Technically, National Grandparents Day is Sept. 10, but after everything these treasured family members do for their grandchildren, don’t they deserve to be celebrated for an entire month?
Grandparents anchor the family, offering sage advice, babysitting whenever needed, providing emotional support, slipping the grandkids a few bucks under the table, feeding them way too many cookies and lending a sympathetic ear when they feel they can’t talk to their parents. They are worthy of being honored and respected for their wisdom, life experiences and unselfish love for and devotion to their families.
If you’re fortunate enough to still have your grandparents with you, don’t limit your time with them to just one special day in September. Make an effort to spend as much time with them as you can while you can. Need some ideas on how to do that? Take a look at these suggestions of things you can share with them this month. Our wonderful advertisers have got you covered!
- Connect the generations through music. Take your grandparents to Concert on the Green: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in Acworth or one of the many concerts at Kennesaw State University.
- Sign up to take a class together. The parks and recreation departments in Acworth and Kennesaw have all kinds of offerings. Or if you and your grandparents are adrenaline junkies, register for flying lessons at Superior Flight School.
- Schedule a family photo shoot with LaRuche Photo, M. Jae Photography or Beth Fornuto Photography.
- Go out for lunch or an ice cream at the Acworth Dairy Queen, have dinner at Henry’s Louisiana Grill or Gyro Aegean Grill or try a smoothie from Ripe & Fresh.
- Help clean out your grandparents’ closets, cabinets or attic and donate unwanted items to MUST Ministries, Acworth Thrift Store or Mostly Mutts Market.
- Visit the North Cobb or West Cobb regional libraries and read to each other. Share passages from your favorite books.
- Spend time together at the North Georgia State Fair (Sept. 22 is Senior Day) or the Pizza, Pints and Pigskins festival in Acworth.
- Volunteer together. Nonprofits like MUST Ministries, Mostly Mutts and Next Step Ministries are always looking for people with a heart for helping others.
- Treat Grandma to a spa day at Governors MedSpa & Concierge Medicine.
- Go shopping. Find unique items at The Rustic Market or Cotton Mill Exchange, search for hidden treasures at Acworth Thrift Store or Mostly Mutts Market or check out the collectibles at Urbnpop Comics Co.
- Share a treasured family recipe and make it together.
- If you and your grandparents are lovers of the arts, catch a performance of the Acworth Cultural Arts Center’s “Death and Taxes” at Roberts School Community and Education Center or take in the exhibits at the Art House in Acworth or the Art Station-Big Shanty in Kennesaw.
- Buy flowers for your grandma (and grandpa, too, if he’s a lover of all things floral) from Faith Designs Florist.
- Take them to adopt a new family member from Mostly Mutts and visit Miller’s Healthy Dog Treats to stock up on goodies.
- Start a scrapbook or photo album of Grandparents Day memories and add to it every year.
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