Grandparent's Day is on the First Sunday after Labor Day. The day is specially to honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children, to help children become aware of the strength, information and guidance older people can offer.

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent. When a child is born, along with mothers, so are grandmothers. It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother - that's why the world calls her grandmother. No cowboy was ever faster on the draw than a grandfather pulling a baby picture out of a wallet.

Proper observance of Grandparents Day is very important. Some families enjoy small, private gatherings, but for those who entertain larger groups, it can be fun to have a story-telling time, allowing grandparents to relate stories of their past, enlightening children as to how it was to grow up "back in the old days." Ice cream socials, picnics and lunch box socials have also proven successful.

A very significant part of such reunions should include an update of family albums and pictures. Names and dates should be put on old photos and many grandparents and grandchildren have begun family scrapbooks which live on, carrying many memories.

It is interesting to take a census, such as oldest and newest grandchild, family with the most grandchildren, or five generation families.

You can gift a poem of your own verse engraved. The grandparents poem makes a special gift for your grandparents!

It is true that grandparents do not expect presents and gifts, but want only the family gatherings. It is indeed difficult to select gifts for grandparents. You can gift a poem thanking their presence in your life, present them with souvenirs, send flowers, send gift baskets of assortments, gift books if they like reading, send gift coupons for vacations - any gift will that make them happy if you have spent your time on selecting the gifts.