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    Children's Stories by Grandma Dee Dee
    Children's Stories by Grandma Dee Dee
    Children's Stories by Grandma Dee Dee
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    Children's Stories by Grandma Dee Dee

    By Delores (Dee) Ray

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    My father, Andy, to whom this book is dedicated, used to read us bedtime stories. When I had a granddaughter, Nicole, I did the same thing, except that I made the stories up. I also made up stories for my niece, Amanda. One day, I decided to write these stories down so that I could share them with other children.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliant Books Literary
    Release dateMay 5, 2022
    ISBN9781641337212
    Children's Stories by Grandma Dee Dee
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    Delores (Dee) Ray

    Delores (Dee) Ray was raised in a small resort town in Northern Wisconsin with 4 sisters and 2 brothers. She has one son, Lonnie, one granddaughter, Nicole, and a 3-month-old great-granddaughter, Farrah. When she was young, she realized not all children have an easy childhood and this inspired some of her children's stories. She loves writing stories for them to give them faith and encouragement. She currently is a Financial Advisor in downtown Minneapolis. She like this profession as she keeps up to date on world events. Also, she enjoys people and gets to work with people from all walks of life. This keeps the business fascinating and enjoyable. There is always something new to learn in this profession.

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      Children's Stories by Grandma Dee Dee - Delores (Dee) Ray

      Contents

      A Story about My Mom

      A Trip to the Farm

      Christmas Story by Grandma Dee Dee

      Amanda and Her Friend

      The White Fawn

      Christmas Cookies

      Christmas with

      Grandma and Grandpa

      My Friend the Grasshopper

      Dressing Up

      Halloween

      The Poor Little Church Mice

      Going to Fairyland

      The Pink Cloud

      Timmy

      God Gives Me Opportunities

      Sarge

      The Green Frog

      The Magic Gown

      Thunder: Megan’s Friend

      Grandmother’s Remedy

      The ABC Story

      The Sad Dog

      The Mouse’s Tea Party

      A Trip To The Cabin

      A Story about My Mom

      Ihave to tell you that I have the most special mom in the world! I’m only 3 years old, and my mother’s name is Maureen. From the time I was very little, she took care of me because my dad and mom weren’t married. She always looks after me and makes me happy.

      I worry about her because she has to go to work early in the morning and take me to the babysitter’s. Bundling me up in warm clothes, she hauls me off when I’m still half asleep. Sometimes I’m very crabby, and I don’t like to be awakened so early in the morning.

      She dresses me in my snowsuit in the middle of winter. We have hats, and we have gloves. We have overshoes. She puts all of those things on me before she takes me to my babysitter and goes off to work.

      She always picks me up at night, takes me home, and feeds me. After dinner, she reads me stories.

      I just have to worry about her sometimes. I think, Gee, I have a young, beautiful mother. She works so hard. Someday, everything will turn out fine for her, and she’ll have someone to help her.

      I don’t know how to tell her, but I think my mother is very special. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She looks after me very well, takes me to fun things, and is a very good cook. She even reads books to me.

      Helping Kids Be Happy

      I think I’m very lucky to have such a special mother. The reason I know she is a good mom is because I have gone to several of my friends’ houses. Their mothers hardly pay any attention to them, even though their mothers stay home all day. Their mothers seem to ignore them.

      Although my mom works very hard, she pays special attention to me and always makes me feel that I am very, very special. She always loves me a lot and gives me a lot of hugs.

      I am so lucky to have such a neat mom!

      A Trip to the Farm

      Ilike to take a trip to the farm. This happens when Mom gets a message, and, all of a sudden, she says, Nicole, we’re going to the farm. Then we pack a lunch and put it in a large wicker basket.

      It’s a long way to the farm. We have to drive, drive, and drive. We drive through the city, and then we drive through the countryside.

      As we go through the country, we see a lot of green trees and green grass. The beautiful sky is filled with beautiful clouds. We go by the St. Croix River and then come into the little town of Amery, Wisconsin.

