of us was incapacitated the whole morning.
Finally, after much pomp and circumstance, we got in the car in a huff and arrived at his parents an hour late for breakfast. Yes, an HOUR. Embarrassing.
Last night, she prayed before dinner. With her eyes squeezed halfway shut, she said, “Dear God, Thank you for mommy and daddy. Thank you that other kids not get hurt. Thank you that other kids not fall down. And thank you for this food. The End.”
