Please check out the three giveaways I have ending tomorrow. They all have low numbers. They are all for wonderful prizes.
growing & learning with him
Deirdre Smith writes/owns JDaniel4’s Mom. After twenty years as a elementary school and technology resource teacher in Northern Virginia, she became a stay at home mom in upstate South Carolina. Her blog features ways she and her 5 year old are exploring learning, crafting, creating healthy meals and living life to its fullest. Deirdre can also be found on twitter as @jdaniel4smom and on her blog's FB page. You can also check her out on Google+.
By Deirdre
Please check out the three giveaways I have ending tomorrow. They all have low numbers. They are all for wonderful prizes.
By Deirdre
I found the recipe below on the Whole Foods Market website and decided to try and make it for JDaniel. He loves fruit and yogurt. This recipe calls for honey. I thought JDaniel’s allergies might benefit from my making something with local honey.
By Deirdre
By Deirdre
By Deirdre
If you haven’t been on BlogFrog to check out the communities on it, you are in for a treat. There are a wide variety of blogs that have strong and thriving communities where you can post questions, read answers from others on a wide variety of topics. Some topics are serious and others are just fun. When JDaniel first had allergy symptoms this spring, I spent time on several BlogFrog communities finding out from others how they had handled allergies at their house.
Mom Loop is planning to give away 10 free premium Blog Frog memberships to the people most active in the community during the month of May!
By Deirdre
If you are a mom or dad that has your fundar on you will love the book Eat, Nap, and Play by Robyn Spizman and Evelyn Sacks. What is fundar? The authors define it as unexpected fun. They challenged the readers of this book to plan fun at times and be ready to enjoy it when it spontaneously comes up. The book is loaded with great ideas for all kinds of fun.
The chapters run the gambit from “Spend More Time and Less Money” to “Mommy I’m (Still!) Bored!” to “Swap, Shop, Barter Share”, and seven more really fun topics. Each has easy to put together activities and or tips.
The book is filled with ideas like the ones above. This review could go on and on. Eat, Nap, and Plays is an amazing resource. It is one to add to your parenting library. When you buy it or win it, please take a look at the Proud of You Plate. It is really wonderful idea.
This giveaway begins April 27th and ends May 6th.
By Deirdre
By Deirdre
I used to go through dozens of Ziploc bags for JDaniel and my lunches. It was amazing how many we could consume. Last fall I was really convicted that I needed to cut down on the amount of plastic I was adding to the dump. One way to do that was to use reusable bags or containers. Cottage Belles has the reusable bags in the most fun fabrics. You are going to love exploring her Etsy shop to pick the set of your choice.
Here is how to win a set:
*Go to Cottage Belles and tell me what set you would select if you won.
For extra entries do any or all of the following leaving a separate comment for each entry.
* Follow Cottage Belles’ Blog (2 entries)
*Leave a comment on the Cottage Belles’ Blog. (1 entry)
*Visit her other shop Cottage Belles Fabric and tell me a fabric you like. ( 1 entry)
*Join the new BlogFrog Community I am a part of called Mom Loop and post a comment. (5 entries)
*Write about this giveaway with a link back to it on Facebook or another social network site. (1 entry per social network)
*Enter another giveaway that I am hosting. (1 entry for each giveaway you enter)
*Leave a comment on a non-giveaway blog post. (1 entry)
*Follow my blog. Leave me a comment saying that you now follow or that you already do. (1 entry)
* Follow me on Twitter. (2 entries)
* Twitter about this giveaway with a link back. Copy and paste: CottageBelles@JDaniel4’sMom(1 entry per day)
* Subscribe to my blog. Leave me a comment saying that you have subscribed or that you already do. (1 entry)
*Add me to your blog roll. Please leave a link to your site. (2 entries)
*Add my button to your blog. Please leave a link to your site. (2 entries)
*Buy anything from Cottage Belles and come back and leave a comment saying you did. (10 entries)
That is 15 ways to win. The winner will be chosen by using the random number generator at http://www.random.org/. )
This giveaway begins April 25th and ends May 6th.
By Deirdre
Each week I travel around the internet visiting blogs. Here are a few posts that I loved, learned from, or gave me great ideas:
Child Related Posts
Superheroes and Princesses have a great play-doh craft for Earth Day.
The Home Teacher has great sets of Movement Cards. These can be used in zillions of ways.
Other Posts I Loved:
The Blessing of Modern Domestication has a great post on Celebrating Motherhood.
By Deirdre