      Amery is where my great-grandfather lives. We arrive at the farm and get out of the car. There is Grandma! She kisses and hugs us like she hasn’t seen us for years. This particular grandmother is Grandma Olson. She has a hunched back and wheezes because she has asthma. In the front yard are rows and rows of beautiful dahlias and zinnias because Grandma likes to garden.

      Grandpa has black hair that is about to turn gray. He has a happy face and cheery brown eyes and is very handsome—much more so than Grandma. Grandma has a different kind of personality. She knits a lot of pretty sweaters for winter and sews all of those nice aprons we wear when cooking.

      Hopscotch in the Living Room and Kittens in the Barn

      After the hugs and kisses are over, we go into the large white farmhouse. The living room floor has big black and white squares. We hop across it and have so much fun playing on it. Grandma doesn’t mind because she doesn’t have any carpeting, and she’s not the best housekeeper.

      In the kitchen, we have milk from the farm. Before we drink it, they put the fresh milk in a big metal separator. It whirls around and separates the cream from the rest of the milk, so we end up with cream and milk. After it’s separated, they put it in the refrigerator, and she gives us big glasses of ice-cold milk.

      Grandma also has these great big batches of dough for sugar cookies. We help her roll out the dough. This is a great deal of fun. Sugar cookies are the best: large white cookies with sugar sprinkles over them. They’re sweet and yummy, and once you start eating them, you want another and another.

      Some of our cousins are there. They’ve arrived just ahead of us. Were all happy to see each other! We decide to go out to the barn because it’s late in the evening. This means it’s time to milk the cows. They’re black and white and are called Holsteins.

      This is before milking machines were used, so we go out to the barn and watch Grandpa squeeze all of the cows’ milk out of their udders by hand.

      It takes several hours to milk this way, as it is all done by hand. After the milking is finished, they separate the milk and bring it into the house to Grandma.

      All kinds of kittens live in the barn. They love to have some of the cows’ milk. The cats are good hunters and keep the barn free of mice. Some of them are kind of wild, but a couple of the kitties are very tame and let us pet them. They have their own personalities. George Mac, a frisky black-and-white cat, loves to have Grandpa squirt milk from the cow into his mouth. Sally is a soft brown color and is timid until she gets to know you.

      Sometimes Grandma lets us bring them into the house for a bit. Kitties are so warm and friendly and make great pets. These kitties do a good job of keeping the barn and cattle feed free of mice.

      Strawberry Shortcake and Cock-a-Doodle-Doo

      When the barn chores are done, we dash into the house and find that Grandma has made baked chicken for dinner. It’s really delicious. It’s from homegrown chickens called organic now.

      The aroma as we come into the kitchen is heavenly. The chicken is cut up and washed many times. Grandma soaks it in ice-cold water for a few hours. Then she dips it in flour, seasoned with salt and pepper, and browns it in a large iron skillet with lots of lard.

      When it’s crispy, she puts it into a roaster and lets it bake for about one and a half hours at 325 degrees. It comes out very tender. She then makes rich gravy, and we pour it over freshly mashed potatoes that are also grown on the farm.

      It’s strawberry season, so we have fresh strawberry shortcake for dessert. Grandma makes her strawberry shortcake with baking powder biscuits. She puts fresh smashed strawberries, sweetened with sugar, over the biscuits, and then she tops all this with homemade whipped cream.

      When strawberries are out of season, she serves ice cream, made with a hand-cranked freezer. It takes a while, and we all take turns putting crushed ice and salt around the freezer and turn the crank until the ice cream is thick.

      After dinner, we wash all of the dishes by hand. We did not have a dishwasher because they were rare and considered a luxury. We tell bedtime stories, and Grandpa listens to the radio. Television was just being invented, only in black and white and rather fuzzy.

      Grandma then hustles us upstairs to the bedrooms where we’re to sleep. We cuddle up under large homemade quilts. The cousins then begin to tell spooky ghost stories until Grandma warns us to be quiet, or we will get a spanking for staying up all night. (Yes, then you could get a spank on the butt.) She yells up, Remember the rooster is going to get you up at six o’clock in the morning with his cock-a-doodle-doo!

      We finally settle down and go to sleep. Before we know it, we hear cock-a-doodle-doo, and it’s time

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