I love to be grandma. Being a grandmother is one of the greatest pleasures of my life. When my grandchildren were still babies, I couldnt get enough of their cuddly units. As they grow bigger, it became even more exciting to interact with them through building blocks or take them with you on small adventures in the park or supermarket. My favourite experience was to invite them to overnight stays in my house. At 5 or 6 years, they always felt so special when packing an overnight bag and leaving mum and dad behind for a night of fun with grandma.

Time passes despite my protests, they continue to grow quickly. Now as budding teenagers, they are more busy with sports, friends and social media than adventures in the park or sleepovers with me. I was young once, so I understand how it works, but I miss to deal with them with things that we all liked.

This nostalgic desire to restore old memories led me to search for an activity my grandchildren could tear away from the screens when they went through my door and continue to create new memories that would last for years to come.

Positively surprised: I have mentioned my fight against a friend in the church, who recommend decorating biscuits and cupcakes together. I love baking and she thought the children would like to be artistic and creative. I was not convinced but I was ready to do anything to reconnect with my grandchildren. I have seen a display for the Blooms-n-Blossoms Cake of Eden decorating tips online, ordered them and was pleasantly surprised by them.

mobile phones. Apron on. When my grandchildren came through the door late in the month, I had everything prepared: Icing, piping bags, decorative nozzles and of course cupcakes. They looked confused when I pulled out a basket and told them they should throw all their appliances in. It was a little uncomfortable at first, but it didnt take long until they really embrace the experience, just as I hoped. Even the boys have made their decorations and designs very delicate.

So fun and simple: the design set has given us so many options to choose from and it was very easy to change from one nozzle to the next. We had a great time while weve got ideas for creations from the training videos and tried who could best recreate each of them.

My grandchildren are getting older, and as they do this, their hobbies and priorities change. But they all know its time to dress up the aprons and decorate something when they come to Grandma!

I thought the days of giggling and storytelling in my kitchen were over, but thanks to the Blooms n Blooms set, I was wrong